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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.
Thames Valley Police is cracking down on crime and anti-social behaviour in town and city centres
Thames Valley Police will be increasing police officers’ presence and working with partners to tackle urban crime to ensure people feel safe from July to the end of September, for the national Safer Streets Summer campaign.
Tackling anti-social behaviour
I am pleased to support this year’s ASB Awareness Week, which aims to encourage communities to take a stand against ASB and highlights the actions that can be taken by those experiencing it.
Stronger together with Safer Langley
The Safer Langley initiative has seen a reduction in crime in Langley and stronger community links established.
Since launching in November last year, the Safer Slough Partnership, made up of the council and Thames Valley Police, has been working with community groups and local voluntary sector organisations to improve crime rates and perception of crime in Langley.
Starmer’s narrow victory is a problem for all of us
Everyone has lost. There are no winners. That is the reality of the vote on the Government’s Welfare Bill, or the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, as it is properly known.
There has been parliamentary drama certainly, but there are no actual beneficiaries. For those who have only picked up the occasional headline, here’s my take on recent events.