I updated you last week on the changes at Solihull through the Continuous Improvement Project. This week Chief Superintendent Sally Bourner, the Commander for Solihull police is providing an update on the changes through a video; you can now see this below, just click on the YouTube video link.
1st June 2011 is go live date and the Command Team at Solihull Police Station along with the Continuous Improvement Team are just finalising plans ready for the launch.
Common sense policing is key to the launch in June and this type of policing has been demonstrated in Solihull on many occasions; a recent example has allowed teenagers to make amends for defacing council property in Shirley.
Solihull Police caught five teenage lads spraying graffiti on council property. None of the offenders aged between 12 and 15 years had previously come to the attention of the police, so it was decided between the victim, Solihull Council, and their parents that the most appropriate action would be through a community resolution.
Working with Solihull Council, officers from the Shirley South neighbourhood policing team arranged for the offenders to clean an area within the Shirley neighbourhood that is consistently defaced with graffiti. The five lads completed their side of the resolution using paint they had bought themselves and re-painted the sidewall of Instone Footwear.
Five young lads will not be criminalised but have learnt a lesson by putting right what they did; do you feel that the response was proportionate? I do feel that we have done the right thing in this case, the area has been painted without cost to the tax payer and the lads have learnt their lesson.
Graffiti does cause a lot of concern and over the last few years as a Sector Inspector one of the main issues raised to me was this type of offending. I would be interested to hear your views on how this matter was brought to a conclusion.
That’s it for this week
Phil
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