Bedfordshire Police

Bedfordshire Police awarded further £1m to tackle knife crime

Bedfordshire Police have been awarded a further £1m fro the home office to tackle serious violence and knife crime. It's on top of the £4.571m already secured in late last year...

Bedfordshire Police recognise “work to be done” with child protection duties

Bedfordshire Police has welcomed a report which has praised them for taking ‘tangible steps’ to improve its child protection capabilities. But highlights several areas of concern...

Bedfordshire Police sergeant dismissed after drink driving

A sergeant with Bedfordshire Police has been dismissed from the force after pleading guilty to drink driving. Tau Chamboko, was stopped by by police after he overtook...

Assault on Bedford High Street

Part of the pavement on Bedford High Street was cordoned off last night and for most of today after a man was assaulted. A man has now been arrested in connection...

Bedfordshire’s Signpost Hub helps over 2,000 victims of crime in its first year

Signpost Hub, set up by Bedfordshire Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner to help victims of crime, has helped over 2,000 victims of crime since it was launched a year ago...

Three arrested after break-in at Castle Road’s One Stop

Three men have been arrested after a break-in at One Stop, Castle Road in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police were called at around 3am after glass in the shop...

24 Hours in Police Custody highlights Bedfordshire Police’s multi-million-pound drugs operation

Bedfordshire Police have issued a fresh warning to drug dealers that they'll continue to tackle the supply of drugs across the area, ahead of '24 Hours in Police Custody' which...

Bedford man jailed after deliberately driving into pedestrians

A Bedford motorist who deliberately ran over two men has been jailed for four years. Purdeep Panesar, 27, of Bluebell Close, Bedford, was found guilty of the...

Bedfordshire PCC’s bulk buy deal could save Police more than £1 million

Bedfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Kathryn Holloway, has signed a deal which could save the force more than £1 million a year by bulk buying everything from...

Warring Bedford and Kempston gangs now behind bars after spate of serious violence

Five men, involved in clashes between the rival Kempston Block and Mile Road gangs in 2017, have been sent to prison for their part in a kidnap and multiple conspiracies...

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