Thanks to Modern Policing (based in the US) for bringing the following article to my attention. As law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and public health officials work to develop effective crime-prevention strategies, new research from the University of Iowafinds that individuals who…

Here’s a link to a short, but interesting article from…

Two things happened to me at the weekend: I drove past a car boot sale and I started to clean out my shed. So why do I mention both these occurrences in the same sentence? Because stuff nicked from sheds often ends up at a car boot sale! To demonstrate the value of a shed's contents here's a list…

Last week I visited a detached house in the South-East to carry out a home security survey. I do a few of these throughout the year and like to do them, because it forces me to keep up-to-date with what's going on in the security world. In this case the house is over one-hundred years old and is…

Here's an interesting study that considers the carbon footprint of crime. The full paper can be read for free at the link below: Summary: Governments estimate the social and economic impacts of crime, but its environmental impact is largely unacknowledged. Our study addresses this by estimating…

Our friend, Stephen Armson-Smith, one of the Crime Prevention Tactical Advisors in Essex Police has sent us a useful holiday security checklist that you might like to include in your monthly publications (I'm particularly thinking of Neighbourhood Watches/Parish Council newsletters etc). As…