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Devon and Cornwall Police are fully prepared to prevent and disrupt any illegal rave activity across the two counties this coming August Bank Holiday.

In summer months the counties can be vulnerable to illegal incursions and raves, such as the problems encountered at Bellever and Davidstowe in the past.

Each year police have to remove a number of illegal raves which diverts...

Drivers using Merrivale Road in North Prospect are being urged to keep an eye on their speed.

The residential road has a 20mph limit but people living there say cars are regularly speeding through, putting their safety at risk.

Council Leader and local ward councillor Tudor Evans has asked the Council’s road safety team to install a ‘speed visor’, which will capture all vehicle...

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has reinforced his plea to the public to pay a more active role in local policing.

Speaking on the opening day of the Devon County Show, Mr Hogg has highlighted volunteering opportunities and set out plans for the Force to significantly increase the number of Specials. Recruitment for this opens again in the autumn.

“I am very keen to...

Devon and Cornwall Police is preparing for a busy May Bank Holiday weekend with an expected influx in visitors and a number of large public events taking place.

The Force is running Operation Cosmos from Friday to Monday (23-26 May) to respond to additional demands placed upon policing the region.

The operation will co-ordinate policing activity for organised events such as...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage boy was assaulted in Plympton last week.

The 16-year-old boy from Plympton was approached from behind and punched to the ground before the offender ran off.

The incident happened on Wednesday 7 May between 1.30pm and 1.45pm, at the top of Lucas Lane, at the junction with Plymbridge Road.

He suffered a minor head and arm...

Devon and Cornwall Police has been named as a finalist in the National Neighbourhood and Home Watch Awards 2014.

The outstanding work of the Local Policing and Partnership has been recognised by their peers as aspirational, with the finalists invited to attend a prestigious awards ceremony on 20 June in Westminster.

The awards are part of a programme of events taking place...

Devon and Cornwall Police are looking for new members to join their community focus panel and help inform decisions made by the police.

The panel has been established to help increase consultation with residents on the various subjects affecting the force.

As a panel member you will be contacted via email and invited to take part in online surveys.

The subject areas...

Elderly residents in Devon and Cornwall are being urged to be wise to a phone fraud where victims are being duped out of cash by people posing as police officers.

The offenders are targeting older people across the region, particularly in the Torbay and South Devon area, as part of a national scam which is commonly known as a ‘courier fraud’.

In many cases a person claiming to...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses following an incident where a man was seriously assaulted by a woman.

The incident happened in the service lane to the rear of Mount Gould Road at around 10.30pm on 24 April.

During the assault, the 51-year-old man suffered serious injury and police are treating the incident as actual bodily harm.

A 28-year-old woman, who...

Police are keen to identify two people in connection with the theft of a card payment machine from McDonald’s in Plympton.

A man and a woman entered the restaurant in Plymouth Road around 3.25am on 7 April and ordered food.

When the staff had their back turned the man took the £200 electronic card payment machine from the counter and concealed it in his pocket.

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