Nottinghamshire rebuilds community teams to be more proactive force

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Nottinghamshire rebuilds community teams to be more 'proactive' force

Nottinghamshire Police has introduced new teams of officers to all 12 neighbourhood areas across the county to rebuild its local policing capacity.

Chief Constable Craig Guildford, Insp Marcus Oldroyd (Operation Reacher lead) and PCC Paddy Tipping

Date - 13th October 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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This roll out follows the success of Operation Reacher, which put resources back into the community to disrupt a range of criminality. Introduced first in Bestwood in April 2018, Op Reacher is designed to “react dynamically to community...

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