As well as allowing easy access for opportunistic burglars, open windows can also be dangerous for small children.

Ensure furniture isn't near windows that could allow climbing and fit child-resistant window restrictors to prevent falls.

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A day of 2 halves! 1st a youth engagement event exploring perceptions of the Police👮.Then - National Women in the Special Constabulary Conference, where I started my policing career! Privileged to lead workshops on recruitment/retention & #VAWG Crimes & Culture - great debate 👏

#LifeorKnife | Not sure how to ditch the knife? Worried about a mate getting involved in violence or gang culture?

Knife crime affects everyone – let’s keep everyone safe by reporting knife carrying. Let’s help protect ourselves but also our neighbours, friends, and loved ones.

Great work 🔽👏

SAVE a LIFE, BIN the KNIFE. Did you know the Knife surrender bin is located in Windmill Shopping Precinct, in Cape Hill Smethwick in the rear car park (behind Matalan). Make the right decision.

It was amazing to meet local young people and hear their views on crime and security issues in Sandwell - I was very impressed with the confidence of the group to speak up and ask us challenging questions about things that were important to them and their friends 👏

Great work from West Bromwich Town Police at the weekend 🔽 Don’t risk arrest by breaching the street racing injunction!!

Heading to Vaisakhi in the Park this weekend? We want you to have fun, but stay safe at the same time:

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Stay together with your friends and loved ones
📵 Keep your phone & valuables out of sight
🚗 Plan your journey home in advance

More advice ▶️ west-midlands.police.uk/campaigns/safe…

If you have experienced a hate crime or incident, you can:

📞 Call 999 if you are in danger, threats have been made against you or if a crime is in progress
📞 For non-emergencies, call 101
💻 Webchat with us at west-midlands.police.uk
🏢 Visit your local police station

We know how concerned communities are about the supply of drugs in Sandwell - please keep telling us who we should target and we’ll take action ⬇️

#OpAdvance | We’ve arrested a 21-year-old man from #Birmingham on suspicion of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply. He was arrested by @SmethwickPolice officers on Trinity Road, in Smethwick. We’ve seized 50 wraps of suspected drugs, lots of cash and a moped.

We will work tirelessly to bring these offenders to justice ⬇️

I spoke to a group of young people from our schools & colleges recently who told me that they were very concerned about young people vaping. They knew how dangerous vapes can be to health and wanted us to take action to protect their peers. Today was part of this work ⬇️

Have you been a victim of hate crime?

There are lots of other support services you can access, including Victim Support, Tell MAMA, Sikh Helpline, CST and LGBT Foundation.

Find out more about what’s available to you here ➡️ west-midlands.police.uk/your-options/h…

Off Road Bikes.. when reporting.

Information that can help us includes; names and address of the bike owner, where the bike is stored, when and where the bike is being used and any other info, such as descriptions, make/model/colour

Officers from our West Bromwich Neighbourhood Team have supported the launch of a new safe space for women in #Sandwell .

Read here: west-midlands.police.uk/news/safe-spac…

#mothersday2024 | A new recruit is confident mother knows best after following his mom's footsteps into policing.

Student officer George Cornbill is in the final stages of our PC training programme and aiming to be on the beat from May.

Full story: 👉west-midlands.police.uk/news/mother-kn…

It's #InternationalWomensDay and we're shining a light on some of our exceptional leaders who head up specialist police departments

We're fortunate to have highly-skilled female officers in a variety of senior roles throughout our police force

Read more: west-midlands.police.uk/news/internati…

#iwd2024 West Midlands Police Museum celebrating today with female colleagues performing a variety of roles. Great to see some young ladies from a local school interested in our dog section & catch up with Hannah Graham who is one of our Force Traffic Sgts- She is very quick in a foot chase!

#ARRESTS | A demonstration in Birmingham city centre today passed largely without incident.
Read more 👇
west-midlands.police.uk/news/three-arr…