{"id":589988,"date":"2025-11-24T03:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589988\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T03:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:22:20","slug":"erdington-crimewave-blitz-as-officers-take-to-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589988\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdington crimewave blitz as officers take to streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police teams focusing on issues like vehicle crime, drug crime, and burglaryPolice part of Operation Skybridge(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n

Officers have launched a crime blitz in Erdington with officers taking to the streets.<\/p>\n

Operation Skybridge is now deployed across Erdington<\/a> and Stockland Green, with the proactive crime team focussed on tackling issues like vehicle crime, drug crime, and burglary.<\/p>\n

The team use a range of tactics including high-visibility and plain-clothed patrols to combat crime, and they’ve already had some great results.<\/p>\n

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Last week officers stopped a suspected stolen car. The team seized a machete and arrested a man who was later charged with possession of an offensive weapon and theft of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

They also made several significant arrests earlier in the week, including a man on suspicion of burglary – after officers had seized suspected stolen items including a large TV and power tools.<\/p>\n

Op Skybridge have been joined on their deployments by Erdington and Stockland Green neighbourhood officers.<\/p>\n

During their shifts together, the neighbourhood team have responded to burglaries in progress and stopped stolen vehicles alongside Op Skybridge, as well as continuing their positive engagement with the community – reassuring local residents and business owners.<\/p>\n

Neighbourhood Inspector Hayley Thompson said: “Local officers are here for you 24 hours a day, all year round, and it’s been great to have the support of Operation Skybridge – who have achieved some significant results already.<\/p>\n

“We’re getting positive feedback from local residents who are pleased to officers out and about.<\/p>\n

“I’d ask that when you do see our teams out and about – you come and say hello, and share with us any concerns or information you may have.”<\/p>\n

Sgt Danny Fulford, from Operation Skybridge, added: “Ultimately Operation Skybridge is based on addressing community concerns, and we hope to achieve that wherever we are deployed.<\/p>\n

“We’re grateful for the support of neighbourhood officers as we’ve set work across Erdington, and we’re working hard to keep up the pressure on anyone bringing harm to the local community.<\/p>\n

“We’ll keep you updated with our progress and we always welcome feedback from local residents.”<\/p>\n

Separately to this activity, another operation in Erdington last week saw five men charged with multiple offences after the County Lines Taskforce carried out drugs warrants.<\/p>\n

A large amount of cash, drugs, and weapons were seized as part of that operation.<\/p>\n

Operation Fearless also maintains a presence in the area, and after expanding to the Southside area of Birmingham<\/a> earlier this year, remains committed to working with local officers and partners – addressing concerns around the High Sreet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police teams focusing on issues like vehicle crime, drug crime, and burglaryPolice part of Operation Skybridge(Image: WMP) Officers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,22048,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-589988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-erdington","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115602532680909371","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}