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Man jailed for eight years in connection with drug and firearm offences in the Forest of Dean
15:38 30/03/2026Cumar Cumar, from Birmingham, had pleaded guilty to a number of offences
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Man dies following collision on B4215 in Newent, Forest of Dean
09:10 30/10/2025Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage
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Two Gloucestershire women honoured at Police Public Bravery Awards due to life-saving actions
13:05 24/10/2025The pair heroically helped their neighbour, an off-duty police officer, who had been stabbed
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Man assaulted woman and stole items from village post office
11:57 06/05/2025Officers are appealing for witnesses to the incident in Newnham-on-Severn
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Appeal after man sustains serious head and facial wounds in Coleford
11:20 03/05/2025Five people have been arrested in connection with the incident
Crimes and priorities
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Tackling Anti-social behaviour in the town centre
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Utilising high visibilty patrols and civil orders to deter behaviours as well as working with our partners to deter and prevent Youth ASB
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Tackling drug dealing.
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We continue to proactively tackle this issue through drugs warrants, stop searches and closure notices. In recent months, 2 closure notices have been issued.
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Reducing the number of Serious and Fatal Road Traffic Collisions in the Forest
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We continue to proactively target offenders who repeatedly drive vehicles illegally on our roads and also those who use our road network to commit crime. We are doing this through specific tasking’s to our Specialist Operations Team and locally with our proactive and neighbourhood teams. We are also working with partner agencies to improve road safety.