A POLICE crackdown on drivers detected a large number of offences and ended up with one man being arrested. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “This morning, our Roads Policing Team, supported by officers from Harlow and Epping Forest, launched an operation to tackle road safety…

Update: Good news! Aaron Lopez, who was missing in Harlow, has now been found. ====== HAVE you seen Aaron? Police need to find 23-year-old Aaron Lopez as soon as possible to make sure he’s okay. He was last seen in the Hamstel Road area of…

HAVE you seen Grazino? Essex Police need to find 58-year-old Grazino Milano as soon as possible to make sure he’s okay. He was last seen in the area of Hamstel Road at about 7am today (Monday 1 December) but hasn’t been seen since. Grazino is…

ON Monday morning, local policing team officers were called to a report of an RTC on Southern Way, Harlow between a car and lorry. Whilst on scene it was discovered that the car was actually SORN and the driver had no insurance. Vehicle was seized…

SERP supports THINK! drug driving campaign as Essex sees highest number of drug-driving related collisions in 2024. This campaign targets young men, as DfT statistics show that around 90% of drivers impaired by drugs in collisions are male and 4 in every 10 are aged…

A SERVING Essex Police officer is due in court tomorrow to face a charge of common assault. Lee Mullen, 52, from Elmstead, was arrested on 29 September following reports a woman was pushed to the floor following an argument in School Road earlier that day.…

THE crime commissioner for Essex has warned of further redundancies at Essex Police if the Government insists the force recruit more police officers without providing extra funding reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Roger Hirst, Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex, has warned that Essex…

LAST week, Harlow Special Constables, in partnership with the Safer Essex Roads Partnership and pupils from William Martin Primary School, carried out speed checks along Tawneys Road, Harlow as part of Road Safety Week, to help reduce speeding and improve road safety. The activity involved…

ESSEX Police today announces a new partnership with BT and EE to give simple, practical advice to young people, parents, guardians and teachers to help them avoid harmful AI-generated content online.  From today, EE’s LearnSmart platform will host helpful advice for families giving them the…

TEAMS continuing to disrupt and dismantle the drug lines fuelling wider crime in Harlow have seen two men charged with multiple offences. Our Operation Raptor teams, which focus solely on county lines activity, stopped two suspects in a café in the town on Wednesday 19…

MINISTERS will change the law to strengthen safety and protections for passengers in taxi and private hire vehicles. The proposed new standards come after Baroness Casey’s audit into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, which was published in June of this year. Since then the…

A DRUG dealer is due to be sentenced next month after work by officers left him with no option than to admit his guilt. Dylan Davis, 26, of Hookfield, Harlow was arrested when a warrant was executed at his home last Thursday (20 November). During the…

OFFICERS investigating a theft of a necklace from Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow are releasing an image of the stolen item. It is believed it was taken from a patient there on or around 14 October. Sergeant Luke Edmonds said: “This necklace is of significant…

TWO arrests were swiftly made after a teenager reported he was robbed of his mobile phone in Harlow.  A police spokesperson said: “We were called at around 1.15pm on Tuesday 25 November reporting a teenager had been cycling in the area of The Dashes when…