South East police forces unite to combat rising countryside crime rates

Police forces across the South East will be working together to intensify their operations to tackle rural crime this week.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Thames Valley police forces have set up the South East Partnership Against Rural Crime (SEPARC) to ensure co-operation to make the region a hostile environment for countryside offenders.

Numerous different operations
To launch the new partnership, the forces will be undertaking numerous different operations to target and disrupt wildlife, environmental, heritage and agricultural criminals from Monday (26th Feb) until Friday (1st Mar 2024).