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Initiatives to help keep you safe

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Crimestoppers 

Contact Crimestoppers anonymously with any information you might have about a crime.

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Neighbourhood Watch 

Get involved and help keep your community safe. Find out about your local Neighbourhood Watch or how you can get involved in setting one up for your street.

Neighbourhood Watch

Country Eye 

Become a member and help reduce crime and the fear of crime in rural communities. 

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Counter terrorism

Find out how to report suspicious activity and how you can help protect your community

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Community safety partnerships

CSPs are partnerships between the police, local councils and other services involved in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour.

 

Community Safety Accreditation Scheme

Under the scheme, the Chief Constable can give powers to organisations and their employees working in community safety to tackle anti-social behaviour, littering and graffiti.

  Community Safety Accreditation Scheme

Speed Watch

The Speed Watch scheme allows local volunteers to deal with speeding issues in their communities, educate and deter drivers, investigate complaints from local residents and get support from local road organisations to make changes and deal with speeding issues longer term.

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Kent People’s Trust 

Active support, funds and expertise to local projects, working to reduce crime and improve community safety.

Kent People's Trust

Kent Keylink 

Sign up to give police immediate access to key holder details should an incident occur at your home or business while your away. 

Kent Keylink

Marine safety

Get advice on staying safe around while enjoying our water ways and find out more about the work of the Kent and Essex Marine Unit.

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Stammtisch (lorry drivers)

An opportunity for lorry drivers who use Kent's roads to have their say on policing issues and meet local officers.

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Head cameras 

Cameras are being used to gather evidence and help with the successful prosecution of those responsible for committing crimes.

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