HUMBERSIDE POLICE APPOINT OFFICER TO TACKLE MENACE OF WILDLIFE CRIME FULL-TIME

Pc Grant - lover of the great outdoors

Pc Lawrence Grant has taken over as the Wildlife, Rural and Heritage Crime Officer for the South Bank of the Humber - including the Cleethorpes, Grimsby and Immingham areas.

He succeeds PC Jane Proud who has retired. 

Says Pc Grant: “My mother’s parents were farmers in the area but my grandfather had retired by the time I was born. 

"He still retained some land around the farm house and I enjoyed tending it with him, digging out ditches etc."

 “As a child I loved being outdoors and completed my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award while at college. 

“My passion for addressing rural and wildlife crime developed while I was working in Barton and subsequently Brigg. 

"I felt that rural communities often got overlooked due to most of our demand coming from urban communities."

Pc Grant became a police officer in 2016.

He recalls: "I worked in Grimsby on Incident Response and Prisoner Processing, then Incident Response at Barton Police Station, before moving to  a neighbourhood police officer role at Brigg. 

“Having worked in so many varied roles I have a good understanding of how investigations progress.  This allows me to effectively investigate crimes, knowing each previous and subsequent steps in an investigation. 

“Seasonal issues such as hare coursing continue to be reported frequently in autumn  during and after harvest when the fields are reduced to stubble. This brings with it damage to newly seeded drill crops and gateways. 

“As a wildlife crime officer I have received specialist training to investigate wildlife crimes such a badger baiting, hare coursing and poaching. I carry out this role full-time.

“What I cannot say often enough is that the public should report any and all crime no matter how small.  

"Rural crime is often under reported and I would ask for people to call 101 with anything that is concerning them."

Pc Grant will be working throughout this week alongside his colleagues in the rural Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) during the North Lincolnshire week of action https://www.humberside.police.uk/news/neighbourhood-policing-team-take-week-action-raise-awareness-rural-crime 

More about how Humberside Police tackles rural crime is at: www.humberside.police.uk/wildlife-and-rural-crime