With the terrible events in Paris still fresh in our minds I thought it would be useful to provide you with a link to guidance published by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (July 2015) called ‘Recognising the terrorist threat'. The guidance gives us information under the…

A business that is closed during the Xmas and New Year period, especially one that is located on a remote commercial estate where other businesses might also close at the same time, will be vulnerable to criminal attack simply because the guardianship provided by its staff will be absent over a…

Julia has brought my attention to this video from Thames Valley Police, which was launched as part of their ‘Consent is Everything’ campaign towards the end of October while we were away on holiday.

The video is unique insomuch that it compares asking someone if they would…

Each year during Diwali police observe a small increase in crimes such as burglary, thefts from cars and street robberies, including gold chain snatches and so they've been busy issuing safety messages to those celebrating this special day. For example Leicester police from the area's Keyham Lane…

Back in August I posted a little investigative story into a not quite as it seemed to be crime prevention publication called NCPA

Here’s what I said back in August: (edited)

Yesterday, I was contacted by a locksmith who had been in conversation with a ‘crime…

It's not often I bring your attention to successful prosecutions on this page, but I thought this one particularly worthy of highlighting, because the story is well told on the Birmingham Mail website and is an excellent example of police work by the West Midlands Police's Force Priorities Team…