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How the Business Crime Team are working with retailers to keep knives out of the wrong hands

OFFICERS from Essex Police's Business Crime Team are working with retailers across Essex to implement restrictions around the sale of knives. The Responsible Retailers initiative...

Three arrests after weapons and cash seized at Lakeside

THREE men have been arrested after officers seized an imitation firearm, a knife and a large amount of cash when they became suspicious of...

Teenage banned from Lakeside after series of knifepoint robberies

A TEENAGE boy has been banned from Thurrock as part of his sentence after previously pleading guilty to a number of knife-point robberies at...

Appeal for woman missing from Grays

CAN you help find Kirsty Harrison? She’s gone missing from Grays and we want to make sure she’s okay. Kirsty is 43 years old, about...

Shoplifting brothers jailed for string of thefts

TWO brothers have each been jailed for a year for a series of thefts from shops across mid and south Essex. Often working in tandem...

Fourteen arrests across Essex as officers target violent crime

POLICE arrested 14 people in Essex yesterday – with officers targeting violent offenders across the county. Among them, officers in Waltham Abbey arrested a man...

Delay at HMP Chelmsford could have contributed to prisoner’s death

CHELMSFORD prison has been criticised for a delay in responding to a collapsed 37-year-old inmate which could have contributed to his death reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Ryan Flanagan...

Stanford-le-Hope man in court over breaching criminal behaviour order

A MAN has appeared in court charged with multiple counts of theft from shops and breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order. Kyle Sherwin, 38, of Dowland Close,...

Three day dispersal order put in place for Thurrock

A DISPERSAL order has been put in place in Thurrock following information that a car meet is to take place this weekend. The dispersal order...

Damaging bird nests can destroy our wildlife for future generations’, says rural crime officer

IF you’re thinking of cutting your hedge or pruning a tree, remember it’s illegal to take, damage or destroy any birds’ nests, our Rural...

East of England policing areas record another increase in shoplifting – Usdaw concerned about the impact on retail staff

RETAIL trade union Usdaw is deeply concerned by today's police recorded crime statistics showing that in 2023 there were significant increases in shoplifting across...

Former police inspector found guilty of gross misconduct after sending “explicit image of himself whilst on duty”

A CONDUCT panel has found a former police officer committed gross misconduct and would have been dismissed without notice had he not already resigned. The...

Roads Policing officers arrest 583 drink or drug drivers over three months.

IN an effort to keep Essex’s roads and all our road users safe, Roads Policing Unit (RPU) officers have arrested 583 drivers in connection...

Trial begins over murder of Chafford Hundred man gunned down in Water Lane near Harlow

A MAN was executed in the street by a drug dealer who shot him seven times as he left a house party, a court...

Police appeal after collision on M25 near Thurrock

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision in Thurrock. Emergency services were called to the M25, between Junction 31 and Junction 30...

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