IT WAS a busy start to the week for police in Stroud. 

Officers conducted speed checks on Minchinhampton Common, paid a reassuring visit to an elderly female, responded to a call of an untaxed vehicle while officers also visited a possible abandoned vehicle. 

Police provided security advise to residents in Miserden due to recent break ins, hosted an event in Chalford about anti-social behaviour and visited a pub to provide reassurance, according to a post on social media.