Good advice - PCSO John Straight with anti-pickpocket flyers, talking to Teresa Dalmon and Adele Fillingham in Clacton. (49435-b)
Town centre police have gone on the offensive against the plague of pickpockets.
Gangs of purse thieves have stolen hundreds of pounds from shoppers in Clacton town centre in recent weeks.
But determined officers are fighting back.
PC Lisa Taylor, of the Clacton central neighbourhood policing team, stopped more than 100 shoppers at the weekend to warn them they are easy pickings.
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