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 1 March 2009
Virgin
Media agrees to supply free paint for graffiti clean up
Thurrock council has joined up with Virgin Media to create
an anti-graffiti partnership for Thurrock. Read more here
1 March 2009
Are
Croydon's pubs playing 'Big Brother'?
Scanners are
being used by some pubs in Croydon town centre to record
drinkers' personal details. Some say the technology represents
a threat to personal privacy. Read more here
 28 February 2009
Magistrates
to square-up over proposed new sentencing guidelines laws
JPs in England and Wales are speaking out over government
plans that they believe strike at the heart of the job they do
- in particular their freedom to fit the punishments they mete
out to the crimes. Read more here
28 February 2009
Denver
residents give graffiti vandals the brush-off
Residents in the Athmar Park neighbourhood of Denver,
Colorado, have 'adopted' street furniture as part their 'Brush
Off' campaign against graffiti. They say their approach is
working... Read more here
27 February 2009
Norwich
ShopWatch scheme struggles to attract membership
A
plea has today been issued for more businesses in Norwich to
get involved in the city's scheme where retail workers train
as special constables to reduce crime in local shops. Read
more here
26 February 2009
Tories
unveil plans to 'gate' young troublemakers
Proposals
unveiled by the Conservative Party could see persistent young
offenders confined to their homes for up to a month. Read more
here
25 February 2009
Derbyshires'
Safeguard scheme extended to cover more businesses
A
project to tackle business crime has been extended by
Derbyshire police. The scheme has already been running in
Derbyshire for two years as a pilot project, during which time
it is estimated to have saved businesses in the county £4.5m.
Read more here
25 February 2009
The
British Computer Society urges MPs to reject new data-sharing
legislation
The British Computer Society (BCS) has
added its voice to those expressing concern about the
data-sharing provisions in the Coroners & Justice Bill now
going through parliament. Read more here
 25 February 2009
Lessons
from recent initiatives to reduce school truancy
Writing in The Guardian, former Education Secretary
Estelle Morris says that, if nothing else, past experience in
tackling truancy gives us a better basis on which to do better
in the future... Read more here
24 February 2009
Business
crime reduced by 75 per cent in Norfolk town
A
business crime reduction programme to tackle the number of
attacks on businesses in Reepham, Norfolk, has been a success,
it has been claimed. Read more here
24 February 2009
London
prizes for community-based crime fighting projects
The
winners of the 2009 Safer London Problem Solving and Safer
Travel Awards, celebrating innovative projects to promote
safer communities across London and on the transport system,
have been announced. Both received generous cash awards Read
more here
24 February 2009
Crime-reduction
Takeaways
Takeway-style bags aimed at helping
residents keep burglars away are being dished out by police to
people in areas where crooks have already broken into homes
across Basildon and Thurrock, Essex. Read more here
22 February 2009
Scotland's
growing cirrhosis levels are linked to booze problem
Scotland is in the grip of a health crisis after research
revealed that more than half of men and 30 per cent of women
drink to excess. Read more here
22 February 2009
New
ShopWatch scheme for Midlands
A new ShopWatch scheme
is being launched by police as part of a drive against
shoplifting in north Worcestershire and south Birmingham. Read
more here
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