West Midlands Police are the territorial police forces responsible for overseeing the West Midlands metropolitan area of ​​Britain.
Covers an area of ​​nearly 2.9 million inhabitants, covering the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also Black Country; This force consists of 6,944 Police Officers, supported by 3,131 Police Staff, 303 Special Police and 506 Police Support Officers (PCSO) - with 10,884 employees, this makes it the largest force in England and Wales behind the Metropolitan Police and third - the largest force in England after the troops and the Scottish Police.
The troops are currently headed by Police Chief Dave Thompson. The troop area is divided into ten Local Policing Units (LPU), each served by four core policing teams - Response, Environment, Investigation and Community Action & amp; Priority (CAPT) - with the support of a number of specialist criminal teams. These specialist teams include CIDs, traffic and firearms units that provide 24 hour availability to attend reported incidents involving the use of firearms and knives.
From comparative data published by Inspectorate Inspectorate Her Majesty for twelve months through September 2013, West Midlands Police recorded 62.93 crimes per 1000 population against the average for England and Wales 61.39. Total crime was recorded down 3% in the same period of the previous year against an average 3% drop nationally. The detection rate for the same period was 23% against the national average of 29% and the victim survey showed 84.76% of the victims were satisfied with the overall service provided by the West Midlands Police compared to the national average of about 85%.
West Midlands Police is a partner, along with Staffordshire Police and West Mercia Police, at Central Motorway Police Group. The troops are parties to a number of other resource sharing agreements including the National Police Air Service where the helicopter is available as a resource for neighboring troops.
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Histori
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Prior to the formation of the West Midlands Police as it is known today, the area now covered by the troops was served by a total of six smaller vocabularies. This refraction is as follows:
- Birmingham City Police 1839-1974: Established in 1839 following the outbreak of Chartist unrest that the Metropolitan Police must stop, officers from the Birmingham City Police first took to the streets on November 20 of that year. Initially with the strength of 260 officers being paid at the rate of 17 shillings a week, the treasury expanded to keep pace with city growth with the last areas to be added before the merger of forces in the West Midlands Police into Hollywood territory./li>
- Coventry Police 1836-1974: Formed with the City Corporations Act in 1836, the Coventry Police initially had only twenty officers with the support of a sergeant and an inspector. The troops reached a force of 137 officers in 1914 and continued to grow until in 1969 joined Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary, some of which remained until the formation of the West Midlands Police.
- Borough Dudley Police 1920-1966: Formerly part of the Worcestershire Police Department, Dudley gained his own police force on April 1, 1920 after being questioned by Inspector Mulia who had suggested the previous police arrangements were unsatisfactory. Borough Police Dudley remained independent until the Royal Commission in 1960 which resulted in inclusion as part of the newly formed Central West Constabulary.
- Boruss Walsall Police 1832-1966: Moving from the 'guard' system, Borough Walsall Police was formed on 6 July 1832 with the initial power of only one inspector and three policemen. As with other regional forces, Borough Walsall Police expanded to a regional population and in 1852 appointed the first two detectives. The troops took the first female recruitment in 1918 and in 1960 became one of the first powers to deploy officers with private radio. Like Dudley police, Borough Walsall Police became part of the West Midlands KKR following the Royal Commission.
- Western Pontifical Convent 1966-1974: Lasting only eight years, Constabulary West Midlands is a newly formed army that includes a number of smaller borough troops including Borough Dudley Police, Borough Walsall Police, Wolverhampton Borough Police and parts of Staffordshire and the Worcestershire Library. The creation of the West Midlands Constabulary was a consequence of the Royal Commission in 1960 into the police force.
- Wolverhampton Borough Police 1837-1966: The establishment of Wolverhampton Borough Police was approved on 3 August 1837 on condition that troop strength does not exceed sixteen persons. The Police Act of 1839 saw the Staffordshire Police take over the police in Wolverhampton with Police Wolverhampton Borough regaining responsibility for overseeing the city in 1848. At the turn of the 20th century the force reached 109 strong, reaching a peak of about 300 before the troops became part. from Short Midwest Constabulary in 1966.
Local Government Regulation 1972 and West Midlands Police Formation
West Midlands Police was formed on April 1, 1974, due to the provisions of the 1972 Local Government Act that created the new West Midlands metropolitan area. It was formed by incorporating the Birmingham City Police, formerly the Western Midlands Compliance, and parts of Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary, Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary and West Mercia Constabulary. The first Chief of Police assigned to the new troops was Sir Derrick Capper, the last Police Chief of Police.
Under the proposal announced by then Minister of the Interior Charles Clarke on February 6, 2006, West Midlands Police will join the Staffordshire Police, West Mercia Constabulary and Warwickshire Constabulary to form a strategic force for the West Midlands region. This, along with a number of other mergers that will cut troop numbers in England and Wales from 43 to 24, was abandoned in July 2006 following widespread opposition from the police and the public.
