This morning I attended a Pro-Lazer event organized by West Midlands Police as part of the United Streets of Birmingham “All out Day”. This was a great chance for people to come and have a chat with their local officers as well as to see how things are done. Local residents and myself were given the opportunity to observe police doing speed checks on Tynedale Road, we even got to try out the speed gun to clock the speed of on coming traffic. As part of the event we observed the police pull over several motorists to give verbal warnings and issue one ticket.

The All out Day saw West Midlands Police and several other partner agencies, including Birmingham City Council, West Midlands Fire Service, the Probation services and the Environmental services,  taking part in community safety activities with local residents across the city. Events were designed to inform local residents about community safety activity and promote community partnerships to help increase the feeling of safety across the city and help reduce crime in the future.

West Midlands Police were keen to get across the message that they have been working hard with local communities to make the city safer and that crime is going down. Key messages were that there have been 6,344 less victims of crime last year and that 1,757 young people and 10,400 adults have been helped to stop re-offending.

For further information on the United Streets of Birmingham you can contact Natasha Bhandal vie Email at: natasha.bhandal@birmingham.gov.uk or phone: 0121 303 8727