DAY 69: Windsor and Maidenhead operation result in stolen iFor Williams trailer recovered

The Windsor and Maidenhead Local Policing Area began their winter phase of the 100 days of action on Monday (3/2).

On Monday (3/2), two neighbourhood teams from each town got together to do a joint initiative targeting offenders on the roads.

A mixture of mobile ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras and live feeds from the Force ANPR Unit on the static cameras in Windsor and Maidenhead resulted in numerous stop checks on vehicles and vehicle occupants for road related offences.

Tuesday (4/2) saw the teams run a proactive operation in Windsor in the morning and the Cookham area of Maidenhead in the afternoon. 

An Ifor Williams trailer was found and seized as it is believed to have been stolen. Officers are currently making further enquiries.

On top of this, a number of stop checks were carried out in Windsor and a vehicle seized for no insurance. 

The team also reported that valuable intelligence about drug and prolific offenders was also gained throughout the morning.

In the afternoon over in Cookham, one vehicle was seized because the driver had no insurance, a driver reported for summons for no tax and another reported for summons for using a hand held mobile phone while driving.

While the aim of this week’s activity is to concentrate on fighting rural crime, operations like this show that other offenders can be caught in the process because you never know who will be driving by!

Using ANPR cameras can disrupt and prevent crime in rural areas by pulling over vehicles of interest, or those which have been highlighted as ‘used in crime’ previously.