Weekly round-up from your local Neighbourhood Team

Hello, and welcome to your round up from the St Matthew’s Neighbourhood Policing Team, part of Walsall’s Local Policing Area (LPA). Keeping the different communities in St Matthew’s informed of some of the activities that we have done recently.

Some things that we have been doing on our patch recently:

A number of speed watches have been conducted on Highgate Road and Birmingham Road.

During the last week your local neighbourhood have conducted a number of community engagements which included giving crime prevention advice and giving out a few basic preventative items.  Officers have also conducted foot patrols and vehicle patrols, and a number of arrests have been made.

Multiple stop searches have been conducted this week.  Also various positive outcomes and drugs have been seized.

Going forward:

We are committed to continue meeting with the various communities in St Matthew’s as part of proactive working. 

We know there are a lot of different community groups within St Matthew’s, if you know of any, who you think would like a visit or chat, please get in touch, it’ll be great to see and hear from you.  To get in touch, see ‘keep in touch ‘below.

As well as groups, individuals can get in touch, by using information below.

Just in case you are interested:

In any volunteering in a community near you, we have a number of different options available. In

some groups you can offer as little as 2 hours of volunteering a month.  If you want to know more, you can:

·  Contact the St Matthew’s NHT directly by using the ‘stay in touch’ details below.

·  Ask the question by replying on this Wmnow regular bulletin

·  Specifically, for Streetwatch you can contact streetwatch@westmidlands.police.uk

Keep in touch:

To get in touch with us at St Matthew’s NHT, if it is not a 999 emergency, you can use the following ways:

·  telephoning 101 and ask for the St Matthew’s NHT

 OR

·  On line via www.west-midlands.police.uk

·  Put in your own post code, in the ‘find area’ box

·  Click on ‘Contact us’ box

·  Click the blue ‘start’ button

·  Click the appropriate question that relates to the nature of your query on step1, and follow the remaining steps.

Thieves are looking for easy opportunities to steal your car.  

There are quick and free ways to protect you and your vehicle right now: 

For extra protection, keep your car in the garage or apply a steering wheel lock.  

For more advice: Keeping vehicles safe | Crime prevention | West Midlands Police 

For those people who we have spoken with and have received intelligence from across the St Matthew’s patch.  We are always happy to engage in conversation and listen to issues and concerns.

For those reading this update, feel free to reply/rate this message, it would be good to hear from you.

The St Matthew’s NHT