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Thames Valley Police launches Rural Crime Taskforce
Thames Valley Police has launched its Rural Crime Taskforce to make the Thames Valley a hostile place for those who commit rural crimes.
Police and Crime Commissioner seeking views to improve support for victims of crime
Matthew Barber has launched an anonymous online survey is seeking views on the current support for victims of crime to help inform the future commissioning of services.
Responding to the joint inspection of the police and Crown Prosecution Service’s response to rape
We all know that the approach to prosecuting rape needs to improve. As noted in today’s national report (25/2), both the level and frequency of communication with rape victims needs to be improved…
Meeting with Milton Keynes MP to discuss knife crime
I met with Milton Keynes North MP and local neighbourhood inspector Lee Brace to discuss the understand concerns in the community, following the shocking murder earlier this month…
Safe Places Scheme launched in Chalvey
A scheme designed to offer vulnerable people a safe place to go when they need help has launched in Chalvey…
Our response to Russia is better late than never, but will it be enough?
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia may appal us, but it should not shock anyone. Putin has clung to power for well over twenty years and has continually display the same pattern of behaviour. Undoubtedly the Russian regime is culpable for the outrageous invasion of an independent nation on the European continent, but undoubtedly they have been emboldened by a lack of action over not just months, but years and decades.