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West Midlands Police
Coverage
West Midlands Police
West Midlands Police area
Area Birmingham, Coventry, Black Country
Size 902 km²
Population 2. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Coventry ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in the County of West Midlands in England. The Black Country is a loosely defined area of the English West Midlands conurbation, to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton 6 million
Operations
Formed 1974
HQ Birmingham
Budget {{{budget}}}
Officers 8,461
Operational Command Units 21
Stations
Chief Constable Sir Paul Scott-Lee QPM
Website West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. Sir Paul Scott-Lee QPM ( 25 July, 1953 in Coventry) is the current Chief Constable of West Midlands Police Biography The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level Administrative division of England. The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

Covering an area with nearly 2. 6 million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also the Black Country; the force is made up of 8,461 police officers, supported by 4,082 police staff, 802 special constables and 733 police community support officers. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Coventry ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in the County of West Midlands in England. The Black Country is a loosely defined area of the English West Midlands conurbation, to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton This makes it the second largest force in the country behind the Metropolitan Police and followed narrowly by the Greater Manchester Police. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. Greater Manchester Police (" GMP " is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the Metropolitan county of Greater [1]

West Midlands is a partner, alongside two other forces Staffordshire Police and West Mercia Constabulary, in the Central Motorway Police Group. Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of West Mercia Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the counties of Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) The Central Motorway Police Group ( CMPG) is a co-operative operation between three police forces in the West Midlands of England.

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History

A force, called the West Midlands Constabulary was initially created on April 1, 1966 under the Police Act 1964, with the re-organisation of the Black Country area as the five contiguous county boroughs of Dudley, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Police Act 1964 (1964 c48 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that updated the legislation governing police forces in England and Wales County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland) to refer to a Borough or a City Dudley ( is a large town in the West Midlands, England, with a population of 194919. Walsall ( is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. Warley was from 1966 to 1974 a County borough and Civil parish formed by the combination of the existing county borough of Smethwick with the non-county West Bromwich ( is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England Dudley Borough Police, Walsall Borough Police and Wolverhampton Borough Police were incorporated wholly into the new force, and it also took in part of the Staffordshire Constabulary and Worcestershire Constabulary. West Midlands Police is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the Metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. West Midlands Police is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the Metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of West Mercia Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the counties of Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) [2]

The force was initially headed by Chief Constable Norman W. Chief Constable is the title given to the Chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except the two responsible for Greater Goodchild until 1967, when he was replaced by Edwin Solomon. [3]

The force was merged again, on April 1, 1974, because of the Local Government Act 1972 which created the new West Midlands metropolitan county, which covered the West Midlands constabulary area along with Birmingham and Coventry and a few other surrounding towns. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales It amalgamated with the Birmingham City Police and parts of Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary, Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary and West Mercia Constabulary to form the present force. Birmingham City Police was a police force responsible for policing the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England until 1974 when it was amalgamated Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of Warwickshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Warwickshire in England. West Mercia Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the counties of Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin)

Under proposals made by the Home Secretary on February 6, 2006, it would merge with Staffordshire Police, West Mercia Constabulary and Warwickshire Constabulary to form a single strategic force for the West Midlands region. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of West Mercia Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the counties of Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) Warwickshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Warwickshire in England. The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. [4]

Because of the prisons' overcrowding crisis in Birmingham in October 2006 three dozen police cells are to be made available to house inmates in Birmingham to help ease. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. (By contrast, one contemporary account reported, in 1833, that for days the city gaol had been entirely empty. [5]) Despite a dip in the number of prisoners in the same month, prisons in the region are close to capacity or already full. Now between 32 and 44 cells have been set aside at Steelhouse Lane police station, in Birmingham city centre in case of emergency. West Midlands Police has an established agreement with the Prison Service to provide cells in the event they are needed. [6]

Divisions and departments

West Midlands Police is split into 21 operational command units (OCUs). Each OCU is headed by a chief superintendent who is responsible for the overall policing and management of the area. Each OCU is split into a number of sectors - each headed by an inspector.

OCU STATION NAME

See also

References

  1. ^ About us
  2. ^ Home Office circular 67-1966 announcing the force's creation
  3. ^ History of WM Police. Accessed via the Wayback Machine on January 31, 2006
  4. ^ BBC NEWS | Politics | Police mergers outlined by Clarke
  5. ^ Chambers Historical Newspaper 3. Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales (administration of Police matters There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. The West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS is the Statutory fire and rescue service responsible for fire protection prevention intervention and emergency rescue The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WMAS is the second-largest ambulance service in the UK The Internet Archive ( IA) is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line Library and archive of Web and Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  6. ^ icBirmingham - Police cells to ease prison crisis

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