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26.07.2018
Police chiefs have launched a rural affairs strategy to help combat crime in the countryside. The rural strategy was launched by the National Police Chiefs Council at a rural summit meeting held in Harrogate on Thursday (26 July). ...
18.07.2018
Police chiefs are to officially launch their first strategies aimed at addressing the challenges around rural communities and wildlife crime. The strategies – devised by the National Police Chiefs Council – were unanimously supported by all chief constables at a meeting in April. ...
13.07.2018
Prosecutions of rural crime and the sentences given do not act as a suitable deterrent, the solicitor general for England and Wales has been told. The warning was issued by the National Farmers Union during a meeting of the All-Party...
12.06.2018
The Home Office has been urged to remember rural communities when deciding how much money should be allocated to police forces to fight crime and anti-social behaviour. The plea was to Home Office Minister Nick Hurd by National Rural Crime...
09.06.2018
Defra secretary Michael Gove has announced plans to beef up the government fight against illegally dumped waste – much of it in the countryside. A call for evidence launched on Sunday (10 June) will enable people to have their say...
31.05.2018
Rural residents have little more than a week left to have their say in a major new survey about crime in the countryside. The National Rural Crime Survey aims to determine the true personal, social and economic cost of rural crime and...
23.05.2018
Prompt and effective action is needed to deal with the serious issue of rural crime, says the National Farmers Union. It comes as new figures from the Home Office show that agriculture-related crime and anti-social behaviour has risen over...
17.06.2015
COUNTRYSIDE residents are being urged to have their say as the largest ever rural crime survey nears its deadline. Run by the National Rural Crime Network (NRCN), the survey is calling for rural residents to have their say...
06.06.2015
TWO weeks remain for countryside communities to respond to the largest ever survey into rural crime. The survey, launched by the National Rural Crime Network , is calling for people who work or live in rural areas to...
20.05.2015
A NATIONAL survey aims to uncover the impact of crime and anti-social behaviour on rural communities. The biggest ever rural survey into crime and anti-social behaviour seeks to find out how the police can better serve rural communities....
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