News from the National Rural Crime Network and its members, along with articles and stories from other relevant contributors.
Drones could soon be patrolling the skies above rural Norfolk to help target illegal hare coursers operating in the county according to Norfolk’s police and crime commissioner. Norfolk’s newly-elected PCC, Lorne Green, highlighting the work of the voluntary sector as he is officially sworn in for a four-year term Lorne made his formal Declaration […]
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POLICE have taken part in an operation to disrupt cross border criminals. Officers from North Yorkshire Police and local Rural Watch volunteers took part in the 14th Operation Checkpoint – along with colleagues from Cleveland, Durham, Northumbria, Lancashire and Cumbria – and visited farms and remote areas. The operation took place overnight on Thursday and […]
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A police team dedicated to serving North Yorkshire’s rural communities is celebrating its first anniversary – and its 100th arrest.
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With the lambing season underway, North Yorkshire Police is joining up with four other rural Forces to take part in a new initiative that could lead to a tightening up of the law against dog attacks on livestock.
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Four men have been convicted of poaching offences and ordered to pay more than £700 in total, thanks to vigilance from a member of the public.
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Thousands of farms across North Yorkshire will be offered a free security check-up, as part of a major new crime prevention initiative.
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More than 200 police officers and volunteers have taken part in the country's biggest rural policing operation.
MoreA string of rural crime incidents has led to some farmers and rural business owners to think twice and increase their security systems. A farmer in Wroughton, Wiltshire has vowed increase the security in his premises after finding thieves in the farm shop on Sunday 13 November. Read more: FarmingUK story
MoreA Devon pensioner has been fined £4,700 after amassing an illegal lifetime collection of hundreds of wild bird eggs. William Beaton, 73, from Yelverton, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on 10 November and admitted to stealing the eggs from around the UK, including Devon and Cornwall. He pleaded guilty to five offences under the 1981 […]
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Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across the eastern region came together in a commitment to intensify their fight against rural crime.
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