PCC reiterates call for VRU after promising life taken by knife crime

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PCC reiterates call for VRU after 'promising life' taken by knife crime

David Sidwick has bemoaned the perception of Dorset as a safe county which doesn't need a VRU, arguing that 'it's almost like you have to be bad to get funding'.

Date - 23rd August 2023
By - Cash Boyle

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Dorset PCC David Sidwick says the county is desperate for a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) after an 18-year-old was stabbed to death earlier this month in Bournemouth. PCC Sidwick, who has been calling for a unit to be set up for the last two years,...

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