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Acts which can be classified as route crime include: People putting obstructions in front of trains; Trespassing and vandalising the railway infrastructure, including trains; To tackle route crime, British Transport Police works in partnership with Network Rail, train operating companies (TOCs), rail staff and the public. [2]
Of the 42 forces (including British Transport Police) for which figures are available, 19 saw a year-on-year increase in knife crime offences in the 12 months to June 2024.
On 1 January 1949 the British Transport Commission Police (BTCP) were created by the British Transport Commission Act 1949 [12] which combined the already-existing police forces inherited from the pre-nationalisation railways by British Railways as well as the London Transport Police, canal police and several minor dock forces. In 1957 the ...
In the year to March 2020, there were 563,837 stop and searches in England and Wales (these figures include the British Transport Police). Almost half of these searches were carried out by the Metropolitan Police. As of the 2011 Census, 40.2% of Londoners identified as BAME. London has the highest stop and search rates for most ethnic minority ...
Metropolitan Police officers. The British Transport Police are responsible for policing the railway network of Great Britain, as well as certain rapid transit and tram systems. An example of a UK police vehicle, this one a Norfolk Constabulary Vauxhall Astra, featuring standardised blue and yellow battenburg markings used by all UK police forces.
In November 2021, Lucy D'Orsi, the British Transport Police chief constable, apologised to black community in the United Kingdom "for the trauma suffered by the British African community through the criminal actions" of Ridgewell, adding that "In particular, it is of regret that we did not act sooner to end his criminalisation of British ...
"British Transport Police: The fight against thieves targeting cultural heritage". YouTube . 9 September 2016. Chief Constable Paul Crowther, the National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Heritage Crime, outlining Operation Crucible .
Trains to Manchester Airport have been affected by the theft of more than £100,000 of power cable from a railway line. The signalling cables were stolen from the railway line between Preston and ...