In a world where our police are criticised left, right and centre, here’s what they do in Avon and Somerset Police Foot patrol where officers are seen and very approachable. Well done Sgt Iles. Keep doing what you’re doing Police Federation Sarah Crew Mark Shelford Avon and Somerset PCC

Back on and around Somerset Road for foot patrols 🙋‍♂️

Kingswood Neighbourhood team had a couple of action days last week, where we caught a number of prolific shop lifters. On the lead up to Christmas, we will be carrying out more days like these to help with shop theft #shoplifters #makesureyoupay

Sarah Crew Louisa Rolfe @Maggie_Blyth

We've returned four stolen motorbikes to their owners since the weekend.
Three were abandoned in #Bristol , on Mon 4 Sept, and a teenage boy was arrested.
A fourth, stolen from #Bath , was found in #Keynsham early today, Tues 5.
More: orlo.uk/HwDIp

Following several calls from members of the public yesterday, the Bath Neighbourhood and Response Teams were able to recover three recently stolen motorbikes, with a fourth being recovered later in the evening. 🏍️ 👮

Thank you to those that assisted our officers

#BathPolice

Hugely well deserved. Congratulations to Aqil from all Avon and Somerset Police

Outstanding achievement by Pete, Belle and all the team ASPoliceDogs. I am a very proud Chief Constable.

Great work Metropolitan Police #OperationSoteriaBluestone

Investigating officers PC Rosie Murrell and DC Fiona Currey said: 'Sutton has selfishly destroyed a family. No sentence can make up for the devastating damage he has caused, nor can it take away the pain and suffering Sutton inflicted on the victim and her family.'

Short thread here from a prosecuting barrister clarifies that there should have been no impact on charging decisions from the recent action, which didn't relate to prosecution work and in any case only impacted on cases already in the court system twitter.com/acatfromgreece…

'Rape victims waiting almost six months for suspect to be charged'

Why would the delay to charging decisions be related to the barristers' strike - rather than e.g. increased numbers of rapes referred to CPS for a charging decision?

thetimes.co.uk/article/rape-v…

January may be racing by but it’s #throwbackthursday so we thought we’d take a moment to reflect on last year.  

From recruiting new officers to taking almost 1 million calls in our control centre - it was a busy year for us in Avon and Somerset. Watch the video to see more ⬇️

If you are a victim - survivor of rape, please consider completing this survey. It’s anonymous. It will be analysed by experienced and expert academics who are working as part of #OpSoteriaBluestone to help we in the police transform our approach nationwide.

📢 Are you a victim-survivor of rape or sexual assault? Do the police know about it? Complete this anonymous online survey 👉 tinyurl.com/1experiencesur… to help us improve police response #OpSoteriaBluestone

🚨 TALK TO US EVENT 🚨

👮 Insp Leigh, Sgt Serjeant and PC Mileham
📍 St Pauls Learning Centre
🗓️ TODAY!

We are at here until 1400hrs today, come down to discuss local matters with the Ashley Ward Beat Team - we look forward to meeting you!

#Bristol #Communty

Looking for a new career? Why not come and see us to find out more. We will be at the Galleries in Bristol on Monday 16th January alongside other employers offering a wide range of job options.

Today the Government released a report on our findings from Year 1 of Operation Bluestone Soteria:
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We worked closely with police forces, 3rd-sector organisations and victim-surivors to understand the current challenges facing rape investigations in E&W

I’ve reported on the collapse in #rape prosecutions - and its devastating impact on victims’ lives- for years. Seeing the work Sarah Crew is leading in the police has given me some hope that things could change - if that work is allowed to continue theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

Thanks to all my colleagues Avon and Somerset Police who made today such a special one. I am a very proud Chief Constable this evening. Thank you.