YOU MIGHT think it would give a rosy glow of security to know that the county's top police officer lives next door or just up the road.
So the people of one small market town must be feeling a little unnerved after hearing that Chief Constable David Kenworthy told an audience that even in his apparently quiet, rural home town of Easingwold there was a problem of car thefts and the more worrying victimisation of witnesses.
What a dent to public confidence to hear of Mr Kenworthy's admission: "If it can happen in Easingwold, it can happen anywhere!"
see NEWS 'Wake up to crime threat'
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