Operation Grotto - Annual Winter burglary campaign

Dear residents of Bucks 🏘️

On the 28th October, Buckinghamshire TVP started their annual winter burglary campaign (Operation Grotto) ❄️ It will continue into the new year. 

This is the response to the seasonal rise in burglaries during the winter months. Nightly patrols with multiple units will be taking place all over Bucks and will be focused on areas most impacted by burglary in order to prevent further offending. 

While the main aim of the patrols is to detect and deter burglaries, officers will be keeping an eye out for any criminal activity or anti-social behaviour in hours of darkness. Your local neighbourhood teams will also be working with their communities around crime prevention to ensure everyone is making their homes as secure as possible this winter, while our investigative departments will be working intensively to progress burglary investigations👮

So far officers have:

Attended several burglaries in progress 

Carried out reassurance patrols around neighbourhoods that have recently seen a burglary 

Seized 3 vehicles and arrested one male in the Burnham area on suspicion of being linked to vehicle crime 

Dealt with numerous driving offences such as drink driving, no insurance and driving dangerously. 

We will be looking to update you all with more results in the coming months 🚔

Please help TVP be robust on burglars and thieves this winter by continuing to report information via 101 or at Home | Thames Valley Police 
(Call 999 if a crime is in progress or you are at risk of harm)