Updates from your Friendly Stechford & Yardley North Neighbourhood Team

Resident

Another busy week on our neighbourhood ….

Officers have again been busy with diary appointments & various incoming demand on most days and carrying out arrests.

Patrols continue at the Yew Tree for motorists parking on the Zig Zags and those caught will receive their ticket, points and fine, Remember you can also report these vehicles by using www.nextbase.co.uk/national-dash-cam-safety-portal & Operation Snap to upload your footage, No Tickets this week so are people beginning to realise they will receive a £100 fine & 3 Points 

PC Burton has been visiting betting shops in relation to the criminal damage at Corals ( Glebe ) 

PC Medlicott & PC Williams have seized a vehicle on Morden Road for No Tax and Intel that its involved in drug dealing 

PC Medlicott has issued a CPN ( Community Protection Notice ) to a persistent beggar in the area ( Stechford Retail Park )

PC Medlicott & PCSO Walters have attended Oasis Academy and given an assembly input - Online Safety 

PC Medlicott & PCSO Walters have attended Audley School and given an Input of the role of Police and children also had photos with the Police Vehicle and enjoyed setting of the Sirens and Lights 

Patrols have been conducted around Old Yardley Park with our Street Watch Volunteers 

Patrols have been conducted across Stechford & Yardley North for stolen vehicles and vehicles without tax 

If you notice any vehicles where you live that you have not seen before or have been there for a long time please do not hesitate to contact us and we will gladly have a look and check them out.

Our Street Watch volunteers go from strength to strength and continue to be a high visibility presence in the community and a credit to Stechford & Yardley North Neighbourhood Team and West Midlands Police, We are still looking for more volunteers and if interested please contact me on the following  - kenneth.walters@westmidlands.police.uk Patrolled by the Community for the Community.

STREET WATCH 

Street Watch is a scheme run by the community, for the community in partnership with the police. Street watch is about being out and about in your local area providing reassurance to the public and helping police to tackle local problems.

You can help police tackle the low-level issues that impact most on your communities and their quality of life.

Street Watch volunteers walk around their community just like any other resident.

However, Street Watch members will walk in pairs wearing high visibility jackets, in order to provide visible levels of reassurance, to promote good citizenship, and to increase the feeling of safety. 

WHAT STREET WATCH INVOLVES 

A minimum of two hours patrols every month

Once we have approximately four members then the scheme can get off the ground

Patrolling must be done in pairs and they must be in possession of a mobile phone 

You will have regular contact with your local police team so that team members are aware of current local issues and concerns

Highlighting problems such as anti-social behaviour, graffiti and environmental problems

Florescent jackets bearing the Street Watch insignia must be worn when you are patrolling

Members will be given a short presentation prior to the scheme commencing, outlining their role, expectations and ensuring they fully understand the ethos behind the scheme

We will provide insurance which must be in place before you can begin, our insurance policy for each Street Watch area can cover 15 people.

We are still seeing offences of Theft of Keyless Vehicles and to stop your vehicle from being targeted please see the below regarding a Signal Blocking Pouch ……

Blocking Vehicle Theft

Keyless car fobs are an increasing common feature of modern vehicles, allowing proximity access and push – button Ignition

Unfortunately, as the design of vehicles has modernised, so too have the methods of the thieves that target them.

Tech – savvy criminals are using signal boosting devices to amplify the proximity signal of a fob that is inside a property, while an accomplice waits next to the vehicle, ready to open the door and known as Relay Attacks / Keyless Thefts.

This method Is quick, silent, & allows the easy theft of vehicles and valuables 

The Solution

The Defender Signal Blocker’s specialist RPF material prevents a contained key fob transmitting, preventing Relay Attacks If you require one then please contact me on the following ….kenneth.walters@westmidlands.police.uk 

Community Speed Watch 

Community Speed Watch gives local residents the ability to actively get involved in road safety. Local volunteers join together and monitor traffic speeds at identified locations in the community, Information is recorded and passed to the local police neighbourhood team, which result in a warning letter being sent to the registered keeper.

Community Speed Watch is about taking positive action and helping to improve the safety and quality of life for everyone in the community and to raise public awareness of inappropriate speeding of vehicles.

The volunteer’s work at locations identified/suggested by the community based on where there is concern regarding speeding traffic or the impact of speed

All volunteers are given training on how to use the speed detection equipment and safe working procedures, how to monitor the speed of vehicles safely, Volunteers will be issued with a high visibility jackets for the safety of volunteers and also to notify motorists that they are entering a Community Speed Watch area.

The registration number of speeding vehicles is recorded and West Midlands Police will send a letter to offending motorists. 

The presence of the Speed Watch volunteers out on the streets is to make drivers think twice about their driving habits and to slow down. Speed Watch will also allow us to collect data about the number of cars speeding in identified locations.

If you require any further information please don’t hesitate to contact the following … PCSO 30802 Ken Walters at Acocks Green Police Station Tel – 101 Ext 844 6239 or email kenneth.walters@westmidlands.police.uk

Crime updates 

Theft from a Motor Vehicle… 

On 01/04/26 between 00.01 hrs & 00.01 hrs on 09/04/26 Unknown offenders have stolen both front & rear registration plates from a Seat Ibiza on Albert Road 

On 10/04/26 at 01.45 hrs Unknown offender has been seen on ring doorbell to gain access to a vehicle which once inside have stolen a rucksack, Victim has given chase and retrieved the rucksack which had been dropped.

On 13/04/26 between 23.00 hrs & 08.55 hrs on 14/04/26 Unknown offenders have smashed the window to a 13 plate Seat on Audley Road and stolen a handbag containing passport, driving licence and personal documentation, The handbag was found later discarded and found by a member of the public as only passport & licence were left inside and returned to owner

Criminal Damage to a Vehicle...

On 12/04/26 between 03.00 hrs & 03.30 hrs Unknown offenders have arrived next to a vehicle Ford Puma on Orpwood Road, and one of the offenders have smashed the nearside front window and then used an unknown Implement to damage front window screen 

On 14/04/26 between 21.20 hrs & 21.18 hrs Unknown offenders have smashed the front window screen to a 25 plate Nissan Juke on the Meadway and made off

Theft of a Motor vehicle…

On 11/04/26 between 16.00 hrs & 10.45 hrs on 12/04/26 Unknown offenders have stolen an 18 plate Ford Tourneo on Garretts Green Lane by unknown means.

On 11/04/26 between 22.00 hrs & 10.00 hrs on 12/04/26 Unknown offenders have stolen a 57 plate Seat Leon by unknown means

Attempted Residential Burglary…

On 16/04/26 at 20.25 hrs Unknown offenders have tried to gain entry to a property on Broadstone Road by using unknown implement to remove glass panelling to pop out the window but were unsuccessful. CCTV enquiries being conducted 

Other Criminal Damage...

On 15/04/26 between 19.30 hrs & 19.45 hrs Unknown offender has become angry at losing money on a gambling machine at Corals Glebe Farm Road, and began to bang the machine and when told to stop by staff he has picked up a stool and started hitting two of the machines repeatedly causing the glass screens to break and then began to shout abuse at the staff before making his escape from the shop, CCTV enquiries conducted to Identify the offender.

Kind Regards 

PCSO K. Walters 

Stechford & Yardley North Neighbourhood Team 

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Tel - 101 Non Emergency