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Article: POLICE IN BLITZ ON BURGLARS ; Det Chief Insp Adrian Pickard
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- November 11, 1999
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POLICE in north Birmingham have warned burglars that they are
stepping up their operations against them following several major
successes by officers this year.
The West Midlands Police initiative, Operation Shield, will put
more emphasis on preventing burglaries rather than solving them.
Det Chief Insp Adrian Pickard, of Queen's Road police station,
said the operation would add further impetus to his own battle
against burglars.
During the past six months officers from the North Birmingham
Operational Command Unit have blitzed local offenders as part of
Operation Tiger.
They have managed to cut the number of burglaries and record an
increase in crime detections.
The OCU principally covers ...