Young people demonstrated how they spend their time supporting the local community to tackle anti-social behaviour when Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Sue Mountstevens visited South Gloucestershire and attended the ‘Friday Night Project’. The Project was set up in 2009 by Hanham and Hanham Abbots Parish Council. It was initiated after several groups of youths had begun gathering in public
Continue reading
Hundreds of drivers have visited special events at supermarkets in Bradley Stoke, Cribbs Causeway, Emersons Green, Longwell Green and Stoke Gifford to have their number plates secured. More events are now planned later this month, supported by mechanics from Halfords Autocentres. Community Safety Officer PC Roger Jones said: “Swapping standard number plate fittings with security screws prevents thieves stealing them
Continue reading
Residents in South Gloucestershire have until the end of October to make sure they are registered to vote in the country’s first Police and Crime Commissioner election. On Thursday 15th November, polls will open in the Avon and Somerset policing area – which includes South Gloucestershire – for the chance to vote for a Police and Crime Commissioner. This is
Continue reading
Chief Superintendent Sarah Crew has been confirmed as the South Gloucestershire Police District Commander. C/Supt Crew has been in the role since November 2011, when C/Supt Andy Francis left the post after seven years to run Avon and Somerset Police’s communications centre. Born and bred in South Gloucestershire, C/Supt Crew has 17 years’ experience in both uniformed policing and CID.
Continue reading
Detectives investigating the murder of Barry Rubery are appealing to local communities for information two years on from his death. Barry, who was a father and grandfather, was killed at Crossing Cottage on Latteridge Road in Iron Acton sometime overnight on 28th/29th April 2010. He had returned to the property at around 10:45pm after attending a Masons’ dinner at a
Continue reading
Police worked with The Mall at Cribbs Causeway to make sure an open-air concert for more than 6,000 people was a success. The Olly Murs concert to mark the Christmas lights being switched on at the South Gloucestershire shopping complex was the first ever hosted at the venue. A police operation was put into place to ensure the safety of
Continue reading
Avon and Somerset’s new Volunteer Police Cadets donned their uniforms for the first time at a launch event on Monday 31st October 2011. The teenagers, aged 14 to 17, chose to parade in front of senior officers, sponsors and their families at Downend Day Care Centre instead of joining friends to enjoy the Halloween festivities. The 10 young women and
Continue reading
South Gloucestershire police have carried out a series of drug raids as the culmination of a four-month operation. Officers arrested seven people and searched eight premises seizing suspected class A drugs believed to be heroin and cocaine as well as thousands of pounds in cash in the operation in Kingswood on Tuesday 14th June 2011. South Gloucestershire’s district commander, Chief
Continue reading
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are already a regular sight on our streets, and now South Gloucestershire Council will be funding more PCSOs as part of its drive for stronger and safer communities. The Council has announced that it is to provide an extra £100,000 for the PCSOs to provide support for police officers and deliver added reassurance for communities.
Continue reading
The debate on introducing directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners moved to the House of Lords yesterday following Lib Dem peer calls for a ‘postponement’ or ‘pilot.’ Members of the Lords debated the Police Reform and Social Responsibiilty Bill and the proposed introduction of a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to England and Wales. Avon and Somerset Police Authority Chair
Continue reading