The performance of Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and the Devon and Cornwall force is scrutinised in the first of a series of publicly viewable one-to-one meetings with Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg.
The PCC holds the Chief Constable to account for the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan. The PCC's office says that the correct mechanism to achieve this in a structured,...
Devon and Cornwall Police take DNA samples from 19 children every week, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (20 May 2013).
New research by the charity has found that Devon and Cornwall officers took swabs from 1,009 boys and girls aged 17 or under during 2011.
They included 18 primary school-age children – five 10-year-olds and 13 11-year-olds...
A record number of children have been safeguarded from sexual abusers in the past year, figures from the UK’s leading child protection agency reveal today.
In 2012/2013, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre safeguarded and protected 790 children – an increase of 85 per cent on the previous year, and the highest yearly figure since the Centre launched in 2006. It...
Wherever I go, people ask me whether I am enjoying being the Police and Crime Commissioner. I always tell them that enjoying is probably the wrong word. Relishing? Yes! Challenged? Definitely! Enjoying? I suspect that will only come when the impact of decisions I make is really felt, and Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is even safer than it already is.
Christopher Copeland aged 51 years from Copplestone, near Crediton has today, Wednesday 17 April been charged with 16 counts of fraud by false representation in connection with the Help for Heroes Charity.
He has been released on bail to appear before Exeter Magistrates Court on Wednesday 8 May.
A dispersal order designed to tackle crime and anti social behaviour in the city centre, the waterfront, Union Street, North Hill and Mutley Plain will come into effect this month.
The order was requested by the police and signed this week as a delegated decision by Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet Member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Councillor Chris Penberthy....
I am writing this on my 100th day in office. If I’m honest it feels more like a hundred minutes because we’ve packed so much in to these first 3 months, and at times there’s hardly been time to catch my breath.
I am really pleased with what I’ve managed to achieve so far. The appointment of a new Chief Constable, publication of police and crime plan and setting the budget quite...
