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Full List of 43 East Midlands Towns and Cities Getting More Police Patrols
ENGLAND AND WALES, JUL 3 – The initiative uses £66 million in hotspot policing funding to increase officers on patrol and improve enforcement against retail crime and anti-social behaviour in communities.
- Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, revealed a plan to boost police patrols across 43 towns in the East Midlands this summer to address crime and anti-social behaviour.
- The blitz responds to a surge in crime, including a 20% rise in shoplifting last year and doubling of pickpocketing, with over 500 towns nationally signed up.
- The initiative includes £66 million hotspot funding, local action plans, stronger enforcement powers, and named contactable officers for communities to report crimes.
- Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds emphasized that their strategy is fostering an environment where Britain's high streets can prosper, while Boots' managing director condemned theft and abuse as unacceptable.
- The blitz aims to restore confidence in policing, reduce antisocial behaviour, protect shop workers, and support safer high streets through government investment and local partnerships.
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