Devon and Cornwall Police are continuing to change the way incidents are dealt with, to ensure the best service possible can be given to the public with the existing resources.
Across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in 2015 the Force received around 1,600 reports where a customer had left without paying for fuel from a garage forecourt. These are not offences of fraud or theft...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fire at a builders' yard in Wingfield Road, Stoke, Plymouth on Tuesday 12th May.
Police assisted with road closures on Raynham Road, Wingfield Way and Penlee Road and residents were asked to keep their windows closed as the Fire service tackled the blaze, which was reported at around 1.50pm.
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with a ‘ringing the changes’ scam in Plymouth.
A man is believed to have entered the Bargain Booze shop in Mutley Plain at around 6.25pm on Friday 27 March and asked the shop assistant to change £300 worth of £10 notes into £20 notes.
The shop assistant became confused when the man changed his mind...
Award-winning comedian Amadeus Martin’s journey through Brixton’s urban legends, anecdotes and observations, from the failed Viking Invasion of 885AD, the Victorian Era of 1885 and his God-fearing mother’s villainy in the 1985 riots.
God Created Brixton is a story about Amadeus’s quest over a thirty year period from youngster to adult to convince a Polish pen pal to set foot in Brixton, an impossible task due to its bad reputation.
Amadeus found that Brixton was the first place in Great Britain to have electric street lights, hence the name Electric Avenue. He’s amazed that...
A Bank Holiday treat, French jazz funk band Undergroove is taking a Spring trip to Cornwall from their native Rennes.
Featuring trumpeter Martin Capon, drummer Joey Brusquet, Thomas Hurtel on bass, guitarist Youn Lohmann and Manon Benoit-Gonin on vocals, flute and percussion.
Expect a mind blowing yet melodic sound, with tonal resonance that allows constant evolution and improvisation. Without doubt Undergroove is a group to be appreciated live, with a confluence of sounds and rhythms to exhilarate and inspire.
£10 advance, £11 door, £6 under 18s and students with...
Recorded crime across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has reduced in the last year according to figures announced today.
Overall reported crime between April 2014 and March 2015 reduced by 5.2% - 4,417 fewer crimes.
During the same period victim based reported crimes reduced 5.9%. The Force has seen a number of reductions in areas including burglary (down 9.7%), vehicle...
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer opened the third annual Devon and Cornwall Street Pastor Conference by thanking team members for their incredible contribution on behalf of the police and every person they had helped.
The conference, held at Middlemoor Police HQ on Saturday 21 March 2015, was led by ex-Met officer Nick Cornish from the national Street Pastor charity Ascension Trust and...
Operation Vortex, the successful road safety campaign run by Devon and Cornwall Police, is to be staged on Thursday 2 April and on days throughout April and May.
Police will be using a number of unmarked vehicles including police motorbikes to help identify and target motorists who disregard road traffic laws and cause danger to others.
From Wednesday (1 April) a new service will introduce a significant change in victim care in Devon and Cornwall (IoS), with the establishment of a police-based victim care unit (VCU) and a network of support service providers.
Rosie, a sexual abuse survivor, who lives in Cornwall, said: “When I heard about the new victim hub it actually made me smile. To be able to put the power back...
