Achievements
Between 2009 and 2010, Strathclyde Police focussed their resources on certain strategic areas:
- Violence, Disorder and Antisocial Behaviour (including Domestic abuse)
Between 2009 and 2010, murder reduced by 26%, attempted murder reduced by 15% and 45,000 fixed penalty notices for disorder were issued.
- Serious and Organised Crime
During the same period, 134 members of serious organised crime groups were arrested, 82 firearms were recovered and ₤294,955 was seized from organised crime groups.
- Drugs
Over the 2009-2010 period, 15,000 drug seizures of Class A and B drugs took place and 2,500kg worth of drugs including amphetimines, cocaine and heroin were seized and destroyed.
- Terrorism
The UK as a whole remains at a heightened state of alert with regards to terrorism following continuing threats from terrorist groups Al-Qaida, dissident IRA groups and domestic extremist groups. Strathclyde Police dealt with a terrorist incident in 2007 at Glasgow Airport which resulted in five members of the public being injured and the perpetrator himself dying later at hospital.
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