Poacher problems will be tackled .A 'poacher watch' group will patrol rural south staffordshire after a big rise in the illegal slaughter of wild deer.
It will monitor areas popular with poachers, crate an information and a publicity campaign to raise awareness of rural crimes.
Experts from staffordshire Police, the staffordshire Rural Policing Liaison team, Staffordshire County Council, The Forestry Commission and the RSPCA will form the group.
Three men were arrested in Penkridge after police found three dead deer and hunting equipment in a van at 5.30am yesterday.
Faye Burton, chairwo