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By Calvin at 14:50 GMT, 11 years ago
Apologies to those of you who were trying to get onto this website last night and this morning. It seems that our website hosting people were under attack by hackers. The problem is fixed now, which is why you can read this message! What I'd like to do to those…
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2015
By Calvin at 10:38 GMT, 11 years ago
A website,HertsReunited, to help reunite members of the public with their lost and stolen property,was launchedin January 2015by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire Constabulary. The website features photos of found and recovered items, as well as a facility for…
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Jan
2015
By Calvin at 10:26 GMT, 11 years ago
Thames Valley Police has joined forces with a local business in Slough to help prevent theft from motor vehicles across the borough, in particular catalytic converters. On Friday 30 January, a crime prevention event will take place at Kwik Fit, Bath Road, Slough, which motorists are being…
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Jan
2015
By Calvin at 10:01 GMT, 11 years ago
Crime in the Western World continues to fall and the USA is no exception. This short, but interesting article in the Business Insider UK comments on the FBI's recent crime volume survey and proposes some reasons why the falls have happened in the US. News source: Business Insider UK…
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Jan
2015
By Calvin at 11:50 GMT, 11 years ago
Yesterday the police in Suffolk put out an appeal for information concerning eight allotment sheds that were broken into in Bungay and Beccles.
Three sheds were broken into in Flixton Road, Bungay between Sunday 18 and Sunday 25 January and several items of gardening equipment were taken…
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Jan
2015
By Calvin at 11:55 GMT, 11 years ago
Police and Derbyshire County Council hope a new initiative using portable lighting will help reduce Kilburn's anti-social behaviour problem by enabling community and youth events to continue safely during the winter. PC Neil Hopwell and PCSO John Midgley from the Kilburn Safer Neighbourhood Team…
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