Sergeant Sam Parfett is new to the Exeter Neighbourhood Police Team and is working hard to keep the public safe and make sure they see officers out and about in the city. Sam leads a team of Police Constables and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) ...
Release date: 18/03/2025
A prolific offender who is currently serving 42 weeks in prison for shoplifting, has been sentenced to serve an additional 14 weeks after being charged and with further offences that occurred in Devon. Craig Sawyer, 51, of no fixed abode, appeared via vid...
Release date: 18/03/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police have been successful in obtaining a closure order on a property in Torquay following reports of drug dealing and anti social behaviour. On Tuesday 11 March, the Force obtained a three-month full closure order at a property on W...
Release date: 14/03/2025
Since November last year, heightened police activity in the Stonehouse area of Plymouth has led to a number of positive outcomes as part of a wider project to improve safety in the area. The work carried out by the neighbourhood police team has led to ove...
Release date: 12/03/2025
Police officers in Devonport have achieved a number of positive outcomes as part of their recent effort to drive down crime affecting the livelihoods of local people. Recent police activity in Devonport has had a focus on shoplifting, police visibility an...
Release date: 11/03/2025
A property in Torquay has been served a closure order after reports from the public of persistent antisocial behaviour (ASB) inside and outside the address. The Devon & Cornwall Police legal team worked to secure the full closure order, which was gran...
Release date: 10/03/2025
The supply and sale of drugs has a negative impact on the livelihoods and safety in communities; it remains a key concern for local people in the city of Plymouth. In response to the problem, neighbourhood police officers in the area have put things in pl...
Release date: 10/03/2025
Police in Teignbridge recently uncovered a cannabis grow following reports from the local community. On Monday 3 March 2025, local neighbourhood police officers seized and destroyed a total of eight cannabis plants along with growing equipment found at a ...
Release date: 06/03/2025
Exeter’s Community Safety Team have been granted limited policing powers through the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS). Introduced last year through collective investment by Exeter City Council and InExeter, the team are supported by additional...
Release date: 04/03/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police have successfully arrested and charged an individual from Dawlish for 14 shoplifting offences and an assault on a police officer, securing a twenty-four week prison sentence. Ross Norman, aged 32, of Carlton Terrace (Dawlish) w...
Release date: 24/02/2025
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