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West Mercia Police - Ludlow Neighbourhood

West Mercia Police Information

West Mercia is the fourth largest geographic police area in England and Wales. The force area is divided into five territorial policing areas, which match the boundaries of our local authorities.

While West Mercia is predominantly rural, it also contains some densely populated urban areas and many market towns. To ensure we strike the right balance between addressing national and local policing priorities, the force focuses its activities on three priority areas:

  • Serving
  • Protecting the public
  • Making the difference

Ludlow Neighbourhood

West Mercia Police has not provided any neighbourhood information at this time.

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Contact Details

Voluntary opportunities https://www.westmercia.police.uk/article/16523/Voluntary-opportunities
Recognised watch schemes https://www.westmercia.police.uk/article/19841/Recognised-watch-schemes
Crimestoppers https://www.westmercia.police.uk/article/1996/Crimestoppers
Partners and communities together meetings

Partners and communities together (PACT) meetings are regular meetings organised jointly between the Safer Neighbourhood Policing Teams, local Councillors and partners.

 		https://www.westmercia.police.uk/Partners-and-communities-together-meetings
Your opinion matters

We want to know more about your needs. We also want to know more about our performance, our service and the impact of our activities, policies and procedures.

 		https://www.westmercia.police.uk/article/6975/Your-opinion-matters
Departmental Information

The contracts and procurement department provide specialist support to the forces in all aspects related to buying supplies and services using a variety of contractual arrangements ranging from small simple orders to large scale tendering projects.

 		https://www.westmercia.police.uk/article/1994/Departmental-Information

Senior Officer Details

West Mercia Police has not provided any information at this time.

Neighbourhood Officer Details

Nicola Roberts (Inspector)
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Kap Pindoria (Sergeant)

I have now taken on the position of the Safer Neighbourhoods Sergeant in Church Stretton, Bishop's Castle and Ludlow. I have set the 2019 team priorities as Child Sexual Exploitation/grooming, Class A drug supply including county lines, Aquisitive crime and Domestic abuse. The SNT areas remain safe however a lot of these priority crimes are hidden from the wider community and it is crucial that the SNT work with many of our communities and partners to identify and tackle these crimes and provide victims with support.

Stephen Mason (Police Constable)
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Beth Hinton (Police Community Support Officer)

In 2016 I joined West Mercia Police as part of the Ludlow Safer Neighbourhood Team having completed my studies at the University of Worcester.

I enjoy the rural elements of South Shropshire and ensure I reach out to the more isolated areas of our patch to offer general crime prevention advice as well as being a friendly face to come and talk to.

My interests include; cyber crime, crime prevention & online security... I am also a trained ScamChampion and Dementia Friend.

 

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Lisa Thomas (Police Community Support Officer)

Lisa joined West Mercia Police in 2003 and started her career working as a Traffic Warden in Ludlow. In 2006 she became a Police Community Support Officer for the Craven Arms area.

Lisa's background has seen her serving in the Royal Military Police (Army), as well as working as a Police Control Room Operator (operating the police radios and answering emergency and routine calls from members of the public) and volunteering as a Special Constable with Thames Valley Police.

Locations

Ludlow Police Station

Address:

West Mercia Police, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1SA

Priorities

17 Mar 2019

Reports of shoplifting, residential burglaries and vehicle crime are amongst so of the most frequent crimes being reported to be taking place in Ludlow.

 

16 Mar 2019Young people living in Shropshire are being targeted via social media sites - asking them to perform sexual favours in order to be rewarded with alcohol and tobacco.
Suspects are using social media sites such as Facebook, Snapchat & Instagram in order to get in contact with local young people to try and befriend them.
16 Mar 2019

County lines class A drug supply
The network supply of drugs from urban areas (cities outside of West Mercia) into market towns using 'dedicated' mobile telephone lines or 'deal lines' utilising the exploitation of vulnerable adults and children to traffick both drugs and money.

 

What are County Lines?

County Lines is a term used to organised drug-dealing networks, usually controlled by a person using a single telephone number or 'deal line'
They can operate in major cities such as Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and distribute drugs across the counties via 'runners'
Vulnerable children and adults are recruited as runners to transport drugs and cash all over the county, so that the criminals behind it can remain detached and less likely to be detected

 

What is Cuckooing?

Criminals running County Lines will set up a base in a rural area or small town for a short time, taking over the home and vulnerable person, 'cuckooing' them (named after the cuckoo's practice of taking over other birds' nests for it's young).
Victims of cuckooing are often drug users but can include older people, those suffering from mental or physical health problems, female sex workers, single mums and those living in poverty.  Victims may suffer from other forms of addiction such as alcoholism.
Some people may be forced to leave their homes, making themselves homeless and leaving the gangs free to sell drugs in their absence



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