Soames is aiming to get more cooperation from police (orces:
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"Freight crime offenders are networking across the UK and there has been an issue with forces making connections between their records, Some constabularies are coming together, such as Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire, realising they can share resources and records, which in turn gives us stronger statistics to work with, Soames is also pushing the police and truckers' meeting scheme, Operation Stamm
tisch (Operation Stammtisch aims to sign up more forces before 2010,' CM 27 August) to constabularies. "My colleagues in various forces on the first Wednesday of every month offer an outlet for CV drivers to voice their concerns, at different motorway services," he says.
Officers can inform drivers about the work TruckPol conducts and Soames hopes it can attract hauliers who, until now, have frequently left crimes unreported because they believe the cases will not will be taken seriously.