The latest figures for 2015 shows that crime continues to fall across Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Recorded figures for January to December 2015 showed a decrease of 4.9% or 3,998 fewer offences compared to 2014, with reductions across a number of crime groups. The updated picture shows the Force continues to see reductions in public order offences (down by -12.4%),...
Devon and Cornwall Police generally provides a good service in identifying vulnerable people and responds well to them, according to a report.
However, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary says there are several areas where improvement is needed to ensure that the service is consistent and vulnerable people are kept safe.
Given the scale of the challenge in this area and...
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has welcomed calls for an independent panel to advise the Government on future proposals for police funding.
A report published by the Home Affairs Select Committee says accounting firms, financial experts and the College of Policing should be appointed to assist the Home Office in formulating revised proposals.
Arrests of children by Devon and Cornwall Police have fallen by 64 per cent in the last four years, data obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (Monday 23 November).
Research by the charity has found that the number of arrests in Devon and Cornwall dropped from 4,132 in 2010 to 1,470 in 2014.
The figures confirm the continued success of a long-running...
Devon-based counsellor Rosemary Pell, has received an Award of Fellowship, from the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (AIRSO), for her outstanding work with the Road User Support Service (RUSS). A member of AIRSO, Rosemary has been recognised for her ongoing dedication to RUSS by being invited to become a Fellow of the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (FAIRSO)....
Despite the fact that it is now over 30 years since wearing seatbelts in the front seats of vehicles was made compulsory (1983), and 23 years since it became law for rear seat passengers to belt up, failing to wear a seatbelt is still one of the primary contributors to sustaining injury in a collision.
Of the “Fatal Four” main causes of serious injuries and deaths on the region’s roads...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses after a man was allegedly assaulted as he sat in a traffic queue in the city.
At a set of traffic lights just past The Tamar public house, the victim was sat in his red Peugeot 107 when he was approached by two women who had been sat in a silver Skoda.
Whilst still in the queue, a verbal altercation occurred and one of the two...
Police in the Plymouth area are seeking a 21-year-old man who is wanted in connection with a recall to prison for a breach of his licence conditions.
Devon & Cornwall Police seek the whereabouts of this male and current or last known location and are looking for the male to surrender himself or contact the police via 101 number.
