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1. Report online bullying and threatening messages

   If someone sends threatening messages via social networking sites, this could amount to a criminal offence. Find out how to report messages sent via social media.

2. Stop and search

   The police can stop and search people to detect crime and help make our neighbourhoods safe. Searches are only carried out where there are reasonable grounds.

3. Registering as a sex offender

   Sex offenders are required to register with the police in person within three days of being convicted or released from prison and revisit annually.

4. Patrycja, Special Constable

   Patrycja is a Special Constable, she joined the Special Constabulary after her ADHD diagnosis, when her psychologist suggested that she worked in the emergency services . Find out more.

5. Report domestic abuse

   Find out how to report domestic abuse, recognise the signs and how to make a request for information (Clare’s Law).

6. Know the signs of doorstep crime

   Distraction burglars can target anyone. Read our advice and know the signs of a bogus caller.

7. Report a missing person

   You do not have to wait 24 hours to report a missing person or child. Follow our step by step process for reporting missing people.

8. Bridgwater Unites for Youth Safety Day

   This Friday marks ‘Youth Safety Day’ in Bridgwater, uniting multi-agency teams to promote community safety in the town and provide support to residents.

9. Witness appeal after incident reported between driver and child in Withywood

   We are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a report of an unknown man asking a child to get into his car to show him where the nearest shop…

10. ‘Dangerous’ man jailed for rape of child

    A ‘dangerous’ man who raped a teenage child and sexually assaulted a young woman has been jailed for more than 13 years. Benjamin Vivian-Hucker, of Dursley in Gloucestershire, was found…