In which city are the headquarters of West Mercia Police?
"West Mercia Police West Mercia Police, formerly known as West Mercia Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Worcestershire in England. The force area covers making it the fourth largest police area in England and Wales. The resident population of the area is 1.19 million. Its name comes from the ancient kingdom of Mercia. The force is divided into five divisions and represent a very wide spread of policing environments from densely populated urban conurbations on the edge of Birmingham as well as Telford, Shrewsbury, and Worcester, to"
"West Mercia Police announced that they would be withdrawing from the alliance. Paul West, QPM, who retired as chief constable on 31 July 2011 was the longest serving chief constable in the force's history. He was succeeded by his deputy chief constable, David Shaw, who took up the senior post on 1 August 2011. Anthony Bangham became Chief Constable in August 2016. The force is organised into five territorial policing units (TPUs) which are alphabetically coded geographically from south to north (C D E F & G). Operating across three counties, West Mercia Police maintains many stations, with each TPU"
"West Mercia Police Authority West Mercia Police Authority was the governing body of the West Mercia Police force in the English counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire until November 2012. Police authorities were replaced by directly elected police and crime commissioners. The current police and crime commissioner for West Mercia is Bill Longmore. Police Authorities were usually a board of members consisting of local councillors and independent members appointed directly to serve in that role. In West Mercia, the Police Authority had a membership of 17 people drawn from across the force area: The Police Authority also had two co-opted"
"Independent Members appointed to the Standards Committee. West Mercia Police Authority West Mercia Police Authority was the governing body of the West Mercia Police force in the English counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire until November 2012. Police authorities were replaced by directly elected police and crime commissioners. The current police and crime commissioner for West Mercia is Bill Longmore. Police Authorities were usually a board of members consisting of local councillors and independent members appointed directly to serve in that role. In West Mercia, the Police Authority had a membership of 17 people drawn from across the force area:"
"Unit area. Each detachment is headquartered in the respective TPU HQ, except the South Worcestershire detachment, which is based at Tudor Grange Academy. In 2010, the Telford Cadets Detachment was awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. According to West Mercia Police's website, ""The scheme is aimed at young people who wish to engage in a program that offers them an opportunity to gain a practical understanding of policing, develop their spirit of adventure and good citizenship, while supporting their local policing priorities through volunteering, working with partner agencies and positive participation in their communities."" A new intake of approximately"
"on hold. The subsequent coalition and Conservative governments have not made any indication of re-introducing such plans. In 2013 the West Mercia and Warwickshire police forces formed an alliance, sharing certain administrative functions in order to save both forces money. In October 2018 West Mercia Police announced its intention to withdraw from the strategic alliance with Warwickshire Police. West Mercia Police West Mercia Police, formerly known as West Mercia Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Worcestershire in England. The force area covers making it the fourth largest"
"West Midlands and North Worcestershire. Staffordshire Police and Warwickshire Police joined the partnership in 2001, bringing the motorway sections in those counties within the Group's area of responsibility, while West Mercia increased its input. Warwickshire withdrew from the CMPG in April 2007 and West Merica announced their intention to withdraw in July 2017, partly due to the Strategic Alliance they have with Warwickshire. West Mercia Police withdrew from CMPG at 07:00 on Sunday 8 April 2018. Currently, the CMPG has responsibility for: CMPG Patrol Bases: Central Motorway Police Group The Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) is a co-operative operation between"
"officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 4 March 2011. A similar complex was already in operation in Nuneaton. The force is run by a Chief Constable, a Deputy Chief Constable, an Assistant Chief Constable, and shared Director of Enabling Services. Director of Finance and Transformation Director with West Mercia Police. The county is divided into Districts and Boroughs (based on local government districts/boroughs). There are 33 local policing teams within Warwickshire Police - called Safer Neighbourhood Teams - which are broken down within each District/Borough as follows: The Districts and Boroughs are grouped into two Policing Areas, each commanded"
"the west and West Yorkshire to the east. It has been modelled on the Central Motorway Police Group which started in 1990 when West Midlands Police and West Mercia Constabulary formed a partnership to provide a dedicated policing unit for the motorways surrounding Birmingham. CMPG now includes Staffordshire Police.. The CMPG as of 2018 is now a two force collaboration after Warwickshire and West Mercia withdrew from the group. In April 2018, Lancashire Police announced their intention to withdraw from the NWMPG. The 24-hour Regional Command and Control Centre, located at the Highways Agency Regional Control Motorway Centre at Newton-le-Willows,"
"ever had. The force is now committed to the alliance which sees the sharing of back office facilities, force systems and support teams whilst retaining its own identity. It is hoped that the alliance will save £20 million. The alliance has now fully taken place merging all departments, officers and staff below the grade of Deputy Chief constable and Police and Crime Commissioner. On 08 October 2018, West Mercia Police Chief Constable and PCC started formal proceedings to end the alliance. This action was not supported by Warwickshire Police Chief Constable or PCC. The alliance will formally cease to exist"
"as the airport is 'designated' under the terms of the Act and some are armed. West Midlands Police is one of the three police forces who contribute officers to the Central Motorway Police Group, the others being Staffordshire Police and West Mercia Police. CMPG operate out of three main bases, the main headquarters being under the M6 motorway at Perry Barr at which their central control room and vehicle depot is situated. CMPG also have a regional control centre in Quinton, Birmingham shared with the Highways Agency. Officers attached to CMPG cover a wide geographical area, including in the West"
"15 new cadets per detachment occurs annually. New recruits must be aged 16 or over and have finished secondary education. Young people can remain as cadets for up to two years. Cadets can then consider joining the force at age 18, becoming a cadet leader in their detachment, or leaving the scheme altogether. Each detachment is led by several cadet leaders who are police officers, PCSOs and police volunteers from the force. In November 2005, the government announced major reforms of policing in England and Wales, which raised the prospect of West Mercia Constabulary being merged with other forces in"
"council. Telford and Wrekin is part of the West Mercia Police police area. The force is based in Worcester (outside Shropshire) and