Police force launches 100-day blitz on rural crime
Thames Valley Police force has launched a 100-day crackdown on rural crime.
The main offences targeted will be hare coursing, poaching, theft from vehicles, theft of agricultural machinery and burglary. The force will co-ordinate the action across 10 Local Policing Areas within its patch.
Each LPA will hold 10 days of intensive operational and crime prevention activity to tackle rural crime and will plan their activities around the rural crimes affecting their areas most. Five of the days will be in the summer and five will take place next winter.
Thames Valley 100-day crackdown
- Prevent rural crime offences through high visibility policing in hotspot locations
- Respond to rural crimes, identify and secure suspects and bring offenders to justice
- Target known offenders and crime groups
- Improve confidence in the police among the rural community
Chief superintendent Tim De Meyer said: “These more intensive operations will serve to speed up our progress in tackling criminals who target the rural economy, improving security in rural areas and gaining the trust and confidence of local people.”
Chief supt De Meyer added that the action would help the police learn more about how the farming community worked and enable them to pick up new skills that could be used to catch the criminals who target farms.
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