Your local team
I joined West Midlands Police in 2002 and have served in a number of frontline roles policing the areas of Coventry, Walsall and Birmingham. I have previously been posted within the planning team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games where I worked closely with partners to deliver safe and secure events at the NEC and surrounding complexes. I have spent my previous 2 years within Counter Terrorism Policing. I am delighted to have become the constituency Inspector for Solihull Rural Team which is a unique area within West Midlands Police, covering the wards of Bickenhill, the NEC, Meriden, Knowle, as well as Dorridge & Hockley Heath.
I hope my knowledge and experience will benefit this constituency and I look forward to building positive relationships with partners and residents in order to tackle issues which are important to the communities within the rural area.
Crimes and priorities
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Action taken:
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Tackling Anti Social behaviour and feelings of safety
Action taken:
We continue to work with the NEC and Resorts world to identify perpetrators of ASB and take some form of action. We are in the process of banning a number of youths who have previously caused issues on site and are sharing details with the venue security.
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Taking robust action to tackle vehicle crime
Action taken:
Vehicle crime is a force priority and Solihull and although we have seen a reduction so far this year vehicle crime continue to be an area of concern.
We will patrol hotel car parks but will ask staff and customers to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious behaviours. -
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Hot spot for business crime and theft related offences
Action taken:
We have recently held another engagement event at resorts World which was deemed as very successful. Whilst shop theft remains low across the NEC and resorts World we still unfortunately receive reports of offences taking place. Solihull have established a dedicated Business Crime team to take shop theft and reduce future offending. Shop theft will be taken seriously and we actively encourage victims to report offences