Hillfields is getting new CCTV cameras to tackle crime
Officers had asked residents what they wanted to see improved
New CCTV being installed across the Hillfields area of Coventry.
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FG Trade/ Getty Images THE Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner of the West Midlands has called for tougher laws to ensure shop workers are better protected from abuse. Waheed Saleem is calling for change after the level of abuse against shop workers in the West Midlands rose by a fifth in 2020. In 2019, there were 781 incidents of abuse reported to the police. In 2020, numbers rose to 934, according to the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner s office. The picture suggests the Covid-19 pandemic has been a flashpoint for abuse, with customers’ frustrated over queuing, limits on stock, and mandatory mask wearing. And it is believed that some shops in the region have even advised staff not to rigidly enforce mask wearing and social distancing rules to protect against abuse.
Imbeciles - Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner targets New Year rule breakers
He addressed the rule breakers during a media briefing
The West Midlands regional meeting.
Waheed Saleem, deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands
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Man who hid samosa between his buttocks among thousands of 2020 arrests
The unusual incident was among 45,719 arrests made by West Midlands Police in 2020
One of West Midlands Police s custody suites
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The suspect, who was being booked in at a police station in Birmingham, told officers he tried to sneak the treat into his cell as he wasn t happy with the standard of food provided by West Midlands Police.