Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has pledged an extra £200,000 funding to increase CCTV capacity across the force area and encourage the development of monitoring ‘hubs’. The initiative is highlighted in her newly published Police and Crime plan. “High quality and interconnected CCTV plays a major role in helping to keep people safe,” said Ms Hernandez “It is an invaluable resource for the police to investigate crime and enable emergency services to find and help vulnerable people. “I want to support local authorities to better monitor their existing...
Drivers caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel now face tougher penalties.
From today (1 March 2017) both the fine and penalty points will double - from £100 to £200 and from 3 to 6 points.
Between 1 and 7 March Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police roads policing alliance will be out on the region’s roads ensuring compliance with the new legislation. The option of taking an awareness course and not receiving points on the driving license will no longer be offered.
Chief Inspector Adrian Leisk, head of the roads policing alliance, said: “These...
Police were called at around 9.40pm on Thursday 23rd of February with reports of an altercation between Oxford Road and York Road, near Sidwell Street in Exeter.
It is believed that the victim, a local man in his 30’s was attacked by three black men who later fled the scene in a vehicle. The victim sustained a knife injury to the buttocks and remains in hospital in a stable condition.
It is believed that all four men knew each other and Police enquiries are underway.
Anyone who witnessed the altercation or who has any information that can help police with their...
Police have released images of a number of antiques stolen during a burglary at a property in Colyton.
The incident took place at an unoccupied property in Gullyshoot, Colyton, East Devon, between 1st and 3rd February.
The following distinctive antique pieces stolen.
Silver Items:
A William IV Castle Top Snuff box (2 7/8" long); the hinged cover chased with a view of Windsor Castle and having a cast foliage decorated thumb piece; the base with engine turned decoration and having a rectangular cartouche with an engraved monogram; gilt lined interior....
On Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th February 2017, officers from the Alliance Road Policing Team (RPT) of Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police took part in an intensive roads policing operation, one of a series dubbed Allied Wolf.
The intention of Allied Wolf is to deter and disrupt organised criminality which makes use of the regions roads and to reduce road casualties by targeting the ‘fatal four’ factors of speed, distraction, not wearing seatbelts and impairment whether through drink or drugs.
In the early afternoon and evening of the 23rd, officers focused their...
Police are reminding dog owners of their responsibilities following reports of attacks on livestock in the region, caused by dogs being walked off the lead.
Last year there we over 150 crimes recorded across Devon and Cornwall linked to livestock worrying offences; the number of these incidents also usually increase during the lambing season as we exit winter.
PC Phil Johnson from the Teignmouth Crime Hub, said: “We are currently investigating a particularly nasty dog attack on a pregnant yew this week near Holne in Dartmoor, which led to the animal having to be put down...
At around 2.30pm on Monday 30 January 2017, two men approached a man in his 50s, close to the junction with Lawn Hill and The Strand.
The man, who is an employee of a nearby shop, was taking the weekend takings to be banked. He was sprayed in the face with a substance and the cash was stolen by these two men.
The offenders made their way from the scene on foot, running up Lawn Hill, turning left on to High Street before turning right again and running up Orchard Gardens. The offenders were followed by one or two young men on push bikes.
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer welcomes the £24m funding made available by Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez, which will enable the Force to increase the number of police officers on the streets over the next four years. The Chief Constable supports the Police and Crime Plan (2017 to 2020) which is being published by the Police and Crime Commissioner on Friday 27 January. Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said: “This plan, along with the budget proposals for 2017/18, represent a definitive step forward in making the Force sustainable and resilient for the 21st Century. “It will...
Police have released images of a number of people they wish to identify in connection to a large-scale fight in Exeter City Centre.
Police were called at around 2am on New Year's Eve (Saturday 31 December 2016), with reports of a fight outside Natwest Bank in the High Street, Exeter.
A number of people were taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital following the disorder, including a 24-year-old man from Exeter with a suspected fractured eye socket and vertebrae.
One man was arrested at the scene and was bailed until the 19th of January pending further enquiries...
