West Wirral Area Forum – 29th June 2011 – Part 13 Merseyside Police, Community Safety, dog fouling, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Cllr Ellis said he thought the PCSOs were great and moved to Jim Thompson of the Community Safety Team. He said it was always difficult when the police stole his thunder and he didn’t have much to add. They had seen a 60-65% reduction in crime. The more deprived areas had seen crime fall at … Continue reading “West Wirral Area Forum – 29th June 2011 – Part 13 Merseyside Police, Community Safety, dog fouling, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service”

Cllr Ellis said he thought the PCSOs were great and moved to Jim Thompson of the Community Safety Team.

He said it was always difficult when the police stole his thunder and he didn’t have much to add. They had seen a 60-65% reduction in crime. The more deprived areas had seen crime fall at the same rate. There had however been a slight upward trend. Wirral was a safe place, he repeated the advice about uPVC doors. He also asked people not to leave their car keys visible to criminals. Only six crime partnerships were better than Wirral which were the Eden Valley, Ribble Valley and Fylde where there was no deprivation. Antisocial behaviour was tackled with the police service, fire service and youth service.

The Paclite packs were being used to put out small fires. However as things were tinder dry even a discarded bottle could cause a fire. The mobile police station was being moved. Mike Collins responsible for dog fouling said they had brought three offenders to court and issued fixed penalty notices. Two people had been prosecuted in Thingwall, another in Tranmere had given the wrong name and received a fine of £500. The PCSOs and police were also trained in giving out fixed penalty notices to offenders.

Myles Platt said the report was outlined in page 15-17 with page 16 covering the key areas. The District Manager was using intelligence to prioritise resources with an emphasis on partnerships being the golden thread due to financial pressures. They had had success in reducing secondary fires, engaging with young people and taking the fire engines to community events.

West Wirral Area Forum – 29th June 2011 – Part 12 Merseyside Police

There was a plan to deal with sunny weather in West Kirby and Hoylake. They wanted people to come and behave and to keep antisocial behaviour down. The Have Your Say meeting only were attracting one or two, but now got a lot more. The Hoylake and West Kirby meeting had been merged, they were now held in the evening and they had got rid of the paperwork replacing it with a presentation. He asked if any members of the public had questions?

A member of the public asked how Hilbre Island was being handled? Inspector Blease said they had two quad bikes and a Land Rover, however there was no ranger. They were going on the land and it had been ok. It was a fantastic piece of heritage. Cllr Ellis said it hadn’t been manned for one or two years. Cllr Ellis joked they should brick up the Mersey Tunnel to reduce crime.

The Inspector said they would be getting British Transport Police officers on the trains. Leonora Brace said she was glad about this following an incident on a train on her birthday. Inspector Blease said there was CCTV on the trains of a high quality.

A member of the public asked if the police were able to go to groups using foul language in public places? The police said they could but it wasn’t a criminal offence to be abusive to the police. He said if it was done in a member of the public’s sight or hearing they could do something about it. He joked and said he was used to abuse from his wife.

West Wirral Area Forum – 29th June 2011 – Part 11 Merseyside Police

In Cleveley Road (going back to May) a thief had stolen a laptop and escaped by train. Two lads had been identified who were from Liverpool. These were good stories. It was mainly people travelling into the area from the likes of Tranmere and Birkenhead that were causing the problems. He asked people with uPVC doors to secure the door by lifting and turning the key, then taking the key out. Inspector Blease also implored people not to leave property visible in their cars. In Thurstaton and on the beach there had been thieves who had smashed a car window with ladies being the main victim. Also if a satellite navigation system was put away in the glovebox, it was best to remove the leads too.

An offender from Liverpool called Anthony had been banned from Wirral, he hoped he would never return. Onto sheds and bikes there had been eleven stolen. He asked people to record the serial number of their bikes which was found on the axle between the pedals. If they did this there was a good chance they’d get it back, bikes could be expensive to replace with some costing thousands.

Shed alarms were cheap at £6 and made lots of noise. Antisocial behaviour incidents had dropped from 119 to 48 and it had not been bad the past month. They had seven people trained for quad bikes in Hoylake. The traffic bobbies were training more people to ride them. Alcohol had been confiscated by the police from the parks and beaches.

West Wirral Area Forum – 29th June 2011 – Part 10 (NHS vascular review), Merseyside Police

A member of the public asked why then wasn’t the relationship more harmonious? She answered that the vascular review had caused problems as to where it would be as there would be only one centre South of the River Mersey. Cllr Ellis said it had been a difficult baptism. She replied saying she had been told it would be all about parking.

Cllr Ellis said it was fantastic, considering the previous difficulties with police inspectors that an inspector was getting involved. Inspector Mike Blease thanked Cllr Ellis and said he was a Moels resident. He had brought along a newsletter but it would be out of date on Friday. There were copies for people who did want them. Regarding burglary he apologised for those woken up by the force’s helicopter. It had been on the rise, but there were good news stories. He praised the PCSOs. In Ennisdale Road last June, a burglar had been disturbed in a kitchen, there had been CCTV footage but it was not brilliant. However you could see the clothing. Having looked at all incidents, someone had noticed similarities with an incident at the Hoylake School of Dance. They had excellent CCTV and a lad wearing the same clothes had been arrested. Since he had been arrested they had not had any further burglaries.

One of the PCSOs had spotted two lads from Liverpool on the Birkenhead to West Kirby train, he had followed them along the Wirral Way. On the back of intelligence they had been arrested twelve hours later for a burglary in Tranmere where a car had been stolen outside a house.

West Wirral Area Forum – 29th June 2011 – Part 9 – NHS (emergencies, out of hours, management)

The member of the public answered Monday. She said it should’ve been open till 10pm. John Parr said there were fears a lot of people had that it was bad enough Monday to Friday, but if you fell ill at the weekend you were in serious trouble. Efforts had been made, but there should be medical attention 24/7. A number of people had had experience of relations getting ill at the wrong time. She said it was a valid point, she was Associate Director of Diagnostics and Clinical Support which covered areas such as radiology. She said in answer to a further question that there were three acute care physicians employed to do so.

A GP said they had extended their opening hours but they couldn’t be open 24/7. Outside of these times people should contact the out of hours service. She said she recognised the knock on effect if people had to consult the out of hours service.

Chris said he had genuine interest in the working relationships between management and medical staff. She said from personal experience, she had started at Clatterbridge and worked in the NHS for over 20 years including at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. She said [Wirral University Teaching Hospital] was the most open and honest organisation, which debated and had healthy discussions. She realised these were difficult times and difficult decisions however they had no problems talking to anybody, talking to the staff, having open days or talking to the Chairman. A climate of fear was not her experience.

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