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Doubt over ability to fight truck crime
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By Joanna Bourke
Despite our recent survey showing many operators have no faith in the ability of the police or Home Office to deal with lorry crimes, dedicated freight crime fighters insist the industry must work with them to ward off a rise in truck crime in the run-up to Christmas.
Police have said they are disappointed but not surprised that 95% of respondents to the latest Commercial Motor/Michelin business monitor do not feel the police or Home Office take truck crime seriously, but insist crime still needs to be reported.
Detective Constable Paul Lambotte, head of the unit for the Association of Chief Police Officers' Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS), says it is concerning that of the 79.5% who have reported an incident, 77,4% feel the police dealt with the situation badly
• Turn to page 20 for the CM/ Michelin business panel results.