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County Lines Information |
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Good Afternoon
You may have heard of County Lines but below is a brief description of how it works and operates . County lines criminal exploitationA county line is operated by an organised crime group who use a mobile phone, known as a ‘line’ or a ‘graft’ to extend their criminal activity business into new locations - usually from a city into rural areas. In some cases organised crime groups can target and exploit children, vulnerable adults and disabled people to deliver and deal drugs on their behalf. Know the signs: a child or young person going missing from school or home and travelling to market towns, seaside communities or rural areas self-harm or a significant change in emotional wellbeing or their behaviour the use of drugs and alcohol having more money, new expensive clothes or accessories which they are unable to account for having multiple mobiles, tablets or SIM cards and receiving an excessive amount of texts and calls forming relationships and meeting with controlling or older people or groups carrying weapons significant decline in school results / performance lone children from outside of the area There are a number of ways to report information or a crime: call West Midlands Police on 101 call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 speak to your local officers get in touch through our live chat always call 999 if there is a crime in action or immediate threat to life Kind Regards PCSO Helen Denyer 30161
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