POLICE TRAINING COLLEGE TALLY HO, TO HOST A SPECIAL POLICE TRAINING DAY TO TACKLE RISING MACHINERY THEFT
Police from forces across the Midlands are taking part in a construction and equipment theft training day, hosted at Tally Ho Police Training College in Birmingham.
The latest CITS police only training event will take place at Tally Ho Police Training College in Birmingham on the 30th July. The event will be hosted by the National Construction and Agricultural Theft Team (NCATT), and supported by security specialist including the CESAR Schemes police liaison team.
The event is being organised by the Combined Industries Theft Solutions forum (CITS), an organisation dedicated to reducing the effects of crime on farming communities and the construction industry.
The training day will provide police officers, PCSOs, and staff involved in rural and construction crime detection and prevention with opportunities to learn about the latest crime trends and security measures.
Leading crime experts including Detective Constable Chris Piggott, from NCATT, will cover current threats and latest techniques to protect machinery and equipment and bring criminals to justice.
There will also be practical demonstrations of security systems being developed to help better protect equipment and machinery from determined thieves.
Paul Ennis, of CMPG (Central Motorway Police Group), said “We are delighted to be involved with this training day, this type of training is invaluable to officers to develop their knowledge of current threats and gain the confidence to detect suspect criminals”.
Ian Elliott, of CITS, said: “We’re holding this event to help police forces tackle the organised criminals gangs that are making theft a huge problem. CITS works with police, crime-fighting organisations, machinery manufacturers and Construction firms including, Clancy’s, Hitachi, SBD (Secure By Design) and Leica to provide officers with the knowledge and detection techniques to combat crime within our sectors”.
For further information about this training event and future events please visit: www.cits.uk.com/events.php
