Tack marking event in Richmondshire to help fight horse-related crime
Horse enthusiasts in and around Catterick Garrison are being invited to an event to help protect their property from criminals who target stables and rural outbuildings. Officers will be offering a free tack marking service at Catterick Garrison Saddle Club, in Loos Road, on Sunday 5 February 2017, from 9.30am to 2.30pm. Using hi-tech “dot […]
New rural crime initiative launched in Northern Ireland with backing of Justice Minister
A new rural crime tool is being launched in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area to tackle the problem of theft of agricultural items such as mowers, sprayers and trailers. Around 200 farms will be encouraged to join the pilot scheme which went live at this year’s Mullahead Ploughing Match on Saturday, 27th February. […]
Carmarthenshire members told rural policing is top priority
Christopher Salmon provided details of his responsibilities such as setting priorities for policing and controlling the force’s budget – £55m is received from Central Government with the remaining £45m from public taxes. Dyfed-Powys is the largest rural police force in the UK with 500,000 people covered by the service. In comparison, the Thames Valley police […]
Cost of rural crime falls nearly 20%, but still costs UK £42.3m
Driving this reduction was a significant fall in claim costs for tractor and quad bike thefts, which accounted for more than one third of the cost of all NFU Mutual thefts claims, down 32% and 17% respectively. In contrast 2012 saw a slight increase in NFU Mutual claim levels for livestock theft, but nothing like […]
Ensuring enough food for us all
Peers including the author of the Curry report on the future of farming and food and a former Chair of the Royal Agricultural Society of England will debate current Government policies on food security on Thursday 24 May. Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat), who tabled the debate and will speak first, said: “We […]
