How visible are police officers in Birmingham communities, and does their presence make a difference? We ask locals about the role of community policing in building trust and reducing crime. Plus, how confident are they in Keir Starmer’s government to bring positive change to policing?
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00:00Right, well, our area, you don't see the police at all, really.
00:08And really could do with it.
00:10There used to be a local police station, and they shut that down years ago, and since they
00:17shut that down...
00:18There's one in Wensbury still open, but the one in Dalston's shut down.
00:22One in Walsall's shut down.
00:23There's one in a big, big, massive...
00:25One in Walsall's shut down.
00:29You occasionally see flashing blue lights flying past you, but you don't know where
00:32they're going and what they're doing.
00:35Oh, look, I think that we see a lot of police out in my area, and it's always a lovely reassurance
00:41to know that they're there and helping to keep us safe.
00:43I mean, I think they do have a positive impact on making sure that the community is safer.
00:49There's no...
00:50No police.
00:51No, yeah, no visible police, because they're not really needed.
00:54They're needed elsewhere.
00:55Yeah.
00:56Yeah.
00:57The government, I have no idea.
00:58No.
00:59No.