Local Policing Teams
Your Local Policing Team is a group of local police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area, supported by additional officers across the county who work together to improve the safety and well-being of people, places and communities across Staffordshire.
We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for your area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our force vision of creating a safer Staffordshire.
Crimes and priorities
-
Priority:
Action taken:
-
Priority:
Drugs in Eccleshall High Street and surrounding areas
Action taken:
Successful bid for out County Pro Active and Rural team to spend time in the local area targeting nominals based on the intelligence we have received. This has resulted in several stop searches and a vehicle of a nominal involved in dealing drugs being seized. Investigations remain ongoing and we will continue to patrol the area with uniform and plain clothes officers.
-
Priority:
We've had a slight increase in reports of parking in the High Street being an issue and causing obstructions for other motorists and pedestrians
Action taken:
High visibility patrols in the area, smart alerts sent out to local residents, information sharing with council. Consideration of parking buddies
-
Priority:
Boy racers and ASB with vehicles has been recorded as the biggest issue from the community in this area. Local officers will be spending more time on high visibility policing and requesting support from the road crime team. They will be encouraged to take positive action to target these vehicles and will be holding more engagement events in the area for the public to share intelligence and report any further issues
Action taken:
Local officers have adapted the patrol plan to be more visible in the area and have bid for road crime support to create operations to take positive action against those causing the issues.
-
Priority:
Vehicles are attending Elford Heath car park, driving in an anti-social manner and playing loud music.
Action taken:
Local residents have been visited, warning signs have been installed and patrols have been increased in the area.