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Crime and policing news update: January 2016
January's update on the latest news and information on police and crime issues.
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Information and news includes:
- closer working between the emergency services
- fire and rescue policy to move to the Home Office
- new campaign asks households to remember to test smoke alarms
- police volunteers to be given powers
- Psychoactive Substances Act receives Royal Assent
- launch of new policy to reduce gang violence and exploitation
- launch of ‘Educate against hate’ website
- City of London Police launch campaign to increase public awareness of cyber and fraud crime
- Sentencing Council seeks views on proposed guideline for the imposition of community and custodial sentences
- Sentencing Council issues new sentencing guidelines for robbery
- new sentencing guidelines come into force on 1 February
- Department of Health publishes progress report on strategy for adults with autism
- speeches