Hello, and welcome to your round up from the St Matthew’s Neighbourhood Policing Team. Keeping the different communities in St Matthew’s informed of just some of the activities that we have done recently.

Some things that we have been doing on our patch:

The PCSO’s from the team have recently conducted some community engagement on Friday night. They attended Walsall Street Ministry at St Pauls Church/ The Crossings, Darwall Street, Walsall Town Centre.  The PCSO’s engaged with community volunteers and members of the public. These volunteers engage regularly with the night time economy community in Walsall Town Centre, offering a listening ear, conversation and a hot drink for those who need it. Partnership working to keep our communities safe.

In Walsall Town Centre you may have noticed a higher visibility presence from your St Matthew’s teams.  Both PC’s and PCSO’s worked together in their teams this week, and conducted a number of knife sweep operations in and around Walsall town centre, these did included PC’s in plain clothes. The operations were seen as positive, as there were no issues or concerns for the officers to deal with during for the duration of them. There was also positive feedback given from members of the public who were pleased to see this type of operation going on.

PCSO’s from the team have been conducting reassurance patrols and visits to differing victims of crime.  Patrols have taken place on Bridge Street and Tameway Plaza were there has been Anti-Social Behaviour issues (ASB) that have been affecting this part of our community. Two PCSO’s also visited an individual victim of crime. The PCSO’s provided this person with appropriate information and crime prevention advice, so that she can keep herself safe after an incident she was involved with had taken place.

A message from the team:

Stay warm by adding an extra layer, please check on those neighbours around you, who you know are vulnerable to make sure they are well. 

If you know of anyone, a group, or even a street, in the St Matthew’s neighbourhood, that you think may benefit from being on WMNow, please let them know to contact us to get them signed up.

Keeping in touch with us:

The teams are out and about in your community, please stop to say hello to us. 

To get in touch with us at St Matthew’s NHT about community issues or intelligence that is not a 999 emergency, you can use the following ways:

On line via stmatthews@westmidlands.police.uk

You can follow us on X account @stmatthewsWMP

You can report crime, if it is not a 999 emergency, using: www.west-midlands.police.uk 

A thank you from the team:

For all volunteers that we have worked with and who have done their bit and continue to support their communities.

For those people who we have spoken with and have received intelligence from across the St Matthews patch. We are always happy to engage in conversation and listen to issues and concerns.

For those reading this update, if you would like to reply/rate this message, feel free to do so.

The St Matthew’s NHT