Grant Robert Faulkner, 54, of Ebberston near Scarborough, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of perverting the course of justice and was sentenced at York Crown Court on Wednesday 18 September 2019. The sentencing judge described Faulkner and people like him as dishonest and that he was going to make sure that […]

At about 2pm on Sunday 15 September 2019, a boy was seen on in-store CCTV stealing items of clothing from a shop at the town’s retail park. As he left the store, he was challenged by an off-duty Special Constable, who happened to be passing. He had noticed the boy behaving suspiciously, and detained him […]

North Yorkshire Police has issued a reminder to fans that flares should must not be brought into football matches after officers have seen a surge in the numbers being used. Football Liaison Officers, also known as ‘spotters’, have seen an increase in flares being set off and thrown at York City Football Club home and […]

Our Force Control Room began using the app when we found its simple address system was a useful tool in helping to find lost, injured or distressed people who did not know where they were. It’s now used by many other departments in the force including operations planning teams, search advisors and at scene guards. […]

29-year-old Ariel Babiarz of Maudsley Street, Accrington, Lancashire pleaded guilty to drink driving and dangerous driving after causing two collisions and overturning the seven and a half tonne road sweeper he was driving. On Saturday 9 March 2019 Babiarz was driving on the B6480 in High Bentham when he collided with a red Volkswagen Lupo. […]

I joined the police because there is no better job if you want to help people. I didn’t want to be a police officer – going out on the streets wasn’t what appealed to me. But as a member of police staff, working behind the scenes, you can make a massive amount of difference to […]