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Is it really your bank calling?
Sadly we know that one of the most common crimes that we can all be vulnerable to is fraud. It can take many forms but impersonation of your bank, a government agency or even the police is a tactic that many criminals will use.
If you receive a suspicious call, independently contact your bank or the relevant agency using an official telephone number – do not use numbers given to you by the cold caller. But who has the time to dig out and verify a number for your bank?
Making criminals pay
Each year Thames Valley Police recover hundreds of thousands of pounds of stolen property from criminals. Sadly it is not always possible to reunite stolen goods with their rightful owners and so the proceeds from the sale of these items helps to fund crime prevention initiatives.
Now is your opportunity to put this money to good use in your community.
We cannot turn a blind eye to wrongdoing
I believe in social responsibility and in people being engaged in their communities to help keep them safe. People should not turn a blind eye to crime and post about it on social media instead of reporting and assisting the police with information and evidence.
Government bans ninja swords
We should not lose sight of the fact that most weapons used by criminals are normal household knives. Dealing with individual types of weapons is helpful, but there is no substitute for a robust policing response and continued work to prevent people carrying knives in the first place.
Funding boost to tackle and prevent serious violence in the Thames Valley
Serious violence and knife enabled crime is falling in the Thames Valley, but further work is taking place to prevent it. The funding, made up of two grants, the Serious Violence Duty Grant and the Violence Reduction Unit Grant will be administered by the PCC to local partners to support Thames Valley communities.
Policing teams tackle dangerous and anti-social driving on Oxfordshire’s roads
Thames Valley Police’s Oxfordshire Neighbourhood Policing teams were out on Sunday (13/7) alongside the Roads Policing Unit and Safety Camera Teams in a joint effort targeting reckless driving in the south of the county.