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PCC welcomes launch of new Safety Camera Motorcyclist team
The Safety Camera Motorcyclist team will provide a more agile and responsive approach to road safety enforcement supporting the force’s focus on improving road safety, tackling the ‘Fatal Five’ offences: speeding, drink and drug driving, not wearing a seatbelt, using a mobile phone, and careless or dangerous driving, and reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on roads across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes.
Matthew Barber, Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, has welcomed this year’s Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Awareness Week
ASB Awareness Week is the national campaign bringing together policing, housing, local government, charities and community partners to shine a spotlight on ASB, strengthen local responses, and amplify the rights of victims.
Lib Dem Council confirms NO PLANS to improve critical junction
Lib Dem-contolled Oxfordshire County Council, have now CONFIRMED that there are no plans to review the Orchard Centre junction in Didcot.
Taking money from criminals to get phones out of schools
Launched at a Phone Free Schools event at the Aureus School in Didcot, this scheme will makes sure schools become properly phone free during the school day. £255,000 to support the project is being taken from criminals, funded by the sale of stolen goods that cannot be returned to their rightful owners and orders against criminals by the courts.
Government announces new asylum camp at MOD Bicester
Many will welcome the closure of asylum hotels, including the Oxford Witney Hotel and the Mercure George Hotel in Reading, but there will be significant concern about the community impact of MOD Bicester being used as an open camp for asylum seekers.
PCC report highlights continued progress in making communities safer
The Annual Report demonstrates how continued investment in neighbourhood policing, support for victims, and targeted action on priority crime areas is helping to reduce harm and build safer communities across the Thames Valley.