Due to the overcrowded jail crisis in Birmingham in October 2006, three dozen police cells had to be provided for house arrest in Birmingham to help reduce congestion. (In contrast, a contemporary report reported, in 1833, that for days the city jail was completely empty.) Despite the decline in the number of prisoners that month, the prison in the area was nearing capacity or already full. Between 32 and 44 cells were set aside at the Steelhouse Lane police station, in Birmingham City Center, in an emergency. West Midlands Police have an agreement set with HM Prison Service to provide cells in the event they need.
In October 2008, Police Chief Sir Paul Scott-Lee announced he would not renew his contract in May 2009, after seven years in the post. His replacement is Chris Sims.
Upon taking office, the new Chief of Police announced that the troops would be aligned along board boundaries, abolished the Operations Command Unit (OCU) and reformed it as a Local Policing Unit (LPU). In April 2010, the strength was reorganized from 21 OCUs to ten new LPUs. There are also changes to the HQ departments, including the new Local Police Department, the new Public Protection Department and the Force CID (formerly Crime Support). This change was introduced as part of the 'Paragon Program' with the goal of generating savings for a strength of around £ 50 million.
The goal is to move certain functions from local areas to central departments - such as dealing with complex or serious crimes, together with financial, IT and administrative tasks, so that local police units can concentrate on issues local policing. There is also a long-term goal to reduce the number of Contact Management Centers out of ten (each for each LPU) into one, covering all strength.
The troops attracted controversy in 2010 when Project Champion, a £ 3 million scheme to install CCTV camera networks in the Muslim majority region of Washwood Heath and Sparkbrook, was attacked by local residents and civil rights organizations. A total of 218 cameras were planned to be installed but the project was dormant after concerns over legality and objections from residents and local council members that they were not consulted by the troops.
Because of the Government Comprehensive Spending Review, troops have been asked to make savings of £ 126 million over a four-year period. Projects including Continuous Improvement and Priority-Based Budgeting (PBB) have been established to identify where the savings can be made with the options explored.
This force is one of many applicable regulations, A19 which requires officers with thirty years service to retire and has made redundancies for the police staff. The troops have explored the Business Partner option involving working with private companies but the plan was stopped by Bob Jones, the first Police Commissioner and the first Crime of the armed forces, after he took office.
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Leadership and performance
Team Command
West Midlands Police is managed by the Command Team based at Lloyd House headquarters in Birmingham. They work side by side with selected Police & amp; The Crime Commissioner sets the budget and priorities for strength. The Command Team can participate in the LPU Daily Management Meetings each using a video conferencing system.
The West Midlands Police Command team currently consists of the following:
Strength Structure
Chief Constable
- Sir Derrick Capper (April 1974 - June 1975)
- Philip Knights (August 1975 - 1985)
- Dear Mr. Geoffrey. (1985-1990)
- Sir Ron Hadfield (June 1990 - July 1996)
- Sir Edward Crewe (August 1996 - c. September 2002?)
- Sir Paul Scott-Lee (October 2002 - April 2009)
- Chris Sims (June 1, 2009 - January 2016)
- Dave Thompson (January 2016 -)
Police and Commissioners of Crime
In November 2012 the Bob Jones Labor candidate was elected as the Police and Commissioner of Crime (PCC) for the West Midlands. PCC replaces the Police Authority in all powers in England and Wales outside of Met. The number of voters in the West Midlands was 238,384 (12%) with Jones defeating Conservative candidate Matt Bennett, winning 117,388 votes in total. Jones took office on 22 November 2012 and appointed Nechells council Yvonne Mosquito as his representative shortly thereafter. Jones died suddenly, on July 1, 2014.
The following table shows details of election results for the West Midlands:
Crime and budget statistics
The following table shows data recorded in the twelve months through September 2013 on anti-social crime and behavior (ASB) records, the quality of service, finances and employment for West Midlands Police compared with the average data from the UK and 43 Wales police forces :
The following table shows registered crimes for West Midlands Police by violation groups for the year ending September 2013:
The following table shows the percentage change in registered crime for West Midlands Police by group of offenses for the year ending September 2013 compared to the year ending September 2012:
The following table shows the percentage detection rate for West Midlands Police by violation group for 2012/2013:
The following table shows West Midlands Police & amp; Financial Commissioner's Crime in millions of pounds for 2014-15 compared to 2013-14:
Structure and department
Local Policing Units
The area covered by the West Midlands Police is divided into ten Local Policing Units (LPU). Each LPU is headed by a Chief Inspector who is responsible for the overall police and regional management. He is supported by a Local Command Team (LCT) consisting of various numbers of Superintendents and Chief Inspectors.
