Officers from the Corby Neighbourhood Policing Team have been handing out crime prevention advice and specialist purse strings to shoppers.
PC Mark Walker and PC Brad Wilson fitted nearly 40 purse strings in the space of an hour at the Corby Retail Park, to help customers protect themselves from would-be thieves.
The strings are easy to fix the purse to the inside of the bag and have been designed to help reduce the chance of members of the public, particularly the elderly, from theft. The purse strings were funded through a grant of £1,000 from Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold.
Stephen Mold said: “I am so pleased to be able to support initiatives such as this, which give people the chance to meet and chat with their local officers at the same time as picking up some useful crime prevention advice.”
