More than 200 police officers and volunteers have taken part in the country's biggest rural policing operation.
MoreClampdown on cross-border criminals involved in countryside crime
Posted on December 9, 2016 in Generic, Security
Archive - 2016
Below are all the articles which were published in 2016.
Farmers to increase security after farm shop robberies
Posted on November 21, 2016 in Breaking NewsA 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
MoreDevon pensioner fined for illegal wild bird egg collection
Posted on November 14, 2016 in Breaking NewsA 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 […]
MorePCC holds regional rural crime summit
Posted on November 1, 2016 in Generic
Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across the eastern region came together in a commitment to intensify their fight against rural crime.
MorePolice commissioners step up rural crime fight
Posted on October 31, 2016 in Breaking NewsFOUR police and crime commissioners have come together to step up the fight against rural crime. The four commissioners – from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire – signed a Rural Crime Concordat, pledging to work across county borders to tackle the crime issues affecting rural communities. Read more: Police commissioners step up
MoreCommissioner pledge’s to tackle rural crime in Cambridgeshire
Posted on October 25, 2016 in GenericRURAL crime is having a devastating effect in Cambridgeshire, police commissioner Jason Ablewhite has warned. Mr Ablewhite visited local farmers and rural business leaders to better understand the impact of rural crime in Cambridgeshire. Read more: Cambridgeshire PCC’s pledge
MoreNew partnership tackles rural crime in Wiltshire
Posted on October 18, 2016 in GenericThe partnership brings together representatives from a number of organisations with an interest in tackling rural crime in the county. The Rural Crime Partnership for Wiltshire and Swindon was established by Wiltshire Police in consultation with the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Wiltshire and Swindon, Angus Macpherson. It launched with its first meeting at […]
MoreCyber thieves targetting farmers in Gloucestershire
Posted on October 6, 2016 in GenericRural crime is on the rise in Gloucestershire as thieves use increasingly sophisticated methods to target their victims. The annual survey from by the NFU Mutual, the insurance division of the National Farmers Union, and published this summer found that the cost of crime in rural areas of the county increased to £1.3 million in […]
MoreNorfolk’s rural crime team tackles illegal hare coursing
Posted on October 6, 2016 in WildlifeCriminals face fines of £5000 for hare coursing in Norfolk. As fields are harvested across Norfolk, the rural landscape changes dramatically and with it, the type of rural crimes which happen within our borders. Read more: http://www.klfm967.co.uk/news/klfm-news/2108292/norfolks-rural-crime-team-tackles-illegal-hare-coursing/
MoreNorth Yorkshire cross border collaboration tackling rural crime
Posted on October 6, 2016 in Breaking NewsDozens of police officers and volunteers took part in a major clampdown on rural criminals last night. Operation Checkpoint is the largest rural policing operation of its kind in the country, and saw Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and Northumbria join forces to target cross-border criminals. More here: http://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/2115027/north-yorkshire-police-crack-down-on-cross-border-rural-crime/
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