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BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Lincolnshire crime victims can give statements to police by video
Victims of crime in Lincolnshire can now talk to police officers via video system being trialled in East Lindsey allows people to give statements Police said the technology would not replace visits to crime victims but would provide "a more convenient way" to engage with "enhanced video response team" will operate out of Louth and Gainsborough and will eventually cover the entire county. In a statement, the force said: "The new initiative will mean people in our community are spoken to more quickly while freeing up frontline officers to attend more serious incidents."The system has already been introduced by a number of other Insp Colin Clarkson said: "Incorporating technology and approaches like this into the service we offer means we are able to respond to and investigate some crime more efficiently and quickly than before."This helps improve the service we offer to the public as well as increases capacity on the front line, meaning we are able to respond quicker to incidents that require physical attendance." Victims must be over the age of 18 to use the service or be with a parent or must have a smartphone or tablet with video and 4G or Wi-Fi capability and the offender cannot be present during the to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
The Independent
16-06-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Damning grooming gangs report reveals ‘continued failure' from authorities
A 'disturbing' report on grooming gangs in Britain has revealed that children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes committed against them. Baroness Louise Casey 's analysis, released on Monday, identified that men of Asian and Pakistani heritage were overrepresented as suspects in three police forces' data. However, some organisations had avoided addressing the issue for fear of appearing racist, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said. The report also identified a 'continued failure to gather proper robust national data despite concerns being raised going back very many years', Ms Cooper said. The Home Secretary has announced a raft of measures to combat grooming gangs, including statutory data collection on the nationality and ethnicity of perpetrators.
