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Prime Minister announces crackdown on shoplifting during visit to Sussex

Great to welcome the Prime Minister to Horsham this morning to announce some important further measures to crackdown on retail crime.

1. Assaulting a retail worker to be made a standalone criminal offence

2. Electronic tagging for violent behaviour or serial/prolific shoplifters

Stamping out Spiking in Sussex

During my term as Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, I've made tackling violence, especially against women and girls, a priority.  I am very pleased to have provided over 250,000 StopTopps free to clubs and pubs across Sussex to protect against drink spiking with more to come. 

Business Crime Action Day in Brighton

Today I joined police officers in Brighton on their weekly tour of businesses as part of policing's national Safer Business Action Week.  I spoke to local retailers about the best way for them to report crimes, talked about the action being taken to address the prolific shoplifters and heard the

Katy Bourne meets Home Sec in Crawley

Meeting with Home Sectary Rt Hon James Cleverly MP and Cllr Zack Ali, Parliamentary Candidate for Crawley in the High Street. I updated them on the actions we are taking to address anti-social behaviour, drug dealing and shop theft in Crawley and across Sussex.

PCC launches public survey on dog thefts

Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne, in partnership with the Association of Police & Crime Commissioners (APCC) has launched today (19 February) a national survey, designed to understand public perception of dog theft, enforcement and the prosecution of offenders.