Joined-Up Approach to Repeat Offenders ; a Specialist Team Which Targets the City's Most Prolific Offenders has Won Praise From Prison Inspectors and the Home Office. Crime Reporter Carl Eve Spoke to Them to Find Out Why

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THE Plymouth priority prolific offender (PPO) team can boast a 66 per cent reduction in the number of crimes committed by its offenders over the past two years.

The team, led by Det Sgt Craig McWhinnie, includes police officers, probation staff, drug outreach workers and housing officers, who all sit side-by-side in an office based within the Harbour Centre in Mutley.

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Joined-Up Approach to Repeat Offenders ; a Specialist Team Which Targets the City's Most Prolific Offenders has Won Praise From Prison Inspectors and the Home Office. Crime Reporter Carl Eve Spoke to Them to Find Out Why

The physical location of the team - they sit around one table - is central to their success, claims Det Sgt McWhinnie.

"I don't have to spend two weeks arranging a meeting with housing, or probation, or drugs workers. It's all done ove...

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