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Prime Minister raises expectations
The Prime Minister’s promise to provide sufficient government funding
to maintain current police and community support officer numbers up to
2013 has received a sceptical response.
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Sex offender disclosure scheme goes nationwide
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme will begin its national
rollout following a successful pilot stage. The rollout across all of
England and Wales will begin with a phased introduction to 18 forces in
August. The remainder of the 43 forces will follow by March 2011.
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Confident on neighbourhoods
Executive Feature
The Prime Minister has launched a strategy to develop neighbourhood
policing, greater partnership working and provide the public with
better access to tackle issues of most concern, particularly
anti-social behaviour. Police Professional spoke with the Policing
Minister this week to discuss the implications of the strategy.
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Formula for success
Executive Feature
Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have
devised a mathematical solution to predict crime hotspots and their
diffusion as a result of enforcement interaction. Through joint working
with police in Los Angeles, they hope to develop better use of the law
enforcement technique anywhere in the world.
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MIDAS technology gets the go-ahead
Technology
Police officers across the country will soon be able to check an
individual’s identity at the roadside within two minutes following the
introduction of a new mobile fingerprinting device later this year.
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Students team up with police to offer crime-prevention advice
Bright Ideas
Cumbria Constabulary has been working with young people in Whitehaven
during the school half-term holiday to share crime-prevention advice
with residents in the area. Youngsters from local youth clubs spent
some of the school holiday with police community support officers
(PCSOs) delivering home safety tips across the area. They accompanied
officers as they knocked on doors in the neighbourhood offering
crime-prevention advice and SmartWater marking kits.
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New alarms help elderly feel safer
Bright Ideas
A new design of personal alarm is being offered to elderly people in
Gwent to make them feel safer when walking the city’s streets. Newport
city centre neighbourhood policing team is handing out the alarms,
which are designed to be fitted to walking sticks, crutches, zimmer
frames,mobility scooters and wheelchairs.
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