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:
Officers have carried out joint patrols with Walsall council community protection enforcement officer in and around Walsall town centre tackling anti social behaviour and keeping the community safe. A street watch was conducted with student volunteers from Walsall college. A cuppa with a copper was heard at Highgate View, similar events to follow. Two community speed watch's were conducted on Highgate Road, 50 vehicles passed in the hour and 1 vehicle were in excess of the speed limit and will receive appropriate warnings and on the second speed watch 150 vehicles passed in the hour and 3 vehicle were in excess of the speed limit and will receive appropriate warnings. Officers have continued to conduct high visibility patrols around the town centre and Caldmore. Advice from the Team: Always be aware of your surrounding's and who's around you or in your personal space. Do not leave you personal belongings visible to pick pocketers. 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. 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 🤝🏼 Thank you for working with us to keep Walsall safe and informed. See you out and about! | 
