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September 2026 Northants Police Newsletter
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Latest News Articles
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has escalated to Level 4 of their Resource Escalation Action Plan (REAP), the highest alert level (posted Nov 1st 2026)
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has escalated to Level 4 of our Resource Escalation Action Plan (REAP), the highest alert level, reflecting a sustained extreme pressure on our service. Increased volume of 999 calls, patients waiting for a response in the community, and significant patient handover delays at hospitals mean there is a higher concern for service delivery and risk to patient safety.
To provide the fastest possible response to patients in the community experiencing life-threatening emergencies, we are:
- Dealing with some of the increased demand via ‘hear and treat’ by experienced clinicians in our control rooms, triaging patients to identify alternative services for their needs.
- Taking fewer or similar number of patients to hospital than normal
- Deploying more ambulance resource than ever before
We continue to ask people to only call 999 in life-threatening emergencies. NHS111 are best placed to help when it’s not an emergency. Thank you to our partners taking all possible actions to ensure ambulance resources can handover patients as quickly as possible.
Susannah Ashton
EMAS Strategic Commander
The Forcer Protocol – Safeguarding for Military Veterans (posted Nov 2025)
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| The Forcer Protocol |
| Northamptonshire Police is encouraging military veterans and their families to sign up to a potentially life-saving safeguarding scheme called the Forcer Protocol. The Forcer Protocol was founded by Claire Lilly and is named after her former husband Lance Corporal Alan Forcer, a veteran who suffered with depression and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following service in Kosovo and Northern Ireland. Tragically he died by suicide in 2020 after going missing. The Forcer Protocol enables police to ensure key information is available to them when searching for military veterans who are lost or reported missing. The service is free and run independently from police with the provider Safe and Found Online. Veterans, their families and carers can complete an online form and provide a variety of information which is held digitally on a secure platform, including photographs, a physical description, any medical conditions, mobile phone numbers of the veteran and friends, vehicle details, whether they have gone missing before, and whether they pose a risk to themselves. The information entered into the personal profile is completely confidential. Police can only access the profile, if the person featured is reported missing. Register now on the Forcer Protocol pages of the Safe and Found website: safeandfoundonline.co.uk/register.php . |
Protect Your Pension From Fraud (posted Sept 2025)
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| Warning to #Protect Your Pension from fraud. |
| Savers and those reaching retirement age are being warned to protect their pensions and look out for criminals trying to catch people out of their life savings, with Action Fraud revealing a total annual loss of £17,567,249. This equates to roughly £48,129 lost to this type of fraud per day in 2024. Data reveals there were 519 reports of pension fraud in total and £17,567,249 lost in 2024, with an average loss of £33,848 per person.Action Fraud, with support from the Pension Scams Action Group (PSAG), launched a pension fraud awareness campaign, warning people to take extra measures to protect their pension scheme accounts and to be cautious of investment opportunity offers from criminals that could be targeting them How can you protect yourself against Pension fraud? Secure your online pension account: the account you use to manage your pension should have a different password to all of your other accounts. Use three random words to create a strong and memorable password, and enable 2-step verification (2SV). Ignore unsolicited calls about your pension: cold calling about pensions is illegal and likely a sign of a scam. If you’re thinking about changing your pension arrangements, you should get financial guidance or advice beforehand. Investment opportunities: don’t be rushed into making an investment. Remember, legitimate organisations will never pressure you into investing on the spot. You should treat investment opportunities with extreme caution if there’s: Pressure to invest (for example: time-limited offers), Downplayed risk of losing your money, Promised returns that sound too good to be true, Remember to Stop! Think Fraud and find more information on how to protect yourself from fraud here: Stop! Think Fraud – How to stay safe from scams What can you do if you have been a victim of pension fraud? Report pension scams: if you’re worried about a potential pension scam or you think you may have been contacted by a criminal, report it to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040. If you have made a payment: inform your bank or pension provider as soon as possible, they can help you prevent any further losses. Monitor your bank and pension statements regularly for any unusual activity. |