Scotland Crimestoppers is dedicated to fighting crime across Scotland.
We help to promote the charity in communities across the region, to let people know that Crimestoppers is there for them as an anonymous route to pass on information about crime. Crimestoppers guarantees anonymity, which means that no-one can ever find out who passed on information about [...]
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Crimestoppers received more than 10,000 pieces of actionable (useful) information about crime in Scotland last year
Police in Wick Take Delivery of New Crime Fighting Tool
POLICE in the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross command area have recently taken delivery of two vehicles fitted with the highly effective ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) crime fighting technology .
It’s introduction was made possible thanks to a project jointly funded by Highland Council, who supported the introduction of the technology through the three Caithness [...]
Crimestoppers Highlands & Islands Campaign
Starting in the Wick area on Tuesday this week, Crimestoppers leaflets will be dropping through letterboxes across the region.
The leaflets are designed to encourage residents, who don’t wish to ring the Police directly, to contact Crimestoppers to report crime related concerns or criminal activity, anonymously.
Crimestoppers are a highly successful UK charitable organisation, supporting Police initiatives [...]
Blue Light Discos for under 18s in a Night Club Environment!
Inverness United Youth Group are delighted announce the start of “Blue Light Events” in Inverness Scotland. They will be run with the assistance of Stefan Krause who is the Bid Manager for Inverness and support from Northern Constabulary.
Organisations such as Crimestoppers, SafeInverness, Drug and Alcohol Forum, Street Pastors, Youth Development Officers, Youth Inclusive and Fire [...]
Inverness Launch City Centre Street Pastor Scheme
Next Friday (25 January) a new scheme in Inverness will see trained Street Pastors on the streets offering support and care to people in the city centre between 10pm and 3am.
Inverness will initially have 22 Street Pastors who will work in teams of 4 every Friday from 10pm to 3am and initially also one Saturday [...]
Theft from Motor Vehicles – Identifying Potential Offenders
A good practice guide
This guide, which was prepared by an independent social research company, Evidence Led Solutions, examines ways of addressing thefts from vehicles (TFMV) by focusing on the offender. This should be viewed in the wider context of problem solving in which the solution to this particular problem may take [...]
Northern Constabulary Cops get tough for Christmas
NORTHERN Constabulary this week launched a pro-active initiative to tackle a range of crimes over the festive period and claimed it is already paying off.
By Claire Doughty – Highland News -Published: 24 November, 2007
Officers from two command areas have joined forces to take part in the new operation to target criminality in the build-up to [...]
Chair: Jim Ferguson
Vice Chair: Liz Gilchrist
Secretary: Bob Roberts
Treasurer: Veronica Mitchell
