Hampshire Constabulary are reminding people of the legal use of E-scooters with Christmas fast approaching as some people will be considering the purchase of an electric scooter. Police are appealing to people to familiarise themselves with the legislation around use of E-scooters, to keep owners and others safe: Advice on e-scooter
Neighbourhood Watch are set to host two more webinar sessions – one focusing on ASB and how the community can record and report it, and the second will share information about the new Streetsafe reporting tool. The ASB focused webinar is on Tuesday 15th November from 5.00pm to 6.00pm and to register
A man has been jailed for four and a half years for a series of offences committed in Fareham, Gosport and the Isle of Wight, including burglary and fraud. Lucas Beau Corke, aged 45, of Barncroft Way in Havant, was charged with the following offences, after a lengthy police investigation: Theft
National county lines intensification week, which targets drug traffickers who often recruit children and vulnerable adults to supply drugs across the country, ran from Monday, 11th to Sunday, 17th October. Hampshire Constabulary alongside other forces in England and Wales engaged in operations to crackdown on county lines. These are the highlighted
The 18th October is Anti-Slavery Day – an opportunity to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery. The UK Anti-Slavery Day Act was passed into law in April 2010, and the first Anti-Slavery Day took place on 18 October 2010. The Day aims to raise
A new service has been developed and is currently being piloted by a range of banks and telephone companies across the UK in order to combat the increasing levels of fraud in the UK. The service, which includes the likes of Barclays, Lloyds (inc. Halifax and Bank of Scotland), Natwest (incl.
The Home Office has launched StreetSafe, an online tool on police.uk that enables people, particularly women and girls, to pin-point locations where they feel or have felt unsafe. Donna Jones, Police and Crime Commissioner said: “Violence against women and girls can have a devastating impact on victims and survivors, their friends
Applications are now open for 14-24 year olds to join the Youth Commission. The purpose of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Youth Commission is to make young people part of the solution to tackling crime and improving policing, rather than being seen as part of the problem. Members gain confidence
The Victim Care Service provides free, confidential support to residents across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and their aim is to empower people to move beyond crime, in a way that suits them. The impact of crime can be devastating and over the last year (April 2020- end of March2021),
A new website that houses a directory of free and low cost positive activities for young people to do in their free time has been launched by the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Youth Commission. The website has been designed by members of the Youth Commission to list free and low cost