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Nitrous Oxide ban welcomed

Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, has welcomed the ban on nitrous oxide.

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Cash boost for Street Pastors

Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley, has announced £46,000 of funding for 13 Street Pastors organisations across the Thames Valley.

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More funding for Safer Streets

Another £1 million will be spent on localised initiatives to make communities safer after the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Thames Valley secured the maximum amount of funding available from the round 5 of the Home Office’s Safer Streets Fund.

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PCC commissioned inspection into Thames Valley Police published

Following the arrest of Luke Horner in June for this awful offence, I commissioned His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) to carry out a targeted inspection into Thames Valley Police’s management of this individual.

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