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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.
PCC launches new education strategy to reduce risk of children being affected by crime
The aim of the strategy is to promote a consistent approach to crime education across the Thames Valley with a focus on prevention and improving trust in policing.
Thames Valley residents lose more than £2m to courier fraud criminals
Thames Valley Police received 135 reports of courier fraud in the last financial year, the second highest number of reports in the UK after the Metropolitan Police and a total loss of over £2 million.
Oxfordshire County Council’s planned changes to our local recycling centres will increase fly tipping!
Oxfordshire County Council’s planned changes to our local recycling centre will increase fly tipping. Add your name to my campaign to oppose these changes at stopflytipping.org.
MP asked to back call for continued funding for victims of domestic abuse
Last year I warned about the impact of cuts to victims funding by the Ministry of Justice. Follow comments by Bracknell’s MP I have written to him today asking him to back my calls for a better funding settlement for victims services.