Check out our message from ACC Nikki Leaper regarding the improvements we’ve made in our control rooms 📞
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Some of our Heritage sites suffer from crime and antisocial behaviour such as graffiti, physical damage, theft and arson which in many cases causes irreparable harm to the site. We recognise that ASB isn't confined to urban areas, and may take different forms, but all are harmful and concerning to our communities.
Please help us to protect our wonderful SW heritage by reporting any crime or antisocial behaviour to us by clicking on the "Report" button at www.devon-cornwall.police.uk (where you'll find a special online form for antisocial behaviour or call 101. Call 999 if offenders are still on scene or if anyone is in danger.
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JAILED | A teenager has been jailed for 18 months and banned from driving for 10 years for causing a collision which left another driver seriously injured.
James Forrest-Hazell, now 18, was just 16 when the collision took place in Exmouth on 28 April 2023.
Forrest-Hazell, from Arena Park in Exeter, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Thursday 12 December having previously pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
During the sentencing hearing the court heard how Forrest-Hazell was uninsured and unlicensed at the time of the offence, and was driving over the prescribed limit for a cannabis breakdown product.
On the day in question an unmarked police response unit was responding to an unrelated police incident in Exmouth with its emergency lighting activated.
The officer recognised the Ford Fiesta driven by Forrest-Hazell due to a previous failure to stop and noticed it increasing its speed.
The police officer followed the vehicle onto Dinian Way and saw it overtake other vehicles in a hash marked area while driving well in excess of the 30 miles-per-hour limit.
Forrest-Hazell then entered a sweeping right bend and mounted a grass verge as he lost control.
Forrest-Hazell’s vehicle then collided with a Fiat 500 waiting at the junction of St Briac Way, pushing that vehicle up into the air.
Forrest-Hazell then exited the vehicle and was arrested.
As a result of the collision, the driver of the Fiat suffered several fractures and a bleed on the brain. The collision continues to have an effect on her to this day.
The driver’s son also sustained a two-inch cut to his ear which required stitches.
In interview Forrest-Hazell told officers he panicked and accelerated when he saw blue lights come up behind him.
Sergeant Troy Bennett from the Serious Collision Investigation Team said: “James Forrest-Hazell was 16 years of age at the time of the offence and he should never have been behind the wheel of a car in the first plac
Look Closer to spot child criminal exploitation
County Lines is the term used to describe drug dealing where mobile phones are used to supply drugs, typically from large cities to towns and rural areas. County Lines are run by ‘Line Holders’ and “runners” deliver the drugs. Runners are often vulnerable children being exploited and coerced, and may be subject to violence.
Would you spot the signs of children being criminally exploited, threatened and coerced by organised County Lines* gangs bringing illegal and harmful drugs into our communities?
Find out how to with guidance from The Children’s Society #LookCloser campaign 👉 https://orlo.uk/Look_Closer_to_spot_exploitation_4naJa
If you see the signs of child criminal exploitation report it online to Devon & Cornwall Police here https://orlo.uk/DC_Police_non-emergency_contact_y9uy3 or call 101 (999 in an emergency).
You can report anonymously through Crimestoppers online https://orlo.uk/Crimestoppers_anonymous_reporting_TobJf or by calling 0800 555 111.
Your reports help us to keep people safe and to tackle drug related crime.
This month during we safeguarded 48 people including 19 children from exploitation by organised criminal gangs, as well as seizing harmful drugs, weapons and cash from criminal activity. Read about the operations that Devon & Cornwall Police took part in: https://orlo.uk/Dfap6
Look Closer to spot child criminal exploitation
Would you spot the signs of a child being criminally exploited, threatened and coerced by organised County Lines* gangs bringing illegal and harmful drugs into our communities?
Find out how to with guidance from The Children’s Society #LookCloser campaign 👉 https://orlo.uk/Look_Closer_for_exploitation_8SoYP
If you see the signs of child criminal exploitation report it online to Devon & Cornwall Police here https://orlo.uk/Contact_DC_Police_non_emergency_wWKkc or call 101 (999 in an emergency).