Each LPU has a number of dedicated Environmental Police teams. It covers a specific area and is led by a sergeant with the support of a number of police officers, PCSO and sometimes special police. The troops operated a number of police stations.
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Each LPU is run by a Local Command Team (LCT) consisting of Chief Inspector who is supported by a number of Inspectors & amp; Chief Inspector. Each LCT member has assigned responsibility for certain elements of the police and is organized in accordance with the following structure:
Core Police Team
The West Midlands police were formed in such a way that there were four key teams in each of the LPUs who had the responsibility to handle daily policing duties. The troop flow structure has been gradually introduced over the last two years with Solihull and Birmingham South LPUs being the first area to see changes in June 2011 and Walsall LPU became the last in January 2013. Structural changes were introduced as part of the 'Continuous Improvement Program' with ambition to work in a more effective and efficient way and supervised with the advice of KPMG.
Prior to the Continuous Improvement, the troops have been operating with emergency response teams and larger neighborhoods and smaller teams are allocated for the handling of inmates roles. Community Action & amp; Priority Team is a new addition to strength structure under Continuous Improvement.
The core team of police is:
Community action and priority team (CAPT)
CAPT 's environmental officers support to address local issues and resource requests for services not met by other departments. They can be allocated to environments that have certain problems, such as anti-social behavior, and are also often trained by the Public Order, so they are used to oversee similar football, demonstration and similar events. Like Investigation Team, Community Action & amp; The Priority Team is supervised by a sergeant who reports to the inspector.
The main responsibilities of community actions and priority teams are as follows:
- Supporting Team Around - Providing special support to Team About for example, doing drug warrants or handling anti-social behavior.
- Troubleshoot local issues - Support other frontline police teams and complete tasks as directed by the LPU Local Command Team
- Provide support for abstraction - Abstraction of resources such as football matches, demonstrations, and similar incidents so that the Environment Officer can focus on their taps.
Investigation team
Officers in the Investigation Team have three main responsibilities, these are secondary investigations, handling prisoners and attending publicly scheduled appointments. The officer is also responsible for completing the prosecution files and other documents necessary to bring the case to court. The investigation team was divided into several shifts, each supervised by a sergeant, and would have an inspector supervising the sergeants.
The main responsibilities of the Investigation Team are as follows:
- Secondary investigation - Following the initial presence of the incident by the Response team officer, the investigation is allocated to the Investigating Team conducting the necessary follow-up investigation.
- Handling of inmates - Offenders captured by Response and Environment officers are submitted to the Investigation Team who will interview and retain ownership of the investigation to the point of conclusion.
- Scheduled response - Operating on a daily log system, Investigation Team officers attend a pre-booking slot with community members who want to report no immediate issues.
Environmental team
In harmony with this particular environment, these officers sought to address long-term issues affecting the local area and attending community meetings. There are one hundred and seventy-one neighborhoods throughout the West Midlands and officers assigned to environmental teams are often supported by PCSO and Special Constable. It is not uncommon for busy areas, such as downtown, to have some neighborhood teams like defeating St Matthews covering the Walsall Town Center which has two teams. Neighboring teams usually have one sergeant reporting to the sector inspector.
Power Response
Response Officers work in turns around the clock answering the most urgent calls for services received through the troop call center. It is not uncommon for the respondent to work alone and each response shift usually has a number of officers authorized to carry the Taser. In addition to Taser, some response officers also carry a mobile fingerprint ID machine to ensure roadside identity. The Responsible officers underwent enhanced driving training and also possessed other skills needed to perform their roles including 'entrance' training so they could force entry into place. Many Response officers are also public order trained to respond to spontaneous disorder if it happens. Response teams are supervised by a number of sergeants and an inspector.
The main responsibilities of the Response Team are as follows:
- Main investigation - Attending the incident in the first example, Response officer collects available evidence and records the violation. Further questions are then allocated to the Investigation Team.
- Missing persons request - Response officers investigate missing persons with low or moderate risk assessment.
- Traffic - Officers from the Response Team attended the reported Traffic Accidents, sometimes supporting the Traffic Force in serious collision cases.
Specialist crime team
The core policing team is supported by, and works closely with, a number of specialist criminal teams. The West Midlands police had a divisional division disbanded in 1999 to divert funds elsewhere, a former cage at Pershore Road, Birmingham, now a driving school. Current specialist crime teams include:
Air operations
The Midlands Air Operation Unit is a consortium of West Midlands, Warwickshire, West Mercia and Staffordshire Police based at Birmingham Airport and has been operating since July 25, 1987.
