Police

As Impact News reports burglaries in Lenton becoming more common-place, Impact Features is here to share some simple but effective tips on how to keep your home safe from burglars. Always lock your doors and your windows: This seems like an obvious one, but if you’re living with 6 other people, it...

A number of burglaries in Lenton, a popular student area of the city of Nottingham, have been reported by students at the University of Nottingham. Impact have gotten in contact with a second-year student from the University of Nottingham (UoN) whose house was broken into on Johnson Road. The...

Nottinghamshire Police’s budget reductions could risk the effectiveness of police protection, a report from a police watchdog says. It was found that £9.4m of reserve money had been used and that the police force has been inadequately managing their finances. Chief Constable Sue Fish said that the financial management...

The University of Nottingham is set to lead a two year project that aims to improve policing.  The contract, funded by the Higher Education Funding Council and the College of Policing, will be delivered to 13 police forces and police crime commissioners nationally. It is hoped that the project will build...

Plans have been announced for police in Nottinghamshire to wear body video cameras while out on patrol. The scheme is aimed at discouraging anti-social behaviour, reducing crime and helping the police to bring more criminals to justice. The cameras are currently undergoing testing at Sneinton, Sutton, and Central stations...

Gun and knife crime has been reduced by more than 50% in Nottingham according to figures obtained by The Nottingham Post. Incidents where armed police responded to threats involving a firearm decreased by 57% in 2014 compared to 2011, as revealed by a Freedom of Information request. Nottinghamshire Police had...

UPDATE 25/03/2015, 14:00pm: A man has died following the Derby Grove house fire that started on Sunday and another man has been charged with his murder. Sekou Soumare, 56, has been charged with the murder of Christopher Bonnick, 55, who died of his injuries following a house fire at his...