The Thames Valley Rural Crime Taskforce is the second winner of a prestigious national award from the Construction Equipment Association for being the most proactive rural crime team in the UK

After its initial launch in Milton Keynes in July last year, Op Deter has now been rolled out in Slough, Aylesbury and Reading, with an objective of obtaining swift charge and remand decisions for offences involving knives.

80 more community police officers | investment to reduce 101 call times | protect women from violence | improve CCTV | tackle online sex abuse | train more Special Constables

On Friday (20/1), Matthew Barber visited prisoner support charity BACO at the Youth Offending Service Offices in Aylesbury. The visit provided an opportunity for Matthew to find out how £5,000 of funding, awarded via the PCC’s Community Fund, will support BACO to help prevent crime across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

582 police officers have been recruited in Thames Valley since September 2019, as part of the national Uplift Programme, this brings the total number of officers up to 4,832 by the end of December 2022.

Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, has today (23/1) welcomed over £216,000 of Home Office funding to support the expansion of Operation Deter youth activity in Slough.