After experimenting, since the 1970s, with civilian helicopters hired occasionally, West Midlands Police launched their own air unit on May 10, 1989 with G-WMPA, a rà © pale AS355 F2. The G-WMPA is then fitted with a gyro-stable camera turret with daytime and thermal camera images, plus Nitesun Searchlight and Skyshout PA System. It was sold to buyers in Switzerland in 2007. From January 2000 they operated the G-WMID, a "NOTAR" MD902 helicopter, named "Miss Mollie Collins", after a child who "showed tremendous courage in handling his disability", in a newspaper competition local. The aircraft is then re-registered as G-KSSH and is a Surrey air ambulance. In July 2007 G-WMID was replaced by Eurocopter EC135 P2, G-WMAO. G-WAMO was destroyed by arson in the early hours of June 8, 2009, while at Birmingham Airport. From October 2009 to July 2010, they used Eurocopter EC135 T1, G-SUFF, which was borrowed by the manufacturer.
They now operate another Eurocopter EC135 P2, G-POLA, obtained in July 2010. EC135 offers a range of capabilities including high definition thermal video recording, downlink microwave to send images to control room, 30 million candlepower light points and improved navigation system.
All of the above helicopters have had the role of evacuation of the victims for an occasion when the Midlands Air Ambulance could not attend meant that they could take the patient in a stretcher for transport to the hospital.
Under the terms of the National Police Air Services, the West Midlands helicopters are available as a resource for use by neighboring troops and in turn, West Midlands officers may summon other troop helicopters if their troops are not available.
Airport policing
The West Midlands Police Force area includes Birmingham's existing Birmingham Solihull Airport, but not the Coventry Airport in the Warwickshire Police area and is overseen by their own officers. Birmingham Airport has a dedicated assigned airport police team in collaboration with HM Customs and Excise and UK Visas and Immigration officials. Officers working at the airport have additional strength under the Terrorism Act 2000 because the airport is 'appointed' under the provisions of the Act and some armed men.
Motorway Police Center (CMPG)
West Midlands Police is one of three policemen who donate officers to the Central Motorway Police Group, the others are the Staffordshire Police and West Mercia Police. CMPG operates from three main bases, the main base is under the M6 ​​highway in Perry Barr where the central control room and vehicle depot are located. CMPG also has a regional control center in Quinton, Birmingham with the Highway Agency. The officers attached to the CMPG cover a large geographical area, including the West Midlands, M6, M54, and A45.
Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU)
Based in Birmingham, the counterterrorism unit (CTU) is responsible for coordinating counter terrorism activities in the West Midlands. CTU works under the guidance of the Government's national counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, with the aim of pursuing terrorists, protecting communities, preparing for possible attacks and preventing terrorism by working in communities to address the causes of terrorist activities.
As part of CTU's role in working with communities, its structure includes the Prevent Team which is a group of officers who visit schools, community groups and partner institutions to raise awareness about the work in the unit. Exercises include the Act NOW, a table exercise explaining what happened during counterterrorism operations and the WRAP (Workshop for Increasing Prevention Awareness), a presentation aimed at the frontline of public sector workers and organizations working with potential victims of radicalization.
Dog Section
Most dogs in West Midlands Police Dog Section are in-house breeding program products that have been run by their troops at the Balsall Common training center since 1994.
Specialist search dogs including Springer Spaniels and Labradors are also used by the Dog Unit to search for drugs or firearms and explosives. Dogs continue to be recruited from the rescue center and from community members. All specialist dogs are handled by officers who already have general purpose police dogs, assigning responsibility to the handler in training and operations.
There are currently 69 operational dog handlers working in West Midlands Police, and dogs undergo a twelve-week initial training program. Officers with a Dog Patrol section in a Skoda patrol vehicle specially adapted to an air-conditioned enclosure capable of carrying up to three dogs in the back and operating from bases at Aston, Canley and Wednesbury.
Event planning and football
The event planning department has the responsibility to coordinate large-scale events occurring within the area of ​​strength and also to ensure that officers are available if they are asked to support other regional forces through mutual assistance arrangements. One of the department's main responsibilities is to arrange police operations for frequent Autumn Party political conferences at the International Convention Center in Birmingham City Center. Included in this department is also the Football Unit coordinating police football matches in the West Midlands and operating a team of 'complainants' to identify violent and illicit supporters.
Policing of large-scale events such as football matches, VIP visits, and public demonstrations can be coordinated from the Activity Control Suite (ECS) at the Tally Ho facility in Birmingham. ECS can receive live CCTV recordings and have computer facilities for the use of partner institutions with whom these suites are shared.
Firearms
West Midlands Police operate a number of Armed Response Vehicles (ARVs) that patrol the area around the clock and are available to respond to incidents that usually involve weapons, knives or dangerous dogs. Officers conducted a ten-week selection process to join the firearms unit with courses delivered on advanced weapons, tactics and driving. Most of the ARVs used by firearms units are unmarked Audis, converted with removable rear seats and gun safes installed. Officers with firearms unit carrying Taser X26 stun gun, 9mm SIG P229 gun, H & amp; K MP5 SF A2/A3 9mm semi-automatic carbide and H & amp; K G36K SF, G36C SF and SIG SIG516 5.56mm semi-automatic rifle.
