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Devon and Cornwall Police is preparing for a busy May Bank Holiday weekend with an expected influx in visitors and a number of large public events taking place.

The Force is running Operation Cosmos from Friday to Monday (23-26 May) to respond to additional demands placed upon policing the region.

The operation will co-ordinate policing activity for organised events such as...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage boy was assaulted in Plympton last week.

The 16-year-old boy from Plympton was approached from behind and punched to the ground before the offender ran off.

The incident happened on Wednesday 7 May between 1.30pm and 1.45pm, at the top of Lucas Lane, at the junction with Plymbridge Road.

He suffered a minor head and arm...

Devon and Cornwall Police has been named as a finalist in the National Neighbourhood and Home Watch Awards 2014.

The outstanding work of the Local Policing and Partnership has been recognised by their peers as aspirational, with the finalists invited to attend a prestigious awards ceremony on 20 June in Westminster.

The awards are part of a programme of events taking place...

Devon and Cornwall Police are looking for new members to join their community focus panel and help inform decisions made by the police.

The panel has been established to help increase consultation with residents on the various subjects affecting the force.

As a panel member you will be contacted via email and invited to take part in online surveys.

The subject areas...

Elderly residents in Devon and Cornwall are being urged to be wise to a phone fraud where victims are being duped out of cash by people posing as police officers.

The offenders are targeting older people across the region, particularly in the Torbay and South Devon area, as part of a national scam which is commonly known as a ‘courier fraud’.

In many cases a person claiming to...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses following an incident where a man was seriously assaulted by a woman.

The incident happened in the service lane to the rear of Mount Gould Road at around 10.30pm on 24 April.

During the assault, the 51-year-old man suffered serious injury and police are treating the incident as actual bodily harm.

A 28-year-old woman, who...

Police are keen to identify two people in connection with the theft of a card payment machine from McDonald’s in Plympton.

A man and a woman entered the restaurant in Plymouth Road around 3.25am on 7 April and ordered food.

When the staff had their back turned the man took the £200 electronic card payment machine from the counter and concealed it in his pocket.

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died when he was crushed between two vehicles.

At around 6.20pm yesterday (Tuesday 29 April) an incident took place on Glenholt Road, Plymouth involving a stationary Landrover Defender with a flatbed trailer attached, which was carrying a Volkswagon Transporter van.

A 25-year-old man from the Hull area had collected the Volkswagon...

One of the National Marine Aquarium’s key research projects has received a boost following a donation from Devon & Cornwall Police.

Confiscated equipment previously used for growing cannabis illegally will now be put to use for growing seagrass, as part of the Community Seagrass Initiative.

Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), this three-year project aims to help...

Devon and Cornwall Police Wildlife Crimes Group are cracking down on the persecution of Herring Gulls during the spring months.

Herring Gulls have traditionally been given a bad name due in part to the portrayal of them stealing pasties and ice creams from un-suspecting members of the public in our seaside towns. However, Herring Gulls are a protected species which includes the birds...