Devon and Cornwall Police launched a new neighbourhood policing operation, with Truro among the target areas.

Operation Loki features targeted neighbourhood policing across the force’s Safer Streets funded areas. The Safer Streets Fund is a Home Office fund which allows public services to invest in crime prevention initiatives. Devon and Cornwall Police is using Safer Streets funds to reduce community concerns on a local level in specific areas.

Operation Loki was launched yesterday (March 20) in Torquay with Exeter, Barnstaple, Plymouth, Truro and Falmouth starting the operation in subsequent weeks.

The operation will run for four weeks in each area and showcase a range of policing tactics, including ‘pop up’ police stations, high-visibility patrols, traffic operations, surveys, test purchases of age-restricted products, and community engagement by the diverse communities team, police support volunteers, volunteer Police Cadets, and chaplaincy.

Deputy Chief Constable Jim Colwell said: “Each local policing area has tailored their activities to target specific local issues, including violence against women and girls, the evening and night-time economy and anti-social behaviour.

“We know that these concerns are felt in neighbourhoods across Devon and Cornwall, not just in the Safer Streets areas. The lessons we learn from this operation will help us develop plans to tackle these issues across the Force.”

Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, said: “Op Loki shows that the force is prepared to invest considerable resources in tackling the police and crime plan priorities of reducing violence, drug use and anti-social behaviour.@