By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The policing of Cheshire’s badger cull has cost taxpayers more than £1.3 million in the past two years.
Figures released by Cheshire Police show the force’s cull operation cost £484,892.16 last year – following the £831,093.07 cost in 2017.
Cheshire Police are working with partners as part of the national Operation Sceptre campaign to tackle knife crime.
It is a week of action that runs from March 11 to 17 and aims to reduce the impact of knife crime in communities.
Cheshire Police arrested 227 county drivers during its festive crackdown on drink or drug driving.
Among those were 25 people in Crewe and Nantwich area arrested for driving under influence of drugs – the highest of any area of the county, and a rise on previous years.
Cheshire Police chiefs say they have rounded up 121 wanted criminals in a Christmas operation to make the streets safer.
Operation Jingles ran throughout December as part of the Constabulary’s “All We Want For Christmas” campaign focusing on areas of crime prevention such as burglary, drink-driving and robbery.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
A former Cheshire Police officer has claimed sickness levels will continue to rise in the force after a report found that mental health issues are common.
Bob Fousert and Sally Hardwick, independent members of the police and crime panel, visited the occupational health unit at Cheshire Police’s headquarters in Winsford.
A total of 1,600 officers at Cheshire Constabulary are now using body worn video cameras following the completion of a force-wide roll out.
The cameras are being worn by officers and PCSOs and are proving to be an essential piece of operational kit.
A 72-year-old pensioner was robbed at a cash machine outside a supermarket in Crewe, police say.
The victim was withdrawing money from an ATM outside Morrison’s on Dunwoody Way when she was approached from behind by an unknown man.
Cheshire Police chiefs have changed their vetting process for new recruits following the fall out from the Ian Naude case.
Naude, 30, joined the force in 2017 and went on to rape a 13-year-old girl while based in Crewe.
Police are appealing for anyone with dashcam footage which could help find out why two people died in a horror crash on the A530 near Nantwich.
Two people in their 60s, both from Nantwich, were killed in the accident which happened at 1.46pm on Friday (November 2) on the A530, Whitchurch Road, in Newhall.
The number of people in Cheshire seeking help to stop looking at sexual images of children online has more than doubled in just six months, latest figures have shown.
In the six months between July 2017 and January 2018, 163 people in the county contacted Stop it Now!, the child sexual abuse prevention project run by child protection charity The Lucy Faithfull Foundation.
Cheshire Police are to probe historical land transactions referred to them by Cheshire East Council, it has emerged today.
The council said it referred the “new matter” to the police for their consideration.
Civilians, volunteers and officers were honoured at the annual Cheshire Police awards in Crewe.
Award winners include police volunteer Karolina Kardas, Special Constable Derek Gardener, Det Con Leanne Brundett, and Crewe Beat Initiative Team.
Cheshire Police has launched an operation to tackle the number of motorcycle related collisions on the county′s roads.
The week of action from Monday August 27 to Sunday September 2 is aimed at reducing the number of serious and fatal collisions involving motorcyclists.
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