Wyre Forest garden centre surgeries (Garden Crime)

POLICE are using flower power as a way of communicating with residents.
Officers are branching out from the usual venues to hold PACT (Partners and Communities Together) surgeries at two Wyre Forest garden centres.
Customers will be able to meet the Kidderminster rural local policing team, discuss crime prevention issues and pick up advice leaflets.
Community Support Officer Kate Easthope and PC Jayne Willetts will be in the restaurant area of Barnett Hill Garden Centre near Blakedown between 5pm and 7pm on Wednesday, February 2, and then on the following Wednesdays - April 27, June 8, August 17, October 12, and December 7.
And they will be by the exit tills at Rowberrys Garden Centre on the A448 Bromsgrove Road near Chaddesley Corbett on Sunday, February 13 between 3pm and 5pm, followed by Saturday, April 9 between 10am and 12 noon, Saturday, June 4 between 11.30am and 1.30pm, Sunday, August 14 between 11.30am and 1.30pm, Saturday, October 22 between 11.30am and 1.30pm, and Sunday, December 4 between 11.30am and 1.30pm.
CSO Easthope said: “PACT surgeries are usually held at venues such as churches and schools, but increasingly we are holding them at places such as supermarkets and garden centres.
“We have already done occasional surgeries at both Barnett Hill and Rowberrys which were very well received by customers, so we thought it would be good to hold them on a regular basis.
“Keen gardeners are starting to think about spring, so while they are stocking up on new plants, they can pick up some crime prevention leaflets or have a chat about any concerns they have at the same time.
“We have arranged dates right through to the end of the year, so people know when and where we will be there and we hope they will make a note in their diaries to come and see us.”

(Reproduced from The Shuttle 26th Jan)

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