Brazen thieves have stolen £600 in cash, a police hat, and a watering can from inside police stations and vehicles.
A Freedom of Information Request to Devon and Cornwall Police asked the Force for a list of all items stolen from police stations and vehicles since the beginning of 2015.
In total, nine items were stolen, the information revealed, with seven thefts from police stations and two from a police van.
On two occasions cash was stolen, including a £600 in cash from Heavitree Road Police Station in Exeter, and there were three thefts of a wall phone handset.
Other offences saw thieves steal a car aerial and dust caps, a watering can, a sat nav and a police hat.
Below is the full list of offences since the start of 2015. Up until the end of June, no offences had taken place in 2019.
Year
Items
Value
Location
2015
Cash
£30
Teignmouth Police Station
2015
Wall phone cable and handset
£50
St Austell Police Station
2015
Car aerial and dust caps
Not recorded
Camborne Police Station
2016
Wall phone handset
£30
Devonport Police Station
2017
Watering can
£5
Devonport Police Station
2017
Sat Nav
Not recorded
Taken from Police van, Plymouth
2017
Cash
£600
Heavitree Road Police Station, Exeter
2018
Police hat
Not recorded
Taken from Police van, Teignmouth
2018
Wall phone handset
Not recorded
Camborne Police Station
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