Along with attending firearms incidents, officers attached to firearms units also provide tactical advice when planning operations and giving lectures on awareness of firearms to officers and community members. The troops also have the Firearms Licensing Department responsible for the issue of firearms and firearms certificates to members of public certificates and explosives for companies that need them.
Forced CID
Regardless of the LPU, Force CID is managed by officers who hold detective qualifications and investigate serious and complicated crimes that are not taken by Local CIDs or other departments. Such offenses include murder, serious attacks, extortion and arson. The Force CID is organized into a series of Major Investigation Teams and works from bases in Bloxwich, Harborne, Aqueous 2 (Aston) and Willenhall in Coventry.
Working in a Force CID is a series of Payback Team that is responsible for organizing asset seizures and foreclosures under the Results of Crime Measures. During 2011, offenders were forced to repay  £ 6.3 million of criminal proceeds, up 39% from a year earlier.
Forced traffic
Based in Park Lane, Chelmsley Wood and Wednesbury, the power traffic unit has responsibility for road policing on all roads within the West Midlands apart from the highway covered by the Central Motorways Policing Group. Officers from forced traffic units typically have advanced driving classes and have access to marked vehicles and high-powered markers, including BMW and Audis equipped with proven video recorder equipment. Force Traffic is supported by the Collision Investigation Unit based at the Aston Police Station investigating accidents involving casualties or life-altering injuries.
Forensic scene investigator (FSI)
Officers were supported by a civilian forensic investigation team of about a hundred strong men who attended the crime scene and examined confiscated items to obtain forensic evidence for use in court. Formerly known as the scene of crime officers (SOCO), scene investigators have access to a variety of specialized equipment to assist their roles and together collect forensic samples; they are also responsible for scene photography.
Intelligence unit
West Midlands Police has dedicated intelligence cells based on each LPU that compiles and disseminates information gathered by officers from other sources. This role involves 'cleaning up' the intelligence logs and passing them on to relevant people, receiving information from outside sources such as Crimestoppers, and fostering the investigation.
The intelligence unit is responsible for organizing briefing materials for police officers and leaders; they also include a covert operations unit, which coordinates undercover police operations under the terms of the Rules of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).
The West Midlands Police is a joint partner of the Warwickshire Police, West Mercia Police and Staffordshire Police in a collaborative work agreement of the Regional Intelligence Unit where information is shared between troops on serious and organized criminals affecting the West Midlands Territory.
Integrated emergency management (IEM)
The Integrated Operational Emergency Management Service is responsible for ensuring that troops are prepared to respond to major incidents, that a business continuity plan already exists and that troop duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 are met. This work includes running exercises and exercises to test readiness and working closely with other emergency services and local authorities. As part of the service work, the troops also maintain a number of Victims Bureau facilities where public calls are taken and collected after major incidents such as plane crashes or terrorist attacks.
Local CID
Each LPU has a team of Local CID Officers who hold detective qualifications and conduct a secondary investigation of serious offenses committed in their area. Violations included in the Local CID authority include residential robbery, private robbery, fraud and multiple vehicle crimes.
Actor management unit (OMU)
The 10 LPUs have a violation management unit (OMU) that works with partner agencies to concentrate on offenders living in their area that are identified as very difficult or destructive. Offenders included in this category include those who are designated as offenders of productive priorities and priorities (PPOs), drug users, rogue criminals and young criminals.
Officers from OMU manage PPOs assigned them under two strands. One of them consists of rehabilitation and resettlement where partner agencies are involved in attempts to stop the attack while others comprise capturing and punishing offenders who have been identified not participating in the rehabilitation program or sought for extraordinary crimes.
Operational support unit (OSU)
Working from Park Lane, Chelmsley Wood, and Wednesbury Stations, the operational support unit is a team of officers specially trained in various fields including Public Order policing, entry and search methods. Officers working with OSU are usually placed as part of the 'serial' of one sergeant and seven officers and have access to a number of specialized equipment and vehicles including an armored ground rover.
Public protection unit (PPU)
The Public Protection Unit (PPU) investigates reports on sexual assaults and incidents involving children and vulnerable people. The PPU is divided between adult and child investigations, responsible for maintaining and working with partner institutions such as social services and domestic violence charities. Like the CID, most officers working in PPU hold detective qualifications.
Safe travel
A safer travel team is a collaboration between the West Midlands Police, UK Transport Police and CENTRO that focuses on criminal activity that occurs on public transport networks. The team consists of officers and PCSO who are patrolling trains, buses and trams in the area.
