Co-op incident in Oxfordshire town leads to police charge

Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Ali Blood attended a report of a suspected shoplifter at the Co-op store in West St Helen Street.

This occurred over the past week and after she assisted in searching for him.

The man was found, arrested and was subsequently charged with common assault and criminal damage, police say.

The name of the man charged has not been provided by Thames Valley Police.

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This was one of a number of activities carried out by the PCSO in the Abingdon area, which also included searching for a man who was wanted on recall back to prison.

He was found and arrested.

PCSO Ali Blood & Susie Morley on shift in 2020 (Image: TVP)

In addition she attended Poundland after the store reported four young males being anti-social. They were subsequently spoken to and dispersed from the area.

There was a high-risk missing person search, which she supported until they were found, and she engaged in a number of road-related activity.

This included attending a report of a road traffic collision, at which she assisted with traffic control, and the welfare of the people involved.

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Following the crash, one man was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

She went to a report of children swimming in the river to check on their welfare and pass them advice on the dangers, and held a joint fraud awareness event in Bury St with Age UK.

Finally she stop checked a group of young people after a report of suspicious behaviour in the Abbey Meadows area and patrolled Fairacres Retail Park with PCSO Jen Holt so she could introduce herself.