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New Aldridge police base opens |
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Dear Resident,
Chief Constable Craig Guildford has officially opened Aldridge’s new police base.
Located in the town’s fire station, the facility is home to the Aldridge and Brownhills neighbourhood policing teams.
WATCH: see inside the base and hear from those involved.
The new base on Northgate keeps officers in the heart of the communities they serve, while moving them closer to the part of the town which has higher demand for their services.
Opening the facility, Chief Constable Guildford was joined by chief fire officers.
Officers moved into the station on 1 September following the disposal of their old base on Anchor Road.
Aldridge police base has been listed for closure since 2018 when the Police and Crime Commissioner agreed to the Chief Constable’s recommendation to dispose of the site.
That decision was carefully scrutinised in a public meeting and the plans openly communicated.
Cash from the sale of the building has paid for the move and changes inside the fire station to make it suitable for police use. The remaining funds have been reinvested into policing.
Bloxwich police station remains the borough’s policing headquarters. It includes a public contact office where people can talk to us face-to face. The majority of people prefer to get advice and report crime 24/7 via our website or by calling us on 101.
Crime in the area is down compared to 2024. Current priorities for the town’s neighbourhood policing team include preventing theft from shops, reducing antisocial behaviour and stopping drug dealing.
The website UK Crime and Safety Statistics | CrimeRate describes Aldridge as: “The second safest medium-sized town in the West Midlands, and is among the top 20 safest overall out of the West Midlands' 44 towns, villages, and cities.
The new Aldridge police base brings the total of WMP offices in WMFS stations to six.
The Police and Crime Commissioner owns all West Midlands Police buildings. The Chief Constable is responsible for how we use those buildings, to enable police officers to keep people safe.
The decision to acquire or dispose of sites is made by the PCC, based on operational policing recommendations made by the Chief Constable. The recommendations are fully scrutinised in public meetings with the relevant documents published on the PCC's website: westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk.
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