Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams attended the opening of the force’s brand-new Public and Personal Safety Training Unit today (Wednesday 13 March). The facility will enable officers to use safe, life-size sets to prepare for operational scenarios including stop and search, street fights, drunk and disorderly, custody, vulnerable people ... Read more
This International Women’s Day (Friday 8 March), the Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office celebrated the achievements of women in Policing and Fire & Rescue, and reminded people about the work undertaken by the Office to keep women and girls safe. On Friday, Deputy Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Helen Fisher joined Police officers, ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime Ben Adams and Deputy Commissioner Helen Fisher visited organisations in Stoke-on-Trent last week to hear more about ongoing work to tackle anti-social behaviour and business crime in communities. Partnership Against Business Crime in Staffordshire (PABCIS), The Stoke-on-Trent Business Improvement District (BID), The Hive Community Centre and ... Read more
Members of Staffordshire’s shooting community joined Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams, senior Police officers and the force’s firearms licensing team to discuss their experiences of the licence application process, and the impact of changes in legislation following the fatal shootings in Plymouth in 2021. Attendees, including country sports business ... Read more
A new campaign from the Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office is raising awareness of the Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Case Review, a powerful tool allowing repeat victims to request action if they have reported incidents but are unhappy with the response they received. The campaign, which runs across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, includes posters, social media and flyers asking ... Read more
Over £16 million has been invested over a five-year period between October 2018 and September 2023 into services to address domestic abuse (DA), under a partnership approach led by the Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office in conjunction with Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council. New Era was established in October 2018 to offer help to all ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams went on patrol with officers from Staffordshire Police recently to witness the work that is being done to tackle vehicle crime in the county. The Commissioner met with officers from Operation Bormus, a team set up specifically to reduce vehicle theft and target offenders ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams visited a drug and alcohol misuse centre in Cannock to see work underway as a result of funding from the Commissioner’s Locality Deal Fund (LDF). The BAC O’Connor Centre receives £6,000 from the fund via the Cannock Community Safety Partnership. The funding has contributed ... Read more
The Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office has successfully secured almost £5 million from government funding streams since 2020, as part of a partnership approach to reducing anti-social behaviour (ASB), violence and acquisitive crime. The funding, totalling £4.92 million, comes from the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night funds, and the ASB Action Plan. It has ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams will present his annual budget and council tax precept proposal at a meeting of the Staffordshire Police, Fire & Crime Panel. During the meeting on Monday (5 February), the panel will hear from the Commissioner about Staffordshire Police’s financial position, including their response to ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams visited a local SPAR shop in Western Downs, Stafford, recently to discuss the detrimental impact of business crime on shop owners. The Commissioner spent time with business owner Julian Taylor-Green and Government Relations Director Edward Woodall from the Association of Convenience Stores to identify ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime, Ben Adams, met graduates of the latest Junior Cadet programme when he visited Hazel Slade Primary Academy in Cannock last week. The scheme is delivered by Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) to primary school children across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Children are taught about different topics over ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams visited a Co-op store in Norton to hear from retail staff about how shoplifting impacts on them and the business as a whole. The visit was an opportunity to talk to staff about their concerns, as well as also sharing with them some of ... Read more
Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Ben Adams visited the site of the force’s new Officer Personal Safety Training (OPST) centre in Stafford to see how work to create the bespoke £1.3 million facility is progressing. The new centre will allow Staffordshire Police to meet the requirements of the College of Policing’s ... Read more
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