The latest Police Tasking meeting for Acocks Green was held on Thursday. The main issue from the previous meeting in January was a rise in burglary in December. In January burglary remained higher than a year ago but it did fall from December’s level. A targetting exercise took place which resulted in 10 warrants being taken out in the month.
 
Traffic offences were a significant problem but two new officers have now been trained and will be deployed. Parking outside some schools remains a problem, and police will continue to target offenders.

The good news is that across Acocks Green, in January, total crime was down 7% on last year.
 
The main new issue, raised by many people and already reported by Councillor Penny Wagg, is the problem of buses queing into Acocks Green garage in the evenings and blocking traffic in Summer Road. This has got so bad that at some times buses are partially blocking the Spring Road Junction. Police are in touch with garage and will actively pursue.  

The next Police Tasking Meeting will be at 7pm on Thursday 3rd March at Archbishop Ilsley School.