{"id":3891,"date":"2021-03-09T21:56:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/true-to-my-word-investment-in-tackling-economic-crime\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T21:56:44","slug":"true-to-my-word-investment-in-tackling-economic-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/true-to-my-word-investment-in-tackling-economic-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"True to my word: Investment in tackling economic crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello ? ( click)…. It\\’s the Serious Fraud Office you need to press 1 now otherwise you will face prison.<\/p>\n

Words similar to a scam doing the rounds last year.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The true scale of economic crime in this country is unknown.<\/p>\n

What Action Fraud<\/a> deals with is probably the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n

The way fraud is dealt with is that most incidents are fed through to Action Fraud who either deal with it or pass it back to local forces.<\/p>\n

Not working<\/h3>\n

The widely held view is that the current system doesn\\’t work<\/a> and therefore we really don\\’t know the true extent of economic crime in the country.<\/p>\n

I have long said more needs to be done nationally,\u00a0 but locally we can do our bit too.<\/p>\n

Cyber crime now BAU<\/h3>\n

I was the first Police & Crime Commissioner in the country to make cyber crime a policing priority, its now business as usual now for our force.<\/p>\n

But with every good plan and vision it needs to evolve and adapt.<\/p>\n

That is why under the Every Crime Matters, Every Contact Counts priority<\/a> in my Police and Crime plan, I highlighted a need for the force to do more locally around economic crime such as phone scams and internet fraud.<\/p>\n

Covid scams<\/h3>\n

The need for a new national and local approach is demonstrated by the recent growth in scams during the coronavirus pandemic, this has brought it home for many people.<\/p>\n

\\\"\\\"In the last few weeks alone , the force has sent out alerts about\u00a0 #covidscams via the CommunityAlerts system which was introduced by the force after a suggestion by my office and I under my agenda to make the police more accessible and accountable.<\/p>\n

But fraud is something that does need tackling both locally and nationally.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

True to my word.<\/h3>\n

So Commissioner what are you doing about it ? The answer – as part of the continued investment in policing paid for by local taxpayers, we\\’ve been able to create an economic crime unit and currently the force is looking to recruit a dedicated \\”officer\\” to lead on the partnership, public relationship and education work… the job is currently advertised on the forces website.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

But for me – I made a promise to do more around economic crime, and this is an example of delivering on my promises.<\/p>\n

For more info on some of the other things, we\\’ve achieved since I came into office – click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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