CRIME BUSTERS
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No, it's not Phil and Cathy from Eastenders, put your glasses on! TLS regional sales manager Paul Lyon is handing over vehicle keys to Pauline Box from the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACR01.
It's all part of a crime fighting initiative to reduce burglaries in the Medway towns. Vehicle rental and contract hire specialist TLS is supplying a Ford Transit Minibus and a Ford Courier to the Radium Secure Project. The project is run by the Kent Constabulary and NACRO; it's monitored and evaluated by the Home Office.
The idea of the scheme is to reduce crime by increasing door and window security and property marking. to deter criminals from targeting the area." says Kent Constabulary crime reduction officer Brian Ward.
Householders taking part in the scheme will undergo a risk assessment followed by a series of security measures such as fitting locks and bolts and marking property.
The work is being carried out by local unemployed people under the government's New Deal. We have worked with NACRO in the past," says TLS business leader Tim Knott, and this project is an investment into the safety and security of the community."