Mounted rural patrol and ANPR cameras: New efforts to tackle countryside crime
Date of alert:
Monday, 14 August 2023
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Hampshire Constabulary
Police Commissioner Donna Jones announces £84K funding to combat rural crime in Hampshire and Isle of Wight
The Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, says she’s delighted to have announced a number of successful funding applications that will target rural crime across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Funding totalling nearly £84K is being awarded to ten applications who applied in the first round of the Commissioner’s Emerging Needs Fund.
Successful applications include re-deployable Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras to target rural crime hotspots, thermal imaging equipment for Police Dog Units, a recruitment drive for more volunteers to join Mounted Rural Patrol, improved rural lighting for Elvetham Heath Parish Council, replacement ANPR cameras in Beaulieu and security camera equipment for Northwood Parish Council on the Isle of Wight.
