The conference, held in Milton Keynes, highlighted a range of approaches and initiatives taking place to address knife crime, from Operation Deter; the policing and criminal justice approach, to prevention and education programmes.
Matthew Barber has shared results from his ongoing local crime survey which is seeking resident’s views on local crime and policing across Thames Valley.
A Serious Violence Reduction Order is a civil order that can be placed on someone who has been convicted of an offence that involved a bladed item or offensive weapon.
Thames Valley Police has carried out 31 warrants on suspected cannabis grows as part of the largest national operation of its kind, aimed at unearthing and disrupting organised crime groups (OCGs) and their illegal revenue streams.
I am pleased that the Home Office have accepted in full the recommendations of the Police Remuneration Review Body which will see officers of all ranks get a pay rise of 7% from September this year.
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