The partnership, the first of its kind in the country, also has access to about 1,000 CCTV cameras located at bus, train and metro stations, parks and boarding and bus stops. A dedicated control center is organized 24 hours a day to find and respond to incidents.
Professional standard departments (PSD)
Based in Lloyd House, professional standards departments have responsibility for the recording and assessment of all public complaints, whether made about the police, police staff or special police. PSD also has a role in investigating serious reports of violations and corruption involving troop members.
Community members are eligible to lodge a complaint if they are the person whose behavior they wish to complain about is directed, if they are 'affected' by the behavior of the word or if they are eyewitness to say behavior. A person is "adversely affected" if he suffers any kind of loss or damage, distress or inconvenience, if he is in danger or otherwise less exposed to adverse impacts.
PSD works with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), to whom they will refer the most serious allegations.
Where appropriate, the PSD has various outcomes after the disciplinary panel, including no action, counseling (management advice), written warnings, transfers to other posts, withholding increases and dismissals.
West Midlands police recorded 1536 complaints for 2011/12, down 18% compared to 2010/11 where 1871 complaints were recorded.
Press Office
Also known as Corporate Communications, the West Midlands Police Press Office is centralized at headquarters and charged with representing the public image of that power. Staff working at the Press Office are the first point of contact between the media and the power, they organize press releases, press conferences and complement other public relations functions. Each LPU has dedicated its Territorial Communications officers and in addition to addressing media inquiries, the Office of the Press also oversaw the force website and published the troop's internal online newspaper, News Beat.
Social media
West Midlands Police maintains a presence on various social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and blogging platforms. Each LPU has a dedicated Facebook and Twitter account, with more than 200 departments, officers, PCSOs and special constables also tweeting from authorized accounts supported.
Troops have used various social media accounts to promote their activities in various ways including running photo competitions, holding live web chats with senior officers and organizing live events through tweeting of operations.
Several social media accounts of the armed forces have gained recognition as best practice examples, including Solihull Police's Twitter feed which became the first winner in the category of Golden Twits 2012 Customer Service and Mark Hanson Digital Media Award Inspector Brown 2012 for his mental health blog.
Custom vocabulary
Special police officers have the same strength as full-time and unpaid volunteers, providing a minimum of sixteen hours per month of duty time.
Initial training for special police lasted 22 weeks, and when deployed they wore the same street uniform with other officers. They can be identified as Specials with their collar numbers, which start with 7 and 'SC' on their epaulettes.
Special Police provide West Midlands Police with approximately 96,000 hours of volunteer assignment every year and usually work with regular staff in environmental teams, response teams, as well as Community & amp; Priority Team.
Recruitment and training
Applicants to join the West Midlands Police as a police officer are subject to a gradual recruitment process designed to assess their suitability for the role. The process consists of the following steps:
- Application form: The first stage of the application process is a paper sift that assesses the applicant's competence. An unsuccessful applicant must wait six months before reapplying.
- Assessment center: The assessment center involves a written test that measures English and candidate math, a series of exercises involving role actors and a twenty-minute competency-based interview.
- Background check: All applicants who have passed the assessment center are subject to a series of enhanced background checks that check their security and financial history.
- Medical: Applicants are required to undergo vision and hearing, general medical assessment and send hair samples for drug testing.
- Fitness test: The final stage of the app process is a fitness test that involves completing a course of activity sequences in three minutes and forty-five seconds and a twenty-second test on a machine pull.
When accepted to join forces, new members undergo early eighteen weeks of non-residential training and are primarily based in class but with regular practice and attachments periodically. Performance is assessed by a series of checks and trainings including self-defense lessons and tuition fees on police computer systems. After successfully completing the initial training, recruitment was then taught to their LPU for nine weeks before being signed for an independent patrol. They retain their status as student officers for a period of two years from the date of their joining in which they are required to maintain their developmental records. After reaching the two-year service, the student officers were 'confirmed' in their rank by a senior officer, usually their LPU commander.
The recruitment process for PCSO is similar to that of police officers even though the training period is reduced. Recruitment of police staff varies according to their role.
West Midlands Police has not received a new police officer or PCSOs since mid-2010, freezing recruitment due to the need to cut budget.
The troops retained training staff who provided internal training to officers of all ranks and in different skills and qualifications. These include Personal Safety Training and First Aid in which officers are required to attend an annual refresher. Other important trainings on offer include driver development and public order policing. Physical training is complemented by the use of long-distance 'eLearning' packages accessible to staff online through the intranet force.
Presentations
Police officers working for West Midlands Police have access to a variety of different uniforms, equipment and vehicles depending on their specific role.
