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Police in Plymouth are launching a partnership initiative with SmartWater Technology Ltd as part of the Force’s commitment to tackling domestic burglary.

The pilot scheme, which begins on Monday 23 February, will see around 1,000 SmartWater home security packs issued to homes in the Mutley and Greenbank areas for people to mark their personal possessions.

Officers will be...

Update 7pm

Police have located and arrested Hasan Bolat who was believed to be in Plymouth.

He was sought by the Metropolitan Police in connection with an incident and he was this afternoon, Thursday 19th February arrested in Plymouth.

Police wolud like to thank the public for their assistance in reporting sightings of this man.

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Officers from Devonport joined forces with local schoolchildren to deliver a message to drivers on the implications of breaking the speed limit.

The event was part of Devonport Speed Awareness Day and was led by members of the Devonport local policing team with a little help from their colleagues for the day - the pupils of Stoke Demerol Primary School!

Local officers and PCSOs...

Call handlers at Devon & Cornwall Police are receiving enhanced training to deal with calls from distressed people threatening suicide

The move follows an increase in calls from distraught people threatening to harm themselves.

A core team of employees attended a specially adapted course designed to give them the knowledge and skills to better deal with intense phone...

Plymouth detectives would like to hear from anyone who knows the identity or whereabouts of either of the two men pictured in CCTV stills.

Officers would like to talk to them about a handbag theft that took place at around 1.30am in the Two Trees pub on Union Street on Sunday 1st February.

The handbag is described as a black, clutch-style bag which contained some bank notes, a...

Detectives are appealing for information after a TV and Xbox were stolen from a Plymouth community centre.

The Woodfield Community Resource Centre was broken into sometime between 4.15pm on Friday 6 February and 4.30am on Monday 9 February.

A flat screen Samsung 47 inch black TV was stolen, along with an Xbox 360 games console, controllers and an Xbox Kinect device.

The...

#RU2drunk pilot could be expanded The success of a police pilot project in Torquay where doormen at licensed premises breathalysed suspected drunks could see the scheme implemented across Devon and Cornwall.

#RU2drunk was piloted in 23 of Torquay’s key nightspots during December to see if it helped reduce alcohol fuelled incidents and it resulted in a 39 per cent drop in violent crime...

Once again, Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, has challenged Government Ministers over the use of police cells for detaining people with mental health issues, particularly children and young people. She was worried that the Minister seemed to have only just become concerned and wanted to "learn lessons" post the recent case, highlighted by the Herald, which occurred in Torbay...

Devon and Cornwall Police, alongside partners, are supporting the International day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Friday 6 February.

Events will be going on across the globe with conferences, art shows and community workshops to raise awareness about FGM.

The NJennni campaigners will be giving out free cupcakes in the centre of Plymouth this Thursday...

Police have praised the bravery of two members of the public who went into freezing waters to save the life of a man who jumped off the Tamar Bridge on Tuesday night (27 January).

Sergeant Ryan Canning (pictured) was called to the bridge around 8pm and found a group of runners talking to the man who was on the wrong side of the walkway railings.

But despite negotiations the 24-...