Name of group Date and start time Location of meeting In Attendance

Nechells Neighbourhood Tasking Group 14th August 2013 at 1400 hours St Basils, Carol Gething House, Arthur Street, Small Heath West Midlands Police Sgt Dan Popple Chair Small Heath (DP) Sgt Simon Graham Nechells (SG) Birmingham City Council Alex Warsama BCC (AW) Amelia Murray (AM) Pat Whyte (PW)

Zulfulgar Hussain Small Heath Community Centre (ZH) Martin Plant - St Basils Mark Crooke Friends of Sara Park (MC) Eddie Howard - Highgate Resident (EH)

Apologies

Ayesha Choudhury Val Woodward Inspector Dutton Shabnam Mughal - Bournville Village Trust/Phoenix Hall Margaret Morcom - Stepping Stones John Gordon Digbeth Residents Associates Mark Mckenzie Lifeline Russell Davey Environment Health BCC Action WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Introductions were made and the Chair welcomed all to the meeting.

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NOTES OF LAST MEETING DP In relation to the Business robberies the Force team are extremely busy and have not completed the task yet therfore this will be passed onto the local crime officer. EH In relation to page 6 note 16, dealing does still occur at the bookies in Horton Square. MC Would like more information in the figures ZH Would like to thank the police for their involvement in the Mr Saleem murder case and funeral arrangements, see page 5 note 11 EH Raised concerns that not correct agencies are turning up the meeting e.g. councillors AM Discussed that Kalsoom who is the Youth Area Manager states that he is happy to attend future meetings and this is the position that youth services are in at the minute, Youth Services went under a huge saving plan, the idea is that we have what are called HUBS AND SPOKES these are large and medium centres in the Ward with Satellites centres scattered around which link back to the HUB. Further savings have had to be made (1.7m) some satellites closed down due to these cuts. Small Heath youth centre staffing has been restructured and the timetable will be available Septmeber 1st, Habid Ullah is the leader.

AM Ladywood has one HUB per Ward, Malcolm Cooper did do a list last year regarding what services are available in the area MC One youth centre not enough for Nechells Ward, want more for 13 19 yr olds. Raised issues what does the HUB actually do? How many Satelittes and staff have we lost? Problem with service is there are restrictions so not everyone gets a place. ZH Requested what the Police are providing in relation to Youth activities. DP Raised issue that there is not enough knowledge regarding services and that he will action the above. PW Raised concerns that not all youths want help and are happy to live on the street, need to engage in other ways. Data Issues DP Gave clarity on the areas and who covers which area, maps explained to group for Small Heath, Digbeth and Nechells and where the data comes from on the Police website. Reiterated that Police crimes are wider than the crimes the website and explained what the crimes mean. MC Requested that the data be up to date and that actions plans are in place to deal with crime and keep an eye on what are the main crimes. BCC Data AW Discussed the work that is ongoing in the Nechells Ward currently with other agencies i.e Police and residents. BCC wants to know what ASB issues and environmental issues are in the area and where is the evidence. Raised concerns that Small Heath becoming a big issue (Mount St) too big for this meeting this meeting is for short term issues that will become medium/long term issues. Requested that we look at the enforcement and education when dealing with issues. Raised concerns about using funding and resources better, asking residents what are their issues. DP When something cannot be dealt with at this level then it has to go further for example Mr Dutton Council Managers. PCSOs are covering whole area and gathering evidence. MC Raised concerns that its the agencies prioritising the issues NOT the residents, also raised concerns about where the funding coming from. Some roads not being looked at. ZH Requested clarification on what the Priority area is. EH Raised concerns that hotspots in Highgate are not being looked at properly, no one wants to help. Fleet Management not doing job on Mondays, leaving bags everywhere.

PARTNER UPDATES/ PERFORMANCE

3. West Midlands Fire Service No representative West Midlands Police

July TRC 2013 LWE 585 Digbeth 134 Nechells 103 Small Heath 153 July Robbery 2013 LWE 41 Digbeth 9 Nechells 9 Small Heath 7 July BDH 2013 LWE 33 Digbeth 7 Nechells 5 Small Heath 12 July VWI 2013 LWE 68 Digbeth 12 Nechells 12 Small Heath 13 July Busin Crime 2013 LWE 105 Digbeth 18 Nechells 14 Small Heath 42

2012 +/50 -13 7 37 2012 +/8 -4 5 5 2012 +/7 3 1 4 2012 +/-3 -3 1 -5 2012 +/4 -8 -5 7

% 9.3 -8.8 7.3 7.6

2013 2259 580 390 523

2012 +/49 -51 38 37 2012 +/5 -7 5 4 2012 +/-22 -7 0 -6 2012 +/8 -3 15 4 2012 +/-47 -21 -28 8

