Farmers and police join forces against rural criminals

摘要

More police forces are now dedicating teams of officers to try to turn the tide against criminals stalking the countryside. The teams are tasked with catching fly-tippers, livestock rustlers, tractor and quad bike thieves, hare coursers and vandals who are comimtting rural crimes estimated to cost the UK about E50m/year.Analysis by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) carried out last year found 23 of the 38 rural police forces in England and Wales had a dedicated rural crime team in place. Six had a team partially in place and nine had no dedicated team in place.