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Right now a woman can't leave her home because of a controlling partner

Student officer Lee Rogers had dreamt of being a police officer since he was 10.

Bedfordshire Police force searching for more ‘heroes’ to serve their community

File picture of police police officers carrying out a stop and search (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Police should carry out more stop and searches says councillor

Festus Akinbusoye. Image supplied by OPCC

PCC concerned' over number of police being investigated for sexual misconduct

A new inspection has found flaws in the police force's practices

Inspection states Thames Valley Police must do more to protect the vulnerable

William James

Worker jailed for life after sexually abusing THREE RESIDENTS in care home

A police officer trains using a taser gun at the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre. Picture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images

Black people in Beds over three times as likely to experience forceful policing

File picture of a police officer.

Man assaulted and robbed in Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire Police headquarters.

Former police officer would have been sacked over sexual comments

Ian Dalgarno. Screenshot Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee Thursday, 23rd November 2023 Image: LDRS

Deputy PCC criticised over response to survey on perceptions of police

22 sexual misconduct allegations were made against Bedfordshire Police between October 2022 to October 2023

22 sexual misconduct allegations made against Bedfordshire Police
Just two police officers were dismissed

Chief Constable Trevor Rodenhurst

More than 4,600 cases of domestic abuse reported this year

over 16,000 people were arrested in the area

Thames Valley Police confirm 16,000 arrests and 711 deaths in six months

Police at the scene this weekend

Arrests after suspicious duo crash into telephone mast during police chase

Funding for the new scheme has been secured by Thames Valley Police and crime Commissioner Matthew Barber

Online platform set up to help fight against retail crime across Thames Valley

Amnesty bins can be accessed in the Thames Valley all year round

Thames Valley Police says knife crime is down ahead of action week

Anna Villette at Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel on Tuesday, November 7. Picture: Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel

Police told its inconsistent ways of counting officers causes confusion

Thames Valley Police says it has made changes since the inspections in May

Report states Thames Valley Police must improve its child protection services

Anna Villette, chief executive at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC)

Resident's concerns generated OVER 4,000 EMAILS for Bedfordshire's PCC

3,878 shoplifting offences were recorded by Bedfordshire Police in the year to June – up from 3,616 in 2022

Shoplifting on the rise in Bedfordshire

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Appeal for people to join Bedfordshire Police stop and search panel

Recreational use of nitrous oxide becomes illegal is become illegal from Wednesday, November 8

Recreational drug (laughing gas) widely used across Beds to become illegal

Festus Akinbusoye Close Up Stern Image supplied by OPCC

Safer streets should “start in the home and not in the Home Office” says PCC

A person breaking into a car. Photo: Adobe Stock

Rise in car thefts in Bedfordshire according to new figures

40 people were charged by the police

Police make 98 arrests during week of drug busts targeting county lines

Shane Elwood. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Police hunt for man wanted for prison recall who may be in south Bedfordshire

Have you seen Jake Rush?

Do not approach wanted man last seen in Bedfordshire

L: deputy police and crime commissioner Ian Dalgarno and R: PCC Festus Akinbusoye. Pictures submitted

Money spent on PCC would pay for 52 new PCSOs say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrat Party has claimed that Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner running costs would be “better invested” in community policing

Police are drafting more officers onto the streets of Milton Keynes and the rest of Thames Valley as a result of the Israel–Hamas war

Israel-Hamas war prompts extra police on the streets

There were 24 transphobic hate crimes reported in Bedfiordshire

Dozens of transphobic hate crimes in Bedfordshire amid national rise

The Government says it is ‘committed to ensuring these abhorrent offences are stamped out’. Image by Anastasiia Chepinska Unsplash.

Figures show a rise in hate crimes towards transgender people in Thames Valley

Close up of the front of a Bedfordshire Police car

Chief constable says Bedfordshire police will carry out car chases

Sarah Albone. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Chief constable says victims of domestic abuse who feel unsave should 'flag it'

Thames Valley Police

Police respond to viral video in which an officer is accused of littering

Statue of Justice above the Central Criminal Court building, Old Bailey in London.

Year-long waits for justice in fraud cases in Bedfordshire

Pictured: Dean Fountaine

Second man charged in connection with fatal stabbing of Leighton Buzzard man

Penny Bulpitt. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Nan 'loved by all' named as staff member killed in Center Parcs collision

This cow was injured n a suspected dog attack

Cows left with ear and head injuries after attacks

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Woburn man fined over indecent images of child and extreme animal porn

Police have confiscated assets and cash - stock picture

Bedfordshire Police seizes thousands of pounds from criminals

Mr Selous raised the issue of more power for the police in tackling illegal motorcyclists

Leighton Buzzard’s MP’s call for action over ‘dangerous’ motorcyclists

A man was fined for dumping rubbish in a Leighton Buzzard industrial park

Leighton Buzzard fly-tipper caught after being recorded on CCTV

The three arrested have been released on bail

Three bailed over 'crime wave' as 'evidence does not meet prosecution threshold'

Sarah Albone. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Judge tells police to review actions after mum in "toxic" relationship murdered

Conner Dunne. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Police want to speak to this man about a string of car and home burglaries
People are warned to not approach him

Michael has been missing for nearly a month.

Police renew appeal for teen missing for almost a month

He was charged last week

Man charged on suspicion of committing sexual offences involving children

A man need hospital treatment following the assault

Man hospitalised after gang attack in Pitstone carried out by 3 men in their 20s

Bedfordshire Police lead one of the suspects away. PIC: Bedfordshire Police

Leighton Buzzard ‘crime wave’ – three arrests made in morning raids by police

Festus Akinbusoye Close Up Image supplied by OPCC

"I'm not a lame duck" says PCC after electing to stand in by-election

Festus Akinbusoye Close Up Stern Image supplied by OPCC

Beds Police doing "everything it can" to tackle crime wave in Leighton Buzzard

A stock image of an officer. (Picture: National Police Chiefs’ Council)

Beds Police officer sacked for having sexual relationship with crime victim

Trading Standards officers have issued a warning about doorstep cold-calling activity in Leighton Buzzard

Warning about doorstep cold-calling activity in Leighton Buzzard

Police on the streets of Leighton Buzzard

Leighton Buzzard crime wave - we need action now say frustrated shop owners

MP Andrew Selous with Iris Lee, owner of Leighton Buzzard Garden Centre

Plans to build housing on garden centre site are unnecessary says town council