If you are free then come and meet some of your Rural and Wildlife Crime Officers tomorrow in Cannock & Rugeley 🚓 🐮 🦌 🦢 🦆

#RUGELEY Fantastic community conservation with ‘Friends of Etching Hill’ and StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 on Etching Hill rock, Mount Road, Rugeley today 🍁🌲 Thank you to all who volunteered their time to help! #etchinghill #greatcommunity #wildlifeconservation

RUGELEY; Yesterday, officers from Rugeley Rural Team joined with Environmental Health and patrolled the Heritage Trail in Rugeley. This is in response to complaints received to both the Police and Council in relation to persons littering, particularly during the evening.

PCSO Jones is currently holding a rural/home crime prevention surgery in car park of The Avenue, off Port Lane, Brewood/Chillington. Come along and say hi... the sun's shining for us 😊 🌞

PATROL; Visiting Cannock Chase this weekend? 🌲🌳 Your local rural crime officers will be out and about on patrol keeping you and others safe. If you see them, please do say hello! 👋👮 #RuralPolicing #CannockChase #Police #StaffordshirePolice

CCR; Sgt Kris Jones & PCSO's Beth Jennings & Phil Millichap will be LIVE on Cannock Chase Radio FM at 11:15 TODAY to talk about Op Mollucca which has been set up to deal with the illegal see of off-road bikes. Tune in to find out more ... 📻

The first South Staffs farm & rural business event is kicking off with welcome talks from Insp Kelly Wareing and Mark Jenkinson 😀 Thank you to Lower Drayton Farm for hosting for us.

👋 Some of us from the rural crime team will be on hand during next week’s online chat to answer any questions or concerns you have about rural crime! Use the link below to submit your questions in advance or to join us on the night 👇

Come and meet your rural crime and county command team in Uttoxeter on Monday (21 October) 👮 👋 . We’ll be at Tesco carpark, Meadows Way between 1pm – 3pm to mark-up tractor GPS units and other farm machinery and answer your questions and concerns about rural crime.

As it's national rural crime week of action, we wanted to officially introduce our new county proactive and rural team (CPART). The team specialise in tackling the most important priorities facing rural communities 🚜 📰 You can read more here: orlo.uk/B0k2m

Rural crime is types of crime involving rural communities and agricultural businesses as well as business burglaries or theft of machinery 🚜🌳 💻 We have a lot of useful advice on our website: orlo.uk/eKHJr #StaffordshirePolice #RuralCrime #CrimePreventionAdvice

Community conservation event with local residents, ‘Friends of Etching Hill’ and StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 on Etching Hill rock, Mount Road, Rugeley🍁🌲 🌳 🍂 Work will continue on tackling the remaining birch regrowth, clearing the sandy scrapes of any saplings and thinning some gorse.

Here is some advice on how to keep your heavy machinery safe: 🔒 Keep it locked when not in use 🔑 Keep the keys somewhere safe 🔔 Fit them with alarms, trackers and immobilisers ❎ Consider using a forensic marking liquid For more info, visit: orlo.uk/zqEGy 💻

Sign up for Staffordshire Smart Alert to find out what’s going on in your area 🏡 📧 You’ll receive messages from our local policing teams such as crime prevention advice, community engagement events and much more... For more information, visit orlo.uk/kqwRs 💻

Don’t forget to join us tonight for our online chat! We'll be on hand to discuss all things rural, so join us at... 🕔 5pm - 6pm 💻 orlo.uk/PIMXI 👆 You can also send in a question now and we can answer later!

We went out with our new rural taskforce in the south of the county as they stepped up activity for National Rural Crime Action Week. On Wednesday the county proactive & rural team was joined by PCSOs, neighbourhood officers, West Mercia Police & the Environment Agency to target criminals.

To keep your outbuildings safe, here is some advice that can help: 🔐 Ensure your gates are locked 📹 Install CCTV cameras, alarms and lights 🔔 Consider driveway and perimeter alarms 🔒 Use locking posts to impact access For more advice, visit: orlo.uk/jWAI4 💻

We know how devastating crime can be, so here is some advice which could help protect your property: 🔑 Keep windows and doors locked and secure 🔒 Fit strong locks to buildings 🔔 Consider installing alarms and cameras More advice is on our website: orlo.uk/XCCrt

We have seized an estimated £60,000-worth of stolen plant machinery in Burton-on-Trent as part of our continued efforts to proactively target rural crime. Read more here: orlo.uk/mQsCI

Merry Christmas from everyone at Rural&WildlifeCrime