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Sign up to Community Speedwatch

To help improve road safety in the Thames Valley, Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber is encouraging people to sign up to Community Speedwatch.

Groups across the Thames Valley are being encouraged to join the scheme where they can apply to receive a starter kit, including a speed detection device, to help their volunteers monitor and tackle speeding within their communities.

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Over £1.67m of funding secured for Safer Streets across the Thames Valley

The Thames Valley has been successful in all four bids that were submitted to receive a portion of this national funding, with over £1.67 million secured for activity across six local authority areas; Reading, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest, Cherwell and Milton Keynes.

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If you carry a knife - you will feel the consequences

It is not acceptable to carry a knife. That should not be a controversial statement. Sadly however for far too many people - often young people - it has become normalised. That is why I have been working with Thames Valley Police to launch a fresh approach to tackling knife crime in our region.

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