Tags: Police
Safety In Neighbours Campaign Launches
Now that we're all starting to ease out of lockdown, we need to make sure that as well as keeping ourselves safe, we're keeping our homes and neighbourhoods safe.
More people out and about means burglary is expected to rise, which is why we're launching a new campaign, in partnership with the Home Office, to warn Neighbourhood Watch members, and non-members alike, and provide practical tools to prevent... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:20 by Will Smith
Courier Fraud - Important Warning To Residents
The force have been receiving a number of reports of courier fraud across Northamptonshire and we have seen residents in many of our South Northants villages falling victim in recent weeks.
The offenders appear to be targetting elderly residents by telephone, using various stories in order to gain their personal information, including purporting to be a Police Officer. The offenders will often already... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:53 by Will Smith
Police Warn Against Unlicensed Music Events As the Warm Weather Continues
With the warm weather set to continue across the county, officers from Northamptonshire Police have asked people to remain vigilant to illegal raves.
The Force relies on information from the public when responding to raves, either to be made aware one is happening, or to be informed of suspicious activity that could indicate one is being planned.
Raves can be disruptive in terms of noise and nuisance... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:06 by Will Smith
A Message from Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu - UK Head of Ct Policing
As one disease retreats, we need to stop another re-emerging
A message from Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, UK head of CT Policing
The events in Reading on Saturday 20 June were horrifying. Once again families are grieving and a community is in mourning.
For this to have happened after all we have gone through with coronavirus is especially devastating. But sadly, as one disease retreats, we need to... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:04 by Will Smith
Northants Police Supports Counter Terrorism Campaign
Northamptonshire Police is supporting a new East Midlands regional counter terrorism policing campaign aimed at supporting people away from 'negative influence' during lockdown and beyond.
As schools remain closed and many work from home to reduce the spread of Covid-19, a series of animations have being released to explain Prevent and its work in safeguarding the vulnerable against the risk of radicalisation.... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 26 May 2020 15:48 by Will Smith
Northamptonshire Police Supports Online Day of Action To Raise Awareness of Raptor Persecution
Worrying signs that incidents of birds of prey being killed or injured could be on rise.
Northamptonshire Police is joining with other police forces across the country today (Friday, May 15), in a virtual Operation Owl day of action to highlight bird of prey persecution as numbers of reported incidents show no signs of slowing down.
Launched in February 2018, Operation Owl is a joint initiative by North... Read More »
Posted: Sun, 17 May 2020 18:01 by Will Smith
Warning Following Courier Fraud Offence In Wellingborough
Detectives in Northamptonshire are issuing a warning to the public following an incident of courier fraud in Wellingborough on Monday, April 27.
At about 10am, fraudsters pretending to be police officers called a woman in her 80s and told her they needed her to withdraw £2000 to enable them to investigate alleged corruption within her bank.
When she asked what she should tell her bank if they enquired... Read More »
Posted: Sun, 03 May 2020 12:22 by Will Smith
Northamptonshire Police Welcomes New Recruits To Force Control Room
Northamptonshire Police's Force Control Room (FCR) has just seen the biggest intake the Force has had for a number of years with 15 new starters who joined on April 14.
The new FCR Operatives are joining the Force during unprecedented times which sees the emergency services having to deal with the additional strain of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The recruits will undergo 12 weeks of thorough training (six... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:18 by Will Smith
Online Safety For Young People
As the vast majority of young people are being schooled online, they are spending a significant amount of time on the internet. The internet is amazing tool but it does expose young people to some risk.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency's (CEOP) education team have designed some amazing resources, designed at helping parents and carers have conversation about internet safety, suitable... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 19:57 by Will Smith
Heroes of Northamptonshire Video Recruitment Campaign
As part of Northamptonshire Police's major recruitment campaign, the Force has produced a series of videos to promote the job.
Heroes of Northamptonshire features eight officers who share their personal story about what inspired them to join the Force, and their experience of fighting crime and protecting people in the county.
One of the Heroes of Northamptonshire is PC Hannah Billing. As a girl she... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:24 by Will Smith