NRCN Chair Julia Mulligan has spoken to BBC Farming Today as the BBC Radio 4 programme begins a week focusing on rural crime.
MoreArchive - 2020
Below are all the articles which were published in 2020.
Results of APCC Road Safety Survey
Posted on October 4, 2020 in Breaking News, Research
Most people want drivers who speed to face higher penalties and more money raised from fines invested in enforcement and road safety, according to the results of a road safety survey from the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.
MoreCountyside Alliance survey on rural crime
Posted on September 2, 2020 in Generic
NRCN Member, the Countryside Alliance, have carried out a survey of 8,000 people across rural Britain to find out the latest views on rural crime.
MoreDomestic abuse response car trialled in Cornwall & Plymouth
Posted on September 1, 2020 in Breaking News, Campaign
Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner has been trialling a new approach to helping high-risk domestic abuse victims this summer as part of an innovative pilot in Cornwall and Plymouth.
MoreSussex launches new rural crime team
Posted on June 3, 2020 in Breaking News
Sussex Police has launched a new rural crime team, whose overall aim is to crack down on unlawful behaviour in isolated communities.
MoreLetter to Justice Secretary
Posted on April 20, 2020 in GenericJoint letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Secretary of State for Justice, on 20 April 2020.
MoreNetwork urges rethink of Coronavirus policing guidelines
Posted on April 17, 2020 in Breaking NewsThe National Rural Crime Network are calling for urgent clarification on Coronavirus lockdown conditions after new police guidelines said people were allowed to travel potentially long distances to exercise, something the group’s Police and Crime Commissioner members believe is not fair for rural communities.
MoreGovernment urged to consider Coronavirus impact on rural communities
Posted on April 7, 2020 in Breaking News
The National Rural Crime Network is asking Ministers to urgently consider the impact the Coronavirus pandemic is having on already vulnerable rural communities across the country.
MoreOur View – Fly-Tipping
Posted on February 13, 2020 in Generic
The BBC Shared Data Unit has researched fly-tipping and found large-scale fly-tipping - defined as tipper lorry load or more in size - has more than doubled in six years; last year, councils faced a £12.8m bill to clear more than 36,200 large tips; that accounted for more than a fifth of the overall cost of clearing fly-tips.
MoreNRCN requests Ofcom review ‘How to Steal Pigs and Influence People’
Posted on January 15, 2020 in Breaking NewsFollowing last night’s broadcast of ‘How to Steal Pigs and Influence People’ on Channel 4, the National Rural Crime Network has today asked Ofcom to look into whether it has breached Rule 3.1 of the Broadcasting Code by broadcasting material likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or to lead to disorder.
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