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SHOP workers have a vital role in your community but face increased abuse or violence. The latest Association of Convenience Stores Crime Report shows that 83% of shop staff have been subjected to verbal abuse and increasing violence within the past 12 months. There were also more than a million incidents of theft during the same period. 

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Community Libraries to get structured support in the new ECC strategy announced on 15th July.

If you have an unwanted or unlicensed firearm you are being encouraged to hand it in to Essex Police to help keep Essex safe and prevent it from falling into the hands of criminals.

Essex Police are running a two-week firearm surrender from Saturday 20 July until Sunday 4 August where you can hand a firearm into Essex Police and won’t face prosecution for possessing it illegally.