Businesses in Teignmouth are uniting to stand in solidarity against retail crime, anti-social behaviour and violence by signing up for free to an online crime reporting tool linked directly to the police. UK Partners Against Crime (UKPAC) Business Crime Reduction Partnership is being funded for 12 months in the town by Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez. […]
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A retiring Devon & Cornwall Police Inspector who has worked tirelessly to help successfully launch and expand a pioneering multi emergency services response role has been presented with a special award from Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez. Tri-Service Safety Officers (TSSOs) - who can be called upon to deal with police, ambulance and fire and […]
Innovative ways are always being sought to deter young people away from crime and for the first time my office is now providing funding for pioneering football-related schemes. Sport is a productive and fun way of engaging with those who have been involved in antisocial behaviour or crime, or are at risk of being exploited due […]
An innovative new artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to revolutionise housebuilding by making it quicker and more cost effective to secure planning permission is to be used to help deliver affordable housing for award-winning Prisoners Building Homes (PBH). LANDCLAN, in partnership with PBH, has been awarded £100,000 from the government’s PropTech Innovation Challenge Fund to support […]
Commissioner calls for perpetrators to be the focus of ending violence against women and young girls
It remains my ongoing mission to do everything within my powers to help tackle violence against women and young girls (VAWG) and I would like to share with you some of the ways that is starting to be achieved. The time has come to call upon men to step up and help be part of how […]
Towns and villages across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are being helped to improve community safety, catch criminals and reduce offending through the launch of a new CCTV funding scheme. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is making £125,000 available in 2025/26 from the […]