This story in the Liverpool Echo online made me smile today! Police bid to bring south Liverpool criminal empire to its knees. The sale of the family home from which the Fitzgibbons ran their international drugs trade was today blocked – as police clamped down on their crime…

Andrew Koubaridis from The New Zealand Herald writes an interesting piece describing his tour through central Auckland with police and late-night drinkers as new legislation concerning the sale and supply of alcohol comes into play. Here's the link:…

I'm worried! Is it just me or have the words ‘Burglarize' ‘Burglarized' and ‘Burglarizing' been gradually creeping into the UK English language from across the pond? I'm sure I heard one of them used on BBC breakfast news last week and I definitely heard a former British…

On KENS 5 News Channel's website today is a story about a pair of burglars dressed in hardhats and reflective jackets carrying clipboards who posed as council workers to commit a burglary of an 80-year-old's home in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio Police Department, who have charged two of the…

Most police forces in the UK have been running their annual ‘Don't let thieves steal your Christmas' campaigns, including our friends in Cumbria Constabulary who provide the following tips on their campaign news page (I've added a couple of links): Keep your valuables safe Keep…

After a recent message via Facebook and some news items I've seen today I thought I would take an opportunity to post something about being neighbourly. All year-round neighbourliness is important for crime prevention in your street for pretty obvious reasons. Many of us are out at work during…