Police forces in the South West teamed up to make roads safer for horses and riders as part of a recent operation in Devon. Our Rural Affairs officers and Roads Casualty Reduction team joined forces with the British Horse Society and the Mounted Section ...
Release date: 02/12/2025
Last week, officers from the local neighbourhood policing team held a family fun day at Axminster Skate Park in a bid to empower and educate young cyclists. During the event, PC Ben Middleton, PC Sam Bowyer, PC Jessica Crabtree spoke with lots of children...
Release date: 05/11/2025
Extra frontline police officers in South Devon have recently been trained to test drivers for drugs to keep local communities safe. The drug screening sessions are designed to enable greater detection of driving offences to save lives and support De...
Release date: 28/10/2025
Children from St Andrew’s School in Plymouth recently teamed up with local police officers to raise awareness about driving and parking safely near schools. Devon & Cornwall Police and the school ran a competition to design safety posters to be given ...
Release date: 27/10/2025
Police recently carried out a road traffic operation in Teignbridge, Torbay and South Hams to check driver behaviour and reduce the number of incidents which cause serious injury or even fatalities. The operation, which visited pl...
Release date: 30/09/2025
Officers from Devon & Cornwall Police took part in the one-day operation focused on uninsured driving, alongside the Motor Insurers’ Bureau. The operation was timed to coincide with the busiest day of travel into the South West, following the start of...
Release date: 28/07/2025
Police have been targeting e-bikes being used dangerously or illegally in the city as part of a continued crackdown on organised crime. On Monday 30 June, officers from the Exeter Neighbourhood Policing team worked with the Roads Policing Unit, Immigratio...
Release date: 03/07/2025
A former police officer who pleaded guilty to speeding has been ordered to pay £1,140 and disqualified from driving for three months. Former police constable Carl Parker, 43, was recorded on a fixed site speed camera travelling at 140mph. The incident hap...
Release date: 27/06/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police recently carried out a high visibility road safety operation called Op Lockspring. The purpose of the operation was to reduce the number of collisions on the roads and to educate the public about the importance of driving...
Release date: 24/06/2025
Officers from Devon & Cornwall Police organised an informative event at Haldon Forest near Exeter to speak to members of the public about road safety. Roads Policing Officers are using the two-metre close pass mat as a visual aid to help visitors to t...
Release date: 16/04/2025
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