Over 30 officers and staff from Devon & Cornwall Police and three members of the public in Plymouth have received an award for their extraordinary efforts in keeping their local communities safe. Thirty-two police officers, six police staff, thr...
Release date: 24/04/2024
A full closure order has been granted on a property on Trevethenick Road in Truro, following significant anti-social behaviour by the occupants of the property over a prolonged period of time. After extensive work by the police and the local authority to ...
Release date: 23/04/2024
Members of the public in Devon & Cornwall can now report crimes and incidents and find out how to access support for victims just by using a smartphone app. The Police.UK app also gives crime prevention advice, information on local police cont...
Release date: 23/04/2024
Police teams in Torquay recently deployed a mobile knife arch to an under-18s music event to educate and deter young people from carrying a knife. The popular evening event, which sold over 850 tickets to people under the age of 18, took place on Saturday...
Release date: 22/04/2024
Throughout April, Devon & Cornwall Police are carrying out proactive operations, targeting drivers who ignore road traffic laws and put lives at risk. In an effort to reduce serious and fatal collisions, Roads Policing Officers from Devon & Cornwa...
Release date: 22/04/2024
A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with two separate assaults on older males aged 56 and 65 in Exmouth. Police were contacted after recent incidents at a shop on Magnolia Walk and Exmouth Indoor Market on The Strand. In both of these incidents ...
Release date: 22/04/2024
Two Plymouth men have been jailed for their roles in the death of a man who they brutally attacked in the street while on a night out in the city. One man was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 16 years for murder, the other to serve eight years for m...
Release date: 19/04/2024
Police in Barnstaple continue to respond to public concerns as they review the latest phase of their operation to tackle speeding drivers, anti-social behaviour, drug dealing and other offences. Extra arrests were carried out during the four weeks of the ...
Release date: 19/04/2024
A man has today [18 April] been jailed for eight years for rape and four other sexual offences against a teenage girl. Aaron Roberts, 33, of no fixed abode, Swindon, committed the offences in Cornwall between May and September 2020. He was found guilty by...
Release date: 18/04/2024
Two members of the public, including a 17-year-old, have been recognised alongside a police officer for their bravery and selflessness at a recent awards ceremony in Plymouth. In September 2023, Police Constable (PC) Weston was on patrol in Stonehouse, P...
Release date: 18/04/2024
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