TT Club has announced its support for a cross-party parliamentary debate on awareness of freight crime and the need for additional security and policing resources.

The UK’s House of Commons debate held earlier this month was a significant step in highlighting an issue that has a high degree of impact on public safety and the UK’s economy, in particular its future growth much relied upon by the current Government, according to TT Club.

It also acknowledged the lack of resource specifically targeted at fighting freight crime.   

National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) is under-supported and under-funded.

Their specialist freight crime investigation team currently has just one full-time serving police officer on secondment, a part-time analyst and a part-time data entry clerk.

It does not have the resources to tackle organised crime on a national scale, the company says.

TT has long supported NaVCIS financially and practically.

TT Club’s report

“We very much welcomed the airing of this issue at a legislative level,” said Mike Yarwood, Managing Director of Loss Prevention, TT Club.

“The detailed aspects of both opportunistic and well planned theft; the lack of secure overnight parking facilities; the identification of crime hotspots as well as concerns over driver safety, which is discouraging female recruits, were all discussed and their significance put into perspective as priorities to be addressed.

“Our report is aimed at providing a detailed analysis of the current state of freight crime and offer practical solutions to enhance security and reduce incidents.

“In underscoring the importance of industry and government working together to safeguard the logistics sector, we hope our collaboration will encourage others to add their weight to the efforts fight crime.”

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