Headgear
West Midlands Police Officers wore traditional black-colored custodian helmets, with dark black steel bands joined together and joined Brunswick's star inscribed 'West Midlands Police'. Female clerk wearing a black bowler hat with Sillitoe tartan appeal for patrol and patrolling around. Traffic officers wear white hat topped with Sillitoe tartan appeal, or a white bowler with Sillitoe tartan tape hat for mobile patrols, as well as officers who hold the inspector rank or above even though their hats are black rather than white.
PCSOs always wear topped caps with blue ribbons, or bowler caps with blue ribbons for female PCSOs, and all officers, whether Police or PCSO, while traveling on bicycles wearing a black cycle helmet with 'Police' written on it.
The Response or Dog Soldiers wear a black protective baseball cap that says 'Police' and has a Sillitoe tartan pattern on the side while a motorcycle officer and Air Operations officer wear a special hard helmet with an in-built radio microphone.
Uniform
The officer standard street uniforms consist of black zip-up shirts, black trousers and protective vests with high visibility. The white shirt was replaced by a black T-shirt in 2010 at a cost of Ã, Â £ 100,000 but was held for court and station duties. Officers are issued with sweaters, weatherproof pullovers, fluorescent jackets, high endurance tables, waterproof over trousers and fastness gloves.
In addition to the standard street uniform, there are various additional uniforms issued for officers performing specialist roles. Employees trained by the Wrought Order wear two fire-resistant suits and boots with additional body armor and NATO helmets, while those with the Marijuan Disposal Team wears one jumpsuits and a hard hat. Officers working with the OSU search team brought out thicker winter coats and rope pants.
Rating & amp; epaulettes
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When dressed for policing of public orders, officers wear colored marks indicating their respective roles. The bronze commanders use yellow epaulettes, the inspectors wear red epaulettes, sergeants wear white epaulettes, tactical advisors wearing blue epaulettes, medical officers wearing green epaulettes and evidence collection officers having orange epaulettes.
The collar number in the West Midlands Police is between two and five long numbers. Prior to 2006 the number of collars up to four long numbers, the numbering system was changed in 2006 to accommodate proposed changes that would be introduced by the incorporation of local forces. Officers who have joined since 2006 have a five-digit sequential number of collars starting with 2, PCSOs have collar numbers starting with 3, police staff have collar numbers starting with 5, special police have collar numbers starting with 7 and transfer recipients from other forces. has a collar number starting with 29.
Tools
As part of the issue of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) standards, officers brought Sepura TETRA radio, rigid handcuffs, CS sprays, and extended friction sticks. Officers also have access to first aid boxes, limb restraints and torches.
Officers have access to a large number of additional equipment for specialist operations, some of which require training before they can be used.
In terms of 'entrance' equipment, the main stations usually have a store that stores male batons, pulley rods, hydraulic presses, stairs and even circular saws to chop sticks.
Traffic units, especially officers who perform crash investigation tasks, use laser imaging devices to accurately observe the crash scene and carry devices that can be used to measure road friction and deceleration values.
Forensic teams can call for tent placements to cover crime scenes, lighting rigs, step plates and a host of other items needed to help them preserve evidence. The laboratory has installed dryer cabinets, microscopes and sampling equipment to secure and analyze specimens.
Vehicles
The standard marked patrol vehicle for emergency and environmental response officers is Vauxhall Astra although this is gradually being removed for the sake of Vauxhall Insignias automatically. A number of Peugeot 308, van Peugeot Expert cage, LDV Maxi cage vans and Ford Focus vehicles are included in the fleet as well. All of these vehicles are modified for police use with installed radios, lights, sirens and 'walk lock' facilities that allow the clerk to retrieve the key from the ignition without stopping the machine, ensuring the battery is not depleted if the lamp has to be left for a long time.
For routine patrol and 'scheduled answering' duties, there are a number of marked Vauxhall Corsas in the fleet. There are also unmarked Astras and Symbols and most are not modified for use by non-uniform departments like CIDs.
Force Traffic has unmarked and unmarked patrol vehicles, all modified with the same equipment as a response vehicle but with the addition of an ANPR/HD video camera, accurate data terminal and speedometer calibration. The vehicles used include BMW 3 series, BMW 5 Series and Volvo S60. The motors used include BMW R1200RT and Yamaha FJR. The motorway patrol is performed by CMPG in a marked Jaguar XF vehicle.
Unit firearms tend to use the Audi A6 unmarked and marked BMW X5 modified with gun cabinets, radios and bulletproof plates. The Dogs Unit has commissioned the Octavia Estate vRS vehicle vans with an air-conditioned enclosure built into their trunk.
For public order assignments, the West Midlands Police uses Iveco Daily van with a rack of equipment behind for storage of shields and other public order equipment. Defenders of Land Rover Armored are also available for public order situations.
