Police are warning members of the public about a telephone scam in which the offenders are pretending to be police officers and conning vulnerable people out of thousands of pounds. The criminals are calling residents, some of whom are elderly and vulnerable, claiming to be police officers. They then say that a relative has been…
Recycling of Christmas Trees
Blaby District Council have published arrangements for the recycling of Christmas trees following the festive period. Christmas tree recycling points will be available at the following sites from Wednesday 26th December 2019 to Sunday 6th January 2019. Residents may bring along their old Christmas trees to these locations between the above dates or put the…
PCC seeks views on possible Council Tax increase
The Police and Crime Commissioner, Lord Willy Bach, is seeking the public’s views on whether or not they would support an increase in the policing element of the Council Tax. The budget for policing in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland during 2018-19 was set at £176.3m. Approximately two-thirds of that comes from Central Government with the…
Local Beat Team reports on its November activities
In it’s December 2018 Newsletter, the local beat team for Enderby, Narborough, Littlethorpe and Fosse Park revealed that during November they dealt with a wide range of different issues including theft, Anti Social Behaviour and many more. The team also report that they have been in touch with the Brockington College and that there will be talks…
Police launch this year’s Christmas drink, drug drive campaign
Leicestershire Police is calling for people to ‘get tough’ on drink drug drivers as they launch their month long winter campaign which will run throughout December. In December 2017, Police officers made 78 drink and 21 drug drive arrests, 37 of these arrests were made in Leicester City along with significant numbers in Charnwood (21)…