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Your local team
As your local neighbourhood police team, we work together with the community, local authority, and other partners to help keep you safe.
Our team is made up of police officers and dedicated Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). This includes a sergeant, dedicated local named officers, and Local Action Team officers. We are also supported by police teams, including response and investigation units, as well as other specialist colleagues, to help solve the crimes and problems that really matter to you.
Through our understanding of the calls we receive and our local community meetings, we agree with partners, community leaders, and residents on the key priorities for us to focus on in your area. Working in partnership, we aim to find long-term solutions to local problems while maintaining a wider focus on preventing crime and making communities safer.
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Crimes and priorities
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Force Priority – Op PLAZARI
We are committed to tackling violence and the exploitation of vulnerable women on the streets of the Handsworth and Lozells area.
We know that the Soho Road and surrounding areas are hotspots for prostitution. Our neighbourhood policing teams are intensifying our enforcement of this activity. We are working with multiple partners internally and externally to identify and safeguard vulnerable people.
We will also operate a zero tolerance approach to those exploiting and utilising illegal services around the Handsworth and Lozells area.Action taken:
The Lozells and East Handsworth NHT have been working with partners to intervene with illegal prostitution and we have been identifying vulnerable individuals with a view to referring them into safeguarding plans.
July Update:
PC Brookman and Pc Manns have delivered several Violence against Women and Girls inputs in secondary schools.
Several patrols conducted with Turnaround, Women’s Refuge and Umbrella Outreach ( supported by NHS ) engaging and supporting vulnerable individuals on the Soho Road. -
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Local priority - Tackle Vehicle crime/Vehicle related offences around the Lozells and East Handsworth
Vehicle CannibalismAction taken:
* Intelligence Led Proactive hot spot patrols around areas of incidents
*Crime prevention initiative with local residents and businesses
*Working with other police departments to drive down levels of crime and bring offenders to justice -
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Community Priority
Concerns raised by residents, local businesses owners and Councillors regarding parking. Vehicles parked inappropriate causing obstruction. Pavement parking in Lozells..
Action taken:
We are working with Birmingham City Council Parking Enforcement. We know that the majority of vehicles are owned locally, so we are using a mixture of education and enforcement, to persuade residents and customers to be more considerate.
-Lozells and East Handsworth officer have conducted high visibility foot patrols when able to do so.
-Promote the use of Operation Snap for some moving traffic offences and parking offences.
-Actively trying to recuit a streetwatch group to conduct patrols to engage with / educate road users at fault.
-Also working with Birmingham City Council to address a parking issue. We are taking a partnership approach.
-Problem vehicles across the neighbourhood are being recovered for a variety of offences including parking offences, no tax, insurance, obstruction offences or simply being stolen. This increases visibility at key junctions and frees up valuable parking space for residents and business.
Joint patrols with Birmingham City parking enforcement on the following days.
Monday 30th July – 10 tickets issued.
Monday 17th August – 17 tickets issued.
Tuesday 25th August – 14 tickets issued.More dates in September planned.