Weekly round up

Hello, and welcome to your round up from the St Matthew’s Neighbourhood Policing Team. Keeping the different communities in St Matthew’s informed of just some of the activities that we have done recently.

Some things that we have been doing on our patch:

A PCSO from T1 has conducted a mid-week morning walk/patrol with trained community volunteers of the Rushall Hall Streetwatch group.  The community volunteers and PCSO walked in and around the area offering the community a high viz presence and reassurance.  There were positive engagements with the residents, and some crime prevention advice was also shared.  The group is managed and its patrols are co-ordinated by the group members themselves. The group do walks/patrols in the community themselves without the PCSO and reported any issues of concern appropriately.

Local PCSO's have attended a local supported living accommodation in the Highgate area. The PCSO's that attended offered crime prevention advice to the local residents and taken in and assessed any concerns they may have had within the local area. 

Officers have over the last week remained pro-active within the Walsall Town Centre where daily patrols continue.  These hi viz patrols have resulted in St Matthew’s T1 officers making arrests for a variety of offences, including recall to prison, theft from shops, failing to appear at court, and drink driving. Officers have also made multiple stop and searches, where cannabis has been seized. These individuals have then had referrals made to help them with overcoming their drug use.

In addition, the town centre Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) has been enforced, whereby individuals drinking within the town have had their cans of alcohol disposed of, in areas such as the SISTER DORA STATUE and THE CENOTAPH, BRADFORD STREET. Also, a high-risk missing child was located within the town centre by officers on foot patrol and was taken back home to help to safeguard them from any harm.

T1 PC’s and PCSO’s have attended various priority incidents and emergency logs over the past week, including instances of anti-social behaviour, the theft of a motor vehicle, and concerns for safety.

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:

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:

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A thank you from the team:

For all volunteers who continue to do their bit, in their community.

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