Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Police initiatives to fight it out in annual awards

Police teams across Avon and Somerset will be competing in theProblem Oriented Policing Awards competition next week.

Some 26 entries were received for the annual awards scheme and sixshort-listed teams will make presentations at the force HQ inPortishead next Tuesday.

This year's awards are sponsored by McDonalds with an additionalgrant from the Avon and Somerset Police Community Trust. The entriescan win up to GBP3,000, to be spent on crime reduction projects.

Among the Bristol finalists are: l Tackling St Paul's crackhouses.

The phenomenon of the 'crack house' was first identified in StPaul's in 2002. The term describes houses converted to centre …

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