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The Ulster Farmers’ Union has announced that registration is now open for the Union’s first official rural crime conference entitled ‘Tackling Rural Crime in Northern Ireland – Working Together’ To read this article from the Farming Life click here...
CHIEF CONSTABLE SIMON PRINCE of Dyfed-Powys police is the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead on wildlife and rural crime. He writes exclusively for the Countryside Alliance about the task in hand. To read this article from the...
Warwickshire Rural Watch has a number of resources and information sheets which provide useful information for residents/businesses in that area but may also be informative for those dealing with rural crime challenges in other localities To visit the Warwickshire...
Cumbria Constabluary have recently published their Rural Crime Strategy which may be of interest to other Forces and partner organisations. To read this strategy click here...
SIX police forces have teamed up to tackle rural crime across the north of England. The joint operation covered 3,500 sq miles covering the counties of Durham, North Yorkshire and Cumbria and the Northumbria force area. A...
POLICE are carrying out a week of action to tackle rural crime in the Thames Valley. The rural crime action week, which runs from 8-14 September 2014, will see increased visibility patrols to prevent and deter crime offences...
Kent Police have published the second edition of 'Rural Matters' To read this issue click here...
RURAL crime in the East of England cost an estimated £8.5m in 2013 - making it the worst affected region in the UK. The bill in the region rose by 12% in 2013, according to a UK-wide survey...
Rural crime is rising, with tractor thefts linked to export gangs, but it is the organised gangs rustling sheep that really concerns farmers. Sheep rustling and tool theft account for rural crime increasing by 5 per cent in...
Ulster Farmers’ Union President Ian Marshall has stressed that rural crime is becoming more and more of an issue following confirmation from leading rural insurer NFU Mutual that the value of stolen goods from farms have cost Northern Ireland’s rural...
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