% 2.2 -8.1 10 7.6

% 24.2 -30.8 125 250

2013 136 44 20 18

% 3.8 -13.7 33.3 28.6

% 26.9 75 25 50

2013 84 11 15 27

% -20.8 -38.9 0 -18.2

% -4.2 -20 9.1 -27.8

2013 281 69 53 62

% 2.9 -4.2 39.5 6.9

% 4 -30.8 -26.3 20

2013 402 71 71 152

% -10.5 -22.8 -28.3 5.6

Veh Crime

July

2012

2013

2012

% 3

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2013 LWE Digbeth Nechells Small Heath 70 17 16 16

+/-5 -12 -3 10 -6.7 -41.4 -15.8 166.7 345 112 53 72

+/18 -11 1 3 5.5 -8.9 1.9 4.3

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Alexs Issue gathering AT gave an update in Alexs absence Service review to encourage the landlords of premises to have more responsibility. Amelia Murry has given AT 52 contacts and AT will go through these contacts for our ward. There will be a meeting on 29 July and GC would like to be included in this meeting. For update at the next meeting. AW to confirm when the walkabouts will be arranged.

Nechells Sgt Graham

6. Sgt Graham introduced himself as first time to meeting. SG Crime figures for the last three months shows slight increase in crime, OP in place at the minute for lates due to robbery and vehicle crime mapping overlapping so possibly linked. Street Drinkers SG Stated that Bloomsbury Walk is the main area, there is a Section 27 in place that has been extended to Church Rd to tackle the drinkers. Bloomsbury Park 7. SG ASB in the park with kids playing football, an agreement has been reached with the kids by the local officers regarding their behaviour and use of the park. Fun Day SG Praised the work of all the agencies involved and stated that it was a very successful day, community clear up day with local church was extremely positive (160 bags collected.) PCSOs will be given diversional activities to get them involved in the community and also make their role a little bit more diversional, currently looking at running football session at the Power League. Twitter account still not running yet but should be in a couple of weeks. PW Friction in the Somalian community with youths on Melvina Rd, Police were fantastic on the cleanup Day getting residents to help out too.

Priorities SG Drinkers and the Section 27 on Church Rd, Vehicle Crime PCSOs will be giving out crime prevention. Digbeth Vehicle Crime PIER plan in place to tackle vehicle crime and crime prevention work ongoing. Brinklow Tower No further issues Plain clothes been patrolling and nothing to report. AW Issues are still going on.

Kirsty Pattinson

Kirsty Pattinson meeting with council to discuss the roads and what is going to be done. Horton Square Patrols increased and have had no further complaints AW Good work from Police and Council, spotted a flat in the Square which was a health risk, lease holder was written to and flats had to be furnished to a decent standard. Good News Story!!

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SMALL HEATH 9. Business robberies Coventry Road DP Waiting for the local crime team and then link in with Amelia to discuss actions, Business Watch starting up. Drug Dealing Bordesley area DP update: There has been one disorder log. To be kept on the minutes in order to door knock residence. Op weaver has been producing good results, arrests, warrants and working with food chains. For update at the next meeting. Murder Investigation DP update: Funeral took place on Saturday. DP reports that the investigation teams are following all lines of enquiries. ZH Great work from the Police DP Male arrested with offence and linked to other Terrorist plots, CTU now investigating. Prichett Tower MC has noticed a change of strategy with the Small Heaths patrols and officers are being deployed more productively. MC reports that prostitutes are back in Prichett Tower and young lads are coming in with fob access. MC has requested more patrols in the area. Update PC Cooke is leading this and will be patrolling the flats, encountering any people found in the block. MC Raised concerns that this is a new issue but a reoccurrence. Parking Issues DP Parking issues on Whitmore Rd, tickets have been given out and advice given. MC Reiterated the fact that parking has been a problem for years, people block the drop down kerbs and disabled bays. Can Police target them? ZH Cyril Rd is a parking issue next to the bank.

Sgt Popple

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Begging DP Been reports of begging on the Coventry Rd, mostly European women, officers conducting welfare checks and targeting beggars. Burglary update DP Offender arrested and since there has been drop in crimes. 14.

Alex Warsama
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES

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Digbeth EH - Litter in Digbeth, outside people doing it. AW Stated that numerous agencies need to wotk together on the environmental issue in Highgate aware of Fleet management issue.

16. Small Heath MC ASB in Pritchett Tower and vandalism, Environmental Services on the Coventry Road. 17. Reassurance around the Murder investigation of Mohammed Saleem (17/05/13) (Small Heath) Update from DP Discharge now from list DP Bordesley Green is Small Heath priority now.

Sgt Popple Alex Warsama

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Other MC Would like to discuss the TIER system at the next meeting. Next Meeting The next meeting on September 11th 2013 1400. Venue Nechells Pod

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