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Oct 3rd 2025 – Free Motorway Driving Experience – Sunday 19th Oct 2025
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Do you tend to avoid motorways, feel less confident driving on them than you would like, don’t like joining them, or have a general issue, then this free event is for you. Each session (of around 2 hours) starts with a short classroom session about motorway driving delivered by Northamptonshire Police’s Driver Training Unit. Following that you will go out in a marked police car, from Police HQ to the M1, where an officer from the Roads Policing Unit will demonstrate how to join and leave the motorway safely, how to change lane and judge speed.
Once you have returned, you can practice what you have just learnt by having a free motorway taster drive in your own vehicle with a qualified Observer from Northampton Advanced Motorists. The event is free and will take place at Police Headquarters, Wootton Hall, Northampton NN4 0JQ. There are a number of sessions throughout the day. Booking is essential https://orlo.uk/MiUne
A partnership event between Northampton Advanced Motorists and Northamptonshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit, Safer Roads Team and Driver Training Unit.
Oct 3rd 2025 – Advice on how to stay safe for Halloween and Bonfire Night
Halloween is creeping up on us and Northamptonshire Police would like to remind its communities that its officers will be working to discourage anti-social behaviour and ensure a safe Halloween and Bonfire Night for everyone.
10 top tips to keeping safe at Halloween:
- Keep clear of all flames such as candles and lit pumpkins, which could cause costumes to catch fire or cause burns.
- Be careful how you dress on Halloween. Homemade costumes and some costumes bought in shops can be flammable. Decorations should also be kept away from naked flames.
- Plan your trick or treat route beforehand. Only go to houses where you or your friends know the residents. Always go in groups. Don’t go without an adult.
- Be cautious about eating what people give you when out trick or treating. Check with an adult when you get home.
- Be visible, stay in areas that are well lit with streetlights. Take a torch just in case.
- Remember ‘STOP, DROP and ROLL’ if clothing catches fire. STOP where you are. Do not run. DROP to the ground. Lie down flat. ROLL over and over on the ground until flames are out.
- Don’t wear masks that restrict your vision. You need to see when crossing roads.
- Don’t enter any house when trick or treating, stay on the doorstep.
- Don’t knock on doors where you see a ‘No trick or treat callers’ sign.
- Avoid using real candles in lanterns and pumpkins. Battery operated lights are safer.
Keeping safe on Bonfire Night
Head over to Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service’s website to find out how you can keep safe on bonfire night and around fireworks.
Sept 22nd 2025 – Commissioner and Chief to chat at online public meeting – Tuesday 21st Oct 2025 at 6.30pm
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| Commissioner and Chief ready to chat at online public meeting |
 Northamptonshire residents are being invited to put their questions on crime and policing to Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Danielle Stone and Chief Constable Ivan Balhatchet at an online public meeting next month. The event will take place between 6.30pm and 8pm on Tuesday 21 October, and will be live streamed on both the Commissioner’s and the Northamptonshire Police Facebook pages www.facebook.com/NorthantsOPFCC www.facebook.com/northantspolice Questions about any policing or community safety issue are welcomed – potentially covering subjects such as neighbourhood policing, violence against women and girls, retail crime and town centre safety, road safety or funding. Questions can be sent now on email to: chiefschat@northants.police.uk Names won’t be read out during the broadcast or shared online. Questions can also be sent anonymously using an email link that will go live 14 days before the broadcast. And questions can also be asked live during the broadcast through the Facebook chat. |
Sept 8th 2025 – Protect Your Pension From Fraud
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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. |
July 25th 2025 – Speaking up about domestic abuse
July 25th 2025 – CCTV Guidance with survey of where systems are