West Midlands Police Fleet Service also has a range of specialist recovery vehicles including Iveco Flatbed Trucks and portable guard vans.
Driving rate
There are three different levels of driving level within the West Midlands Police which are as follows:
- Basic drivers: Officers with base driver levels can drive unmarked and unmarked vehicles but are not allowed to exceed speed limits or use lights and sirens. The basic driver course lasts about half a day.
- Standard driver: The standard drive level allows the attendant to exceed the speed limit of up to 20 mph and perform the initial stages of the chase so it is safe to do so. The standard driver course is three weeks.
- Advanced drivers: Drivers holding advanced classes are able to drive high-performance vehicles with speeds above the extra 20 mph provided to standard drivers and receive additional training in pursuit and specialist techniques such as silencing approaches to incidents. The advanced course course is four weeks.
Next to the above class, the driver development school also provides bolts on courses related to driving a police carrier, four by four and VIP escort skills.
Facilities
There are currently 52 police stations in the West Midlands Police Force area located in 10 LPUs along with a number of other facilities, specialist housing crime teams and support services that are not open to the public.
Its power base is Lloyd House at Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham City Center, and Command Team houses alongside other departmental offices including the Press Office and Professional Standards Department. Police and Crime Commander of the Force, Bob Jones, has stated that he will consider selling the power of HQ if "the right financial offer comes".
The force helicopter operates from a base at Birmingham Airport in Solihull which has facilities including motorized hangar doors, reinforced steel pedestrian access, alarm systems and CCTV to provide helicopter protection while on the ground.
Large-scale police demonstrations such as protest marches and football games are coordinated from the Events Control Suite (ECS) in Birmingham. In addition to radio facilities and the ability to stream live footage from power helicopters, ECS also has a shared space for partner institutions.
Public Order programs are held at a regional training center consisting of a converted aircraft hangar at the RAF Cosford site near Telford. The site has facilities that allow officers to experience riot situations including dealing with 'Emotional Disturbing People' scenarios in which they are subjected to attacks by role-playing gun players.
Custody Suites
As of October 2010 there were 18 units of detainees designated under PACE for the admission of detainees. Not all of these parenting suites are currently used by troops, some have been campused due to budgetary restrictions and may be replaced in the future by the two planned 'super blocks'. The current detention suite is as follows :.
During the repair of CCTV systems used in the troop arrest suites completed in 2011 at a cost of Ã, Â £ 2.5 million, various network audio and visual recording equipment were installed allowing staff to monitor detainees for the purpose of ensuring their safety. and continue the investigation. The recording is recorded to a RAID storage device with a total capacity of 1400 terabytes.
West Midlands Police operates a Custody Visiting Scheme where independent representatives of local communities can access detention facilities to observe, comment and report on the wellbeing and treatment of detained persons. Visits were made randomly by volunteers working in pairs who then wrote reports about the feedback gathered during their visit.
In 2011, a joint inspection of the custody of troops was conducted by HMIC and Chief Inspector Her Majesty who found overall leadership, staffing, health care provision and partnership working well but the work required cell modernization to remove binding points, more consistent set of risk assessments and recording data to identify trends.
West Midlands Police Federation
The Joint Council of the West Midlands Federation Police Branch is part of the British and Wales Police Federation, which is the representative body for every police officer under the inspector's rank. The Federation representative is elected for a term of three years and must serve police officers.
Police officers are restricted by their rules from strikes and from taking part in politics, then the Federation represents their interests and negotiates on their behalf on the Police Negotiation Council in respect of payments, conditions and pensions.
Federation is funded by monthly subscriptions paid from officers' salaries and provides representation and advice to officers subject to disciplinary offenses. Each LPU has a Police Federation representative to whom the officer can go for support.
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The West Midlands Police Benevolent Fund was established in 1974 following the merger of local troops to form West Midlands Police. The funds are funded by members' subscriptions and donations from various sources and funds are distributed on apps to committees both for employees who serve and retire who subscribe to members and who find themselves suffering from financial difficulties and need help.
Police officers may subscribe to the Benevolent Fund to subscribe Ã, Â £ 2 per month and be eligible to receive various grants and charity loans at the discretion of the Management Committee.
West Midlands Police Sports & amp; Social Club
The West Midlands Police Sports & amp; Social Club is a subscription-based club that offers members access to a variety of discounted goods and services including hotels, attractions and food. The club runs a monthly sweepstakes with a £ 10,000 jackpot that is open not only to all serving police officers, PCSO and staff but also to retired employees.
Various sports clubs operate through clubs including athletics, walking, shooting and fishing. Clubs have minibuses that can be reserved for member use and members can apply for grants from clubs to subsidize the cost of the event.
Officer killed while on duty
The Police Roll of Honor Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in their duties, and since its establishment in 1984 has established more than 38 memorials to these officers.
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