Devon & Cornwall

A charity supporting children, young people and families with vision impairment in Devon and Cornwall has received a donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation after being nominated by colleagues from the Plymouth branch.

Moorvision received the £850 donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation to help fund a project to take 25 children and young...

New Home Office funding proposals would have a ‘catastrophic’ effect on Devon and Cornwall Police

According to Andrew White, chief executive in the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Devon and Cornwall could lose 200 more front line police officers if Government plans to change the way it funds forces go ahead.

Tony Hogg’s team has now scrutinised the Government’s...

Police in Devonport and West Plymouth are running Operation Smart, a two-week initiative to tackle issues that are important to residents.

Local officers will be engaging with their communities and carrying out a number of activities between Monday 1 December and Friday 12 December.

On Wednesday 3 December PCSOs will be running a traffic operation to tackle residents’ concerns...

Recorded crime across Devon and Cornwall continues to fall, new figures announced on Thursday, January 23, 2014, reveal.

Overall crime between 01/01/13 and 31/12/13 fell by 2.6 per cent – a reduction of 2,235 crimes.

The Force has continued to see reductions in dwelling burglary, (down 8.6 per cent), non-dwelling burglary, (down 11.7 per cent), and vehicle offences, (down 14...

Devon and Cornwall Police are asking for the public’s views on the new Force website.

Anyone using the internet via a standard terminal or any mobile device can follow http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/v5 to see the new version of the Force website and give feedback on its style.

Police are also asking people to complete a short online survey so we can best shape the new site...

A new ID scanning system has gone live in Plymouth to help police tackle underage drinking and alcohol-related disorder.

The computerised ID scanners were installed in eight pubs and clubs in the city centre in the run up to Christmas.

The scanners expose fake IDs being tried by underage drinkers and quickly identify troublemakers who are already banned from licensed premises...

Crown Prosecution Service considers charges on Thomas Orchard case

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering a charges including corporate manslaughter against Devon and Cornwall Police over the death of Thomas Orchard.

Mr Orchard died after being held in police custody on 3 October 2012 where an emergency restraint belt was stapped across his mouth as a ‘...

Devon & Cornwall Police say that they received a call at 1.17am this morning (3 May 2013) reporting that a number of buses were on fire in the Summercourt area of Cornwall.

It is thought that at least 37 buses have been deystroyed by fire, a third of bus firm Western Greyhound's fleet, which will impact on the bus service provided in mid-Cornwall. There were no persons injured as a...

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.

I’m lucky to be PCC for...

A panel discussion allowing members of the public to question representatives of the criminal justice system will be held at Chudleigh Parish Church at 7pm (for 7.30pm start) on Wednesday 17 April.

Included on the panel will be Devon & Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg, Chief Superintendent Paul Davies (Devon Commander, Devon and Cornwall Police), Sarah Carlsen (...