Our Neighbourhood Policing Team in Polzeath has taken the unusual step of introducing a dispersal order to control anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the beach area. Parents are urged to make sure their teenage children don’t cause a nuisance and negative imp...
Release date: 08/07/2026
Volunteers led a South Devon Special Constabulary traffic day on Friday 3rd July with the aim of educating drivers and saving lives. Officers were out in Paignton, Torquay and Brixham to speak to motorists about the dangers of the Fatal Five offences whic...
Release date: 07/07/2026
We are appealing for witnesses and any relevant footage following a serious assault in Plymouth. Officers were called at around 9pm on Wednesday 24 June following a report of two men and two women fighting near the mini roundabout at Madeira Road and Hoe ...
Release date: 07/07/2026
Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman suffered serious injuries in a collision with a car in in Newlyn, Penzance. Officers were called to The Strand on Wednesday 1 July at around 11.40am. The incident involved a pedestrian and a bl...
Release date: 06/07/2026
Officers investigating a reported road-rage assault in Sherford in which a driver was verbally abused, grabbed and threatened are appealing for information. The incident happened in Main Street, at the junction with Equinox Road, at around 12.55pm on Wedn...
Release date: 06/07/2026
We are appealing for witnesses and footage following a fatal road traffic collision on Pennsylvania Road at the junction with Stoke Valley Road in Exeter. Officers were called at around 5.10pm on Sunday 5 July 2026 to reports of the collision involving a ...
Release date: 06/07/2026
We are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage following a collision involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian in Shaldon. At around 1.30pm on Friday 3 July, emergency services were called to attend the A379 Torquay Road, Shaldon, to a report of a road...
Release date: 06/07/2026
We are releasing an e-fit as part of an investigation into a sexual assault in Ham Woods, Plymouth. At around 3.45pm on Thursday 25 June a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an unknown male at the woods. He then left the scene. The victim has brav...
Release date: 03/07/2026
The family of a woman who died following a light aircraft crash in Devon last month has paid an emotional tribute to an incredible mother who lived life with an adventurous spirit. Nicola Wright, 44, from Dorset, lost her life on the morning of Friday 26 ...
Release date: 03/07/2026
Local officers recently paid a visit to Saltash Community School with police dog Skye in a bid to educate and deter young people from using illegal drugs. Skye, a six-year-old fox red Labrador who is trained to sniff out drugs, visited random classrooms i...
Release date: 03/07/2026
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