Inspector Sharrard-Williams

Two men have been arrested by police following raids on separate addresses in Longton. Officers from Longton Neighbourhood Policing Unit (NPU) executed the warrants under the Misuse of Drugs Act. A 43-year-old man was arrested at an address in Rothesey Road, Longton, yesterday afternoon (thurs) after officers seized a quantity of amphetamine and cannabis vegetation.

On Tuesday Tony Walley and I went to interview Longton NPU Commander, Inspector Sharrad-Williams, you can hear the audio interview in the player below. During the interview the Inspector gave us some of the latest crime facts & figures for Longton NPU and the City in general: Across the city in any 24 hour period there are only: 3 house burglaries 3 cars stolen 4 cars broken in to 1 robbery In Meir in November there were zero reported crimes in the list above. In the NPU Antisocial Behaviou

Tony and I went to Longton police station this afternoon to interview Inspector Sharrad-Williams. Hhe told us that while he has been standing under his billboard on Weston Road in Meir, over the past few days he has been impressed with the number of people that have come out to speak to him. On Monday in the rain he said he spoke to 32 members of the public in the 2 hours while he was in Meir. Before coming back in to the station to speak to us this afternoon Inspector Sharrad-Williams had spoke

Residents in Longton and Meir are invited to meet their local police commander this week, and a new billboard will leave them in no doubt of where and when to find him. A 20ft by 10ft billboard has been sited on Weston Road in Meir (near The Broadway) inviting people to come and speak to the local commander. Inspector Elliott Sharrard-Williams, who is responsible for the neighbourhood policing team covering Longton and Meir.