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Major operation to fight serious and organised crime across Thames Valley
Thames Valley Police has started the year as it means to go on with a major operation last week across its patch targeting serious and organised criminals.
Hundreds of officers and staff came together to disrupt organised crime groups in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire who are linked to high-value motor vehicle thefts, robberies, business burglaries and other serious offences to make money illegally.
Lack of Home Office funding puts more pressure on local Council Tax payers
Yesterday I wrote to the Home Secretary regarding the announcement of Government funding for policing made just before Christmas.
The figures published to Parliament in December will leave Thames Valley Police £9m worse off than we expected when preparing the budget! Thos estimates were not based on optimism, but on the Government's own Comprehensive Spending Review carried out last summer.
Thames Valley Police £9m worse off following the Government announcement
The police settlement announced by Government yesterday confirmed Thames Valley Police’s core funding will be £8.8m less than expected, barely covering the costs of inflation and pay increases.
From Thames Valley to Lviv: TVP officers deliver vehicles in latest aid mission
Thames Valley Police has now donated 10 vehicles to Ukraine through the Pick Ups for Peace (P4P) initiative, following our latest contribution of two retired police motorbikes and a car.
Angiolini Inquiry highlights Thames Valley Police’s work tackling predatory behaviour
Part 2 of the Angiolini Inquiry makes stark reading for many in policing, but report by Lady Elish Angiolini has praised the work of Thames Valley Police’s Project Vigilant - making our town centres safer on a night out.
CCTV at risk in Oxfordshire due to lack of engagement from local councils
Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber, warned that plans to improve CCTV in Oxfordshire are at risk as local councils refuse to join a new partnership.
Councils have continually missed deadlines and now missed funding to support improvements to CCTV across the county.