Devon and Cornwall Police

Concerns over D&C Police child protection work

Her Hajesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary today published an inspection report into the child protection work carried out by Devon and Cornwall Police, following an inspection carried out in May 2015. This is part of a rolling programme of child protection inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.

Inspectors say they were concerned to find:

* A lack of...

34 year old man held by police over alleged rape

Devon and Cornwall Police have released a statement concerning an alleged rape of a Plymouth woman on Mutley Plain.

Police sources say at around 8am this morning, Thursday 28th February, a woman in her early twenties reported that she had been raped in the toilets of Goodbodies Cafe on Mutley Plain in Plymouth. On police arrival the alleged offender was still at the scene. He was...

Plymouth man seriously injured in A30 accident

A 23-year-old Plymouth man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle road traffic collision on the A30 at Tedburn St Mary.

Devon and Cornwall Police say the collision took place at around 5.30pm on Sunday 17th March 2013 and involved a Peugeot 106 car which was travelling east.

The driver lost control of the vehicle which left the road and came...

13 year old boy arrested after school knife incident

Police have arrested a 13 year old boy after receiving a call from a Plymouth school that the student was in a classroom holding a knife.

Just after 11am this morning, Tuesday 19th March, police were contacted by the Marine Academy school in Kings Tamerton in Plymouth. At the time it was not clear if anyone had been threatened.

A police unit was immediately deployed to the...

Hogg aims for 'best rural, urban and coastal police service'

Devon and Cornwall's Police Commissioner Tony Hogg is reinforcing his aim to make a real difference for policing in our rural areas.

The Devon and Cornwall Police force has a vision of being the ‘best rural, urban and coastal police service’ and the allocation of resources between these three areas has been long debated. Tony Hogg has always stressed that there will be no ‘poor...

Police investigate suspicious death of Plymouth man

A 47 year old man is in police custody at Charles Cross Police Station in connection with the death of a Plymouth man in Keyham Road.

Devon and Cornwall Police were informed of the death at 10.08pm on Tuesday 12th March. They describe both men as local.

The death is being treated as suspicious and police have begun investigations.

The deceased’s next of kin has been...

Police launch murder investigation into man's death

Police in Plymouth have launched a murder enquiry following the discovery of a man’s body in a property in Molesworth Road, Plymouth. Police were called to the property just after 1.00am on Tuesday 12th March. The man who has not yet been formally identified was aged 33 and lived in Molesworth Road in the Stoke area of Plymouth Two people, both local, a man, aged 50 years and a woman aged 29...

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