People across Devon and Cornwall are being asked to share their experiences of using the police non-emergency number 101.
Based on feedback he receives during engagement events Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has today launched a major public consultation as part of his office’s review into the 101 service.
The review will be led by Dr Karen Vincent, the OPCC’s Performance and Customer Service Manager, in collaboration with the Force and will assess how well the service is meeting the needs of callers and to identify and deliver any required changes.
Four men from Avon have been sentenced to more than 36 years in total for the robbery at the Golden Sands Holiday complex in Dawlish in August last year.
The robbery took place in the early hours of 27 August 2013.
Men wearing balaclavas forced members of staff to open a safe containing a large quantity of cash.
One member of staff sustained a fractured shoulder and arm, and deep lacerations to various positions on his body, after being assaulted with an axe and a hammer.
Craig Lockyer, 28, Karl Daniels, 38, and Dean Smart, 27, pleaded guilty to robbery and...
Police in Newton Abbot are appealing for information following an incident of indecent exposure in the town. The incident happened at around 8.45am on Tuesday 29 July within the grounds of All Saints Parish Church in Highweek. Police received a report from a female witness that a man had been seen standing within the church grounds performing an indecent act. He is described as white, in his early thirties, around 5ft 8ins, of athletic and toned build, tanned, with short dark hair. The man was wearing a plain black ~T-shirt and black lace-up work-style boots. He is described as having the...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has begun a consultation process which will see communities across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly set their own list of restorative sanctions for low level offences.
Mr Hogg is asking individuals and organisations across the peninsula to take part in the survey on a new Government initiative, the Community Remedy, which will give victims a say in how those who commit low level crime and antisocial behaviour are dealt with.
The Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, places a duty on police and crime commissioners to...
Police investigating an armed robbery at a jewellers’ shop in Paignton are appealing for information. At around 4.45pm on Tuesday 22 April, three people entered the House of Diamonds, Torquay Road, dressed in hooded tops and overalls. They were allegedly armed with a baseball bat and a knife. Witnesses managed to detain one of the offenders whilst another two made off and got into a waiting car. The white Peugeot was recovered a short distance away with the two other suspects making off on foot. During the robbery the shop owner sustained a minor injury to his arm. Inspector Justin Wyles,...
Severe flaws in child safeguarding allowed a convicted paedophile to continue abusing two young victims, according to a report released today. The independent report, commissioned by the Devon Children Safeguarding Board covers the services repeated oversight during a five-year period of abuse and the circumstances leading up to the abuser coming into contact with his victims. The abuser, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was a known child sex offender prior to coming into contact with the family. He was jailed last year for a series of offences against his victims, including rape and...
As part of National Rogue Trader Week (7 – 11 April 2014), Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Officers have been focusing on the scourge of doorstep crime through education, engagement and enforcement in partnership with Police forces.
The vulnerable and elderly nature of targeted consumers, the high levels of financial loss, and the health issues that victims suffer also creates increased demands on local care and support services, particularly when victims are targeted repeatedly by organised criminal gangs whose tactics are constantly being changed and adapted.
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has ‘listened to the voices of our communities’ to set new priorities for Devon and Cornwall Police.
In his revised Police and Crime Plan, published today (3 April), Mr Hogg sets out six priorities. These focus the efforts of the commissioner, the police and other organisations onto cutting crime, keeping people safe and encouraging people to work together to make communities stronger and safer.
The priorities are:
• Cutting crime, keeping Devon and Cornwall safe; • Reducing the harm caused by alcohol related crime; •...
The following is a blog piece written by Police and Crime Comissioner Tony Hogg.
People will know that I have had some wide and contrasting experiences in life. Thirty years in the Royal Navy took me into many unpleasant situations, and, in the years that followed, I worked with many disadvantaged and disabled youngsters through a Cornish charity.
Since being elected as Police and Crime Commissioner I have joined police and officers and staff at the ‘sharp end’ on numerous occasions, and my latest foray onto the streets has had a profound effect on me.
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner is calling on supermarkets and retailers to join the fight to reduce alcohol related crime and misuse. It is one of the major priorities in Tony Hogg’s Police and Crime Plan. Alcohol related crime and anti-social behaviour costs around £366m / year across the force area. It affects individuals, families and communities and places a huge financial burden on policing and health services. Mr Hogg has written to major supermarkets and retailers, along with some smaller outlets, asking them to play a part in reducing the problem. He has...
