Team updates November 9th, 2026

Team updates November 9th, 2026

Dear residents of City West,

This is to update you on our team's activity over the last couple of weeks. 

We have continued to backfill and support our response team colleagues. At the end of last month on Friday, October 30th, we assisted with an extensive area search for a suicidal male. This involved myself, PC Hasan and PC Bailey completing an extensive search through Bramcote Hills Park while other officers searched surrounding areas with the support of our drone team. The man was eventually found safe and has been referred on for further help and support.

Later in the shift, we attended reports of fireworks being set off in Beechdale Road, near the Beechdale pub. Once we arrived, while there was a large group present we were unable to identify any one individual responsible. However, our presence helped to reduce further incidents. Later in the shift, me and PC Thomas assisted a couple in a broken down car on Western Boulevard. Then, PC Hasan and PC Bailey asked for assistance after they were called to help a drunk man lying on the pavement in Wollaton Vale. We took him to the Queen's Medical Centre for treatment. However, he then proceeded to shout, swear and threaten PC Baily, so he was then arrested for being drunk and disorderly.

The following shift on Halloween we initially spent our time on reassurance patrols and early intervention for any firework-related calls. This included visiting and engaging with management at Bells Lane Community Centre. 

However, me and PC Bailey then attended the QMC to assist our Derbyshire Police colleagues, who were with a male receiving treatment but who was wanted for offences in Nottingham. We attended and arrested the male, who, along with numerous friends and family subjected us to repeated abuse and threats of physical harm. This also included the male needing to be restrained and escorted inside the hospital corridors in full view and earshot of staff and patients receiving medical care. This required multiple further police units, including all of our neighbourhood team and majority of our Broxtowe response team to attend and disperse the group under the threat of arrest. This one incident and behaviour of a minority of people placed an unnecessary and disproportionate demand on our resources. I am pleased to say the male has now been charged for the offences he was wanted for.

This weekend I was deployed to Nottingham Forest's home game with Manchester City. The game largely passed without incident and our posting meant we had a grandstand view to Forest's two first half goals. During half-time we needed to eject one Manchester City supporter for verbally abusing home fans before we ejected a second supporter found in possession of cocaine. The second male had been reported for summons for drug possession.

Yesterday, I arrested one of our shoplifters who hadn't attended his court hearing. He will attend Nottingham Magistrate's Court later this morning, where I will be asking the court to ban him from numerous retail premises in the area, due to the level of his offending.

If you want to discuss any issues with our team, we will be at Asda Strelley Road, on November 16th from around 10am until midday.

PC McKay 6138