The annual Christmas drink and drug drive campaign saw Devon & Cornwall Police target those who drive while under the influence. In total, Devon & Cornwall Police recorded 233 arrests during the December 2022 initiative – of which 144 were on suspicion of drink driving, 84 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, and five on suspicion of failing to provide a sample for...
Christmas has come early for young people from Biscovery Youth Football Club in St Austell, as they thanked Devon and Cornwall Police for their donations for the club to purchase new goal nets, training hoodies and much needed winter kit. This means that the Cornwall and Isles and Scilly (CIOS) police team has now donated £1000 to the ambitious, volunteer led youth football club in Cornwall...
A Devon & Cornwall Police officer has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to policing in the New Year Honours List.
Temporary Inspector Mark Ruston, who has served with the Force for 26 years, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in policing. He has led multiple multi-agency responses to civil major incidents and has worked across...
Plymouth’s Mini Police programme for 8 - 10-year-olds, which has been running in the city’s primary schools for over a year, has achieved an impressive series of milestones for its community.
The city’s Mini Police programme has been recognised with a series of national Police awards this year including the Mini Police Award, Innovation Award and Cadet Unit of the Year Award. The...
Devon & Cornwall Police is issuing a Christmas message to its communities and is wishing everyone a safe and happy New Year.
Temporary Chief Constable Jim Colwell said: “As we approach the end of 2022, I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the significant events that have taken place this year that have affected us all. Some have brought great joy while others have...
Devon & Cornwall Police launches its Lift Legend Christmas drink drive campaign today, with over 90 licenced premises set to offer soft drinks to those who give free lifts home to friends and family after a night out.
The initiative runs from Thursday 1 December 2022 to Sunday 1 January 2023 and is a modern approach to the annual Christmas campaign.
Devon & Cornwall Police is reminding its communities and visitors that the Force continues to take a zero tolerance approach to hate crime at the start of National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
The aim of the week, which runs from Saturday 8 October to Saturday 15 October 2022, is to raise awareness of hate crime and to encourage victims to report offences, as well as those who...
A PhD student has been jailed today, Thursday 6 October, for nine years after being found guilty of raping and assaulting a woman in Plymouth.
Following a four-day trial at Plymouth Crown Court, Dayan Garcia, aged 31 and previously from Mariners Court, Plymouth, was jailed for two counts of rape and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH).
Operation Scorpion is a joined-up collaboration between the five police forces in the South West region (Avon and Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire), alongside their respective offices of Police and Crime Commissioners, the British Transport Police, South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SW ROCU) and the charity Crimestoppers to combine resources to tackle...
