Devon and Cornwall Police has launched a campaign to recruit new Special Constables to the force.
The campaign will run for three weeks between Monday 3 February and Friday 21 February 2014, with the aim of recruiting additional Special Constables (Specials) throughout the region.
Special Constables are trained volunteers who provide essential support to neighbourhood policing teams and assist in making our communities safer. Personal benefits of joining as a Special Constable include learning new skills that can be utilised in their existing careers and personal lives....
Devon & Cornwall Police are appealing for information following a high-value burglary in Teignmouth.
The incident took place between Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 29 January 2014 at a property on Second Avenue.
During the burglary, property worth a total of almost £7,000 was stolen. The haul included jewellery which was of sentimental value to the 65-year-old disabled victim.
A garden shed was also burnt to the ground.
The stolen property included:
Silver HP laptop Probook 6560B – serial number 4CZ12812YY
It was always going to be the case that the role of police and crime commissioner would develop quickly – it had to.
So whereas 2013 set a necessary but probably unsustainable pace my restructured OPCC team is now better configured to face the challenges ahead and allows me to focus on key areas such as lobbying Government and on issues that matter most to us who are a long way away from the seat of power.
For the last few weeks we have been looking at the budget for the next four years as we try and balance the books in very difficult times.
Police in Exeter have issued a warning following a burglary in the city today, Friday, 24 January 2014. The incident took place at a house on Mincinglake Road, Stoke Hill at around 11.25 am. A man knocked on the front door of the property and told the occupant – a woman in her 80s – that his football was in her back garden. As the victim went to unlock the back gate, the suspect entered the front door and went upstairs. The woman shouted at him and the man left the scene empty-handed. The suspect is described as being around 30-years-old and 5ft 6in tall. He was wearing a dark woolly hat....
Over 160 drivers, including a man who four times the legal limit at 11am, were arrested during Devon and Cornwall Police’s Christmas drink driving campaign.
According to figures released today police officers gave 1,326 breath tests of which 167 were positive, refused or failed to provide.
One man stopped in Devon was found to be more than four times the legal limit at 11am while another stop also in Devon found a 28-year-old woman four times the limit at 4:30pm/
In Plymouth, two readings of over 3½ times the legal limit were provided, one by a 33 year-old woman and...
Police in Newton Abbot are appealing for witnesses after a man was allegedly assaulted in the town on Tuesday 21 January. The assault happened on Powderham Road early in the afternoon, between around 1pm and 3pm. A man approached the 27-year-old victim and assaulted him with a brick. The victim suffered leg injuries as a result of the incident. The suspect is described as white, short and of stocky build. He was wearing an Adidas baseball cap, dark blue tracksuit bottoms, a light grey hoody and a short black jacket. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call police on 101 quoting...
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...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was allegedly assaulted in an attack in Dartmouth at the weekend. The 43-year-old victim was approached by a man in Smith Street between about 11.45pm on Saturday 11 January and 12.15am on Sunday 12 January. He was punched in the face before passing out, and sustained facial injuries. A passer-by who may have seen the attack assisted him. Police believe this was an unprovoked attack. The suspect was wearing a dark grey/blue top and jeans. A 27-year-old man from Dartmouth has been arrested on suspicion of assault and released on police bail...
More bad weather is on its way over the weekend with forecasters expecting heavy rainfall throughout today (Saturday).
The Met Office has issued a new yellow weather warning for rain for Devon this morning which could see travel disruption and further flooding take place throughout the region.
The chief forecaster for the Met Office: “A complex set of frontal systems will move up into the southwest of Britain during Saturday morning and afternoon.
“The associated rainbands are likely to slow or stall for a few hours, before resuming their eastward progress later in...
