TWO cardboard cut-outs of policemen, which were designed to deter thieves from shoplifting, have been stolen in south Essex in the past year.

Essex Police was also the victim of 18 thefts from its own vehicles over a period of two years, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

One model bobby was taken from an unnamed shop in Canvey, in August, and another from one in Westcliff, in October.

Reported by the Southend Standard. You can read the full story here.

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.