Clampdown on rural crime in Yorkshire

Police have launched a major clampdown on rural crime – targeting hundreds of outlying businesses around York. Officers have identified hundreds of farms and York business premises that are located on industrial estates or away from built-up areas. Over the coming weeks, farmers and business owners are being inviting businesses to boost their security, with […]

Police have launched a major clampdown on rural crime – targeting hundreds of outlying businesses around York.

Officers have identified hundreds of farms and York business premises that are located on industrial estates or away from built-up areas.

Over the coming weeks, farmers and business owners are being inviting businesses to boost their security, with a free crime prevention pack and security survey.

Dubbed Operation Woollen for farms and Operation Woodchip for rural businesses, the campaign is the biggest rural crime prevention drive the city has ever seen.

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