The conference, held in Milton Keynes, highlighted a range of approaches and initiatives taking place to address knife crime, from Operation Deter; the policing and criminal justice approach, to prevention and education programmes working with young people.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Thames Valley is inviting organisations to bid for the delivery of a leading perpetrator programme for high-risk perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.

Following the news that a Thames Valley Police Officer has been charged, Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner has issued the following statement.

Britain has a love-hate relationship with CCTV. It is widely acknowledged that we are one of the most surveilled populations in the world, yet many of us are so comfortable with the concept that we stick a camera on our front door.

Dedicated independent custody visitors have logged over 12,000 hours and delivered over 6,000 visits to police custody suites on behalf of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in the past year.

Officers from Thames Valley Police deployed unmarked video bikes funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner and partially funded by National Highways.