Prevention and early intervention

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley has funded a series of events bringing together communities in Milton Keynes.

Facilitated by ROC Conversation, and working with Thames Valley Police, the events are coming to Milton Keynes next month.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Thames Valley has awarded voluntary and community organisations £166,800 from the Police Property Act Fund.

Thames Valley Police and partners, including the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, are starting a second drugs diversion pilot scheme today (13/1) in Windsor and Maidenhead.

Neighbourhood policing is the bedrock of law enforcement in the UK. New and emerging threats such as terrorism and high-tech crime have created specialism which are vital to protect the public in the modern world.

In an interview last week, retired Chief Superintendent John Sutherland said that domestic abuse is the “single greatest harm in society”. He added, it’s a “disease of pandemic proportions”. These hard-hitting words are borne out of many years’ exposure to tragic cases on the frontline. 

100 arrests, £65,000 in cash seized and £17,000 worth of drugs taken off the streets

A week of action to target “County Lines” drug dealing has seen significant results with 100 people arrested, as well as significant cash and drugs seizures, as part of Operation Stronghold.

Victims First, which supports victims of crime and abuse across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, has launched a video today (5/11) to raise awareness of coercive control and emotional abuse in relationships.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Thames Valley, Anthony Stansfeld, and the Chief Constable, John Campbell, have today (28/10) opened a new grant round of the Police Property Act Fund.

More than 15,000 school children are set to benefit from theatre performances which seek to educate on the dangers of becoming involved in County Lines.

Since the revelations by The Times newspaper that unearthed the failings of Action Fraud earlier this year, no-one can be under any impression that the mechanism for dealing with fraud, online crime and scams is fit for purpose in this country.