Dealers and burglars targeted by volunteer cops (From Basildon Recorder)
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Dealers and burglars targeted by volunteer cops
3:41pm Monday 22nd October 2012 in News By Gina Marden
DRUG dealers and burglars were just some of the crooks targeted by volunteer cops during a day of action.
Officers from Essex Police’s special constabulary bashed down the doors of homes in Grays, Colchester, Chelmsford, Rayleigh and Southend during a series of dawn raids.
They seized drugs and arrested three people during the crackdown, which was codenamed Operation Witchcraft and aimed to highlight the work of the volunteer officers.
During the day of action on Saturday special constables also backed up traffic cops as they carried out a series of stop checks - aiming to stop travelling crooks in their tracks - in Basildon and at Lakeside.
*Full story in Tuesday's Echo
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Lastlaugh...
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10:42pm Mon 22 Oct 12
loonychoon
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6:13am Tue 23 Oct 12
Trainman
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10:41pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Saw a cops car today in FOGGY conditions, yet they FAILED to pull drivers over for NOT using lights.
Ian P
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7:28am Wed 24 Oct 12
Trainman wrote:Perhaps they could not see them. LOL!
Pity NORFOLK Police aren't as Eager to do their job? Saw a cops car today in FOGGY conditions, yet they FAILED to pull drivers over for NOT using lights.
Brunning999 says...
8:10pm Mon 22 Oct 12