IN 1935 Weoley Castle made history when Birmingham City Council became the first local authority in Britain to build 10,000 council properties.

The 10,000th house was officially opened in the ward’s Hopstone Road by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

Still a residential suburb, it’s part of Birmingham South Local Policing Unit and the team responsible for policing the area is headed up by Sergeant Del Padmore, who is supported by six PCs and six PCSOs.

The PCs are Clive Gordon, Daniel Hewitt, Sam Kay, Renee Khot, Mark Lamb and Kelly Morris.

The PCSOs are Stacey Evans, Kevin Hathaway, Keiron Ronan, Tina Rose, Sarah Swift and Leigh Whitehouse. It is described as a “first-class team”.

Just one of the problems officers have been working successfully to address is anti-social behaviour.

As well as youths annoying residents by riding mopeds, mini-motos and scooters illegally, the anti-social behaviour escalated to lives being put at risk.

Sgt Padmore revealed to Crime Files that some youths had been hanging off the back of buses travelling through the area and when the driver parked up and got out, they were jumping inside and releasing the handbrake.

Luckily no-one was hurt by the youths’ dangerous antics because drivers managed to jump back on to pull the handbrake in time and thwart a disaster.

It was in part due to the community supplying evidence to police on an anonymous basis that the offenders were identified.

Sgt Padmore said: “Working with our partners, including Birmingham Anti-Social Behaviour Unit and the community, we managed to identify the offenders who were responsible and bring them to justice.