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An unprecedented number of calls have been received by police call handlers in Lincolnshire. There have been 17,000 more calls in the six months from January to July than the same period last year. Of those, 4,500 were 999 calls for emergency help and the remainder were non-emergency 101 calls. The service dealt with 1,000 calls a day from Thursday, ...

Lincolnshire Police want to know your opinion on the state of neighbourhood policing. Data collected will be used by the force and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire to determine upcoming service strategies. Questions asked in the neighbourhood policing survey include whether an increase in visible uniformed patrols in the community would make residents feel safer. There are also ...

Lincolnshire has bucked the national trend by recording a further drop in crime. Overall crime dropped by one per cent in the year to September 2015 – a figure which has been welcomed by police bosses in the county. However, the latest figures reveal that violent crime has increased in the same period by nine per cent. Det Ch Supt ...

Barely a day goes by without another horrific story of child sexual exploitation hitting the headlines. Every day, police across the country are called in to investigate yet another case of children being sexually abused. Last week, the issue was in the spotlight during a national child sexual exploitation awareness day. Among those backing the campaign was Lincolnshire Police, with ...