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Alan Campbell, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Crime Reduction, visited the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service's (AVCIS) headquarters, located near Coventry, to demonstrate his support of its continued role in the fight against vehicle-enabled crime.
Although car crime has more than halved in the last ten years, a vehicle is stolen every three minutes in the UK and around half of these are never recovered.* Often stolen to order by organised criminals, they are shipped abroad or used to commit other types of serious crimes.
AVCIS is a dedicated unit working to combat vehicle crime at the source by removing the use of unlawfully obtained transportation. The unit has been working to reduce the rate of vehicle offences since its launch in 2006, organising operations that have succeeded in recovering over 1,200 stolen vehicles, worth in excess of £14 million.
Alan Campbell, said, "Vehicle crime has fallen by 65 per cent since 1995. This is a significant achievement that would not have been possible without the work of AVCIS. The Government supports AVCIS and the leading role it plays in tackling the constantly evolving challenge of vehicle-enabled crime, which is why we have increased our funding from £200,000 to £300,000."
"The UK has seen dramatic falls in vehicle crime over the last ten years, but there is still work to be done. As cars have become more difficult to steal, we have seen increases in burglaries around the country specifically to obtain car keys and then the car", said Detective Chief Inspector Mark Hooper, Head of AVCIS. "The use of vehicles to enable criminal activity is an ongoing challenge for the police service and our work to combat this would not be possible without our partners, police forces, and above all, funding. This contribution will ensure that we can continue to drive down vehicle-enabled crime, which in turn will have a positive impact on crime rates overall."
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AVCIS has announced a partnership with Cobra UK, the European market leader for stolen vehicle tracking, as part of a joint initiative to combat vehicle-enabled crime, reduce police response times and improve recovery rates.
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Cobra UK is providing the technology behind a new generation of pay-as-you-drive motor insurance, enabling a wide variety of drivers to potentially significantly reduce their insurance premiums by monitoring the time of day and the distance they drive.
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