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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Robinson

Hundreds of town centres to see more police patrols in crime ‘blitz’

Hundreds of towns will see an increased police presence as part of the Government’s new crime “blitz” to crack down on shoplifting and anti-social behaviour by “thugs and thieves”.

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30, with more visible policing and stronger enforcement to “restore confidence in policing”.

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