Weekly round-up from your local Neighbourhood Team ...

Good Evening East Locality Residents,

Hope you've all had a great week and looking forward to your weekend for those of you not working.

✅ Good News from Your Local Policing Team - off road bike operation✅

Brownhills Ward

Officers have conducted some visits to residents in Brownhills along with WHG and Wotmos Housing in relation to ongoing neighbour disputes.  

Officers have issued x 3 Knife warning letters to juveniles following intelligence passed.

Ongoing patrols and calls to service re: ASB at derelict buildings, ongoing, CCTV enquiries and issue of ASB Warning Letters to offenders ID. 

Officers visited care home speaking to elderly residents and staff.  

Pelsall Ward

Officers have attended a PACT meeting discussing ASB, off road bikes and other business.

Officers arrested a male prolific shoplifter and was charged.

Rushall Shelfield Ward

Officers have conducted patrols in locality as part of the Op Adhesion op and gathering CCTV following reports of shoplifting.  

Officers arrested 2 male offenders in Rushall for use of off rd bikes committing street robbery..

📅 Upcoming Police & Community Engagements 📅

Provide details of upcoming policing events or opportunities for the community to meet officers and engage directly.

Identity Fraud

Identity Fraud or ID fraud involves the use of a persons stolen details to commit crime.  Many victims never find out exactly how someone gets hold of their details and clearing things up afterwards can be costly and stressful.

Protect your address

If you start getting post for someone you dont know, try to find out why.

Lenders use the electorial role to check whos registered as living in a particular address.  When registering to vote , tick the box to opt out of the edited register.  This will help prevent unsolicited marketing mail or junk mail.  This doesnt affect credit checks.

You can also;

Protect your bank accounts

Be extremely wary of unsolicited phone calls, letters or emails from  your bank or other financial institutions asking you to confirm your ;

Regularly check your bank accounts and chase up any statements that you dont get when you expect them.

Dispose of anything containing your personal or banking details on by using a cross cut shredder or tearing into small pieces.

Protect your phone

Never reply to unsolicited text messages, even to get them stopped.  Simply delete them.

Sign up to the Telephone Preference Service to prevent marketing phone calls.

Install antivirus software on your phone. 

Please see below link for details on how to report crime to the police 

https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/

✅ Crime Prevention Tips:

We are experiencing an increase in shed brakes, please check your shed is secure, install motion lights and report anything suspicious. 

📞 How to Contact Us or Report Information 📞

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🤝🏼 Thank you for working with us to keep Walsall safe and informed. See you out and about & stay safe!