You can report anonymously through Crimestoppers online https://orlo.uk/Crimestoppers_anonymous_reporting_V3hMt or by calling 0800 555 111.
Your reports help us to keep people safe and to tackle drug related crime.
This month during Operation Scorpion and County Lines Intensification Week we safeguarded 48 people including 19 children from exploitation by organised criminal gangs, as well as seizing harmful drugs, weapons and cash from criminal activity.
Read all about it: https://orlo.uk/bYcdd
*County Lines is the term used to describe drug dealing where mobile phones are used to supply drugs, typically from large cities to towns and rural areas. County Lines are run by ‘Line Holders’ and the runners, often vulnerable people, deliver the drugs. The runners are often children being exploited and may possess knives or other weapons.
APPEAL | Criminal damage, Bideford
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man in the footage following an incident of criminal damage to a speed camera in Bideford.
The incident happened on 4th November on Clovelly Road.
It is believed that the man pictured may be able to help investigating officers with their enquiries.
Anybody who may be able to help identify him is asked to contact police on 101 or via our website quoting 50240263828.
Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling freephone 0800 555 111.
⚠️ WEATHER WARNING ⚠️
Parts of Devon and Cornwall have seen snow and ice this morning and road conditions are dangerous.
If your journey is not absolutely necessary, please avoid driving until conditions improve.
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When You Are Ready - report child sexual abuse
When You Are Ready... tell us about childhood sexual abuse. Devon & Cornwall Police is supporting a new national campaign that focuses on encouraging victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation to reach out for support. Full story, information and support 👉 https://orlo.uk/When_You_Are_Ready_Report_CSA_AhXpC
‘When You Are Ready’ has been fully informed by those with lived experience from start to finish, and hopes to make victims and survivors of child sexual abuse feel seen and heard, to know they’re not alone and encourage them to tell a friend, contact a support organisation or report what has happened to them to the police and whenever they’re ready to do so. Please watch the video, with sound on - these are the voices of survivors.
If you are ready to report what has happened to you please visit our website and click on the “Report” tab or call 101 https://orlo.uk/IhAK0
You will also find national and local support details on the Devon & Cornwall Police website https://orlo.uk/CRLly
The campaign was launched by the national Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Taskforce.
#WhenYouAreReady
⚖️JAILED | Teen jailed following brutal hammer attack at Devon school
A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to a minimum of 12 years for a horrifying hammer attack on two schoolboys and teacher at a Blundell’s boarding school in Tiverton.
The offender, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied three counts of attempted murder – claiming he had been sleepwalking – but was found guilty by a jury following a 10-week trial at Exeter Crown Court.
He had been a pupil at Blundell’s School in Tiverton when he launched his ferocious attack on two dormmates, aged 15 and 16, as they slept in their beds on 9 June 2023.
The court heard that at around 12.50am, the teenager, who was 16 at the time, armed himself with one or more claw hammers and quietly climbed up onto the first victim’s cabin bed.
With the victim still asleep, the offender smashed a hammer down onto his head multiple times, breaking his skull in several places. He then rained down further blows onto the victim’s back damaging his spleen, one of his lungs and his ribs.
The attacker then climbed up onto the second victim’s bed and hit him repeatedly over the head, fracturing his skull in multiple places.
Housemaster Henry Roffe-Silvester who was asleep in his own quarters, was awoken by noises coming from the dorm and went to investigate.
He found the room in darkness and could make out the silhouette of the offender who immediately turned and struck the housemaster over the head with a hammer.
Mr Roffe-Silvester retreated down the corridor and was hit repeatedly before he managed to disarm the offender.
Several pupils were woken by the commotion and came to the aid of the victims before an ambulance was called.
Emergency services arrived at the scene within minutes and provided life-saving care to the two teenage victims, who were both rushed to hospital in a critical condition.
The court heard that they both survived due to the prompt arrival of astonishingly professional parame
