Police News - Rochdale South

Inspector Steve Hanlon says: "It has been a busy week for the Rochdale South INPT Team. Our priorities remain tackling burglaries and ensuring victims of domestic abuse get the best possible help and support.

"We had 13 reports of burglaries during the past week. These have been fairly evenly spread."

North Middleton - 4

East Middleton - 1

South Middleton - 1

West Middleton - 1

North Heywood - 2

West Heywood - 4

Hopwood Hall - 0

"We understand burglary impacts on people’s lives long after the offenders are gone. This is why we continue to give this our utmost attention. We have launched our Winter ‘Dark Knights’ Operation, this is aimed at targeting offenders and focussing on ways to prevent offences taking place. One thing we have noted is number of burglaries taking place due to insecurity and homes left in darkness.

"Our officers are undertaking daily checks on suspects and giving attention to the hotspot areas."

Appeals

"The investigation into the assault of a police officer at Rochdale continues. The circumstances of this incident have already been well publicised. We know there were many people in the area around the time of the incident and indeed there are likely to be witnesses who had seen the suspects and will know who they are.

"We appeal to these witnesses to come forward and do the right thing. This incident could have had fatal consequences. We need the support of local communities to help bring those who break the law to justice.

"If you saw what happened and would like to speak to one of our officers in confidence please call Rochdale South Team on 0161 856 8701 or crime stoppers on 0800 555 111."