Private security initiative extended for further month after "successful" opening weekend - Bedford Independent Peter McCormack, who is leading on the private security initiative in Bedford, says the first weekend of the trial "worked as a deterrent"...

"They were a deterrent, and as a deterrent, they worked,” said Peter McCormack…

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Police and Crime Commissioner declines to address criticism on neighbourhood policing - Bedford Independent Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner, John Tizard, has declined to directly address renewed criticism of the county’s policing...

"It is indefensible for PCC John Tizard to commend failure and assert that residents have been well served," a video states…

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"There are many victim survivors of sexual assault that are not even being able to come forward and the demand that we are seeing is probably just a fraction of what the demand is, because structural barriers are preventing women from coming forward in the first place. That goes to the issue of underreporting as well [...] that especially migrant women, for instance, with insecure immigration status would not be reflected in any statistics because it is very unlikely that they are coming forward at all and their invisibilisation needs to be factored into what more needs to be done and how they need to be supported as well." - Sanskriti Sanghi, Southall Black Sisters. Image of a quote with text in navy blue with a green border above and below.

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Second stage of police and crime plan to focus on "social justice" and "human rights" - Bedford Independent Stage Two of Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner’s (PCC) Police and Crime Plan puts "social justice" and "human rights"...

The PCC said this is about providing "an effective and good police service" for the county’s communities and cultures…

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Bedfordshire Police to be one of the first to pilot Raneem's Law - Bedford Independent Bedfordshire Police is one of the first five forces to pilot Raneem’s Law, a meeting heard. The initiative was established in memory...

This pilot will provide an independent domestic abuse adviser within the force control room….

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Council tax bills in Bedford face over 5% police precept increase - Bedford Independent Bedfordshire residents could see the maximum police precept increase in their council tax bills next year, the police and crime...

"This equates to £14 for an average Band D council taxpayer – equal to only 27p a week”, said the Police and Crime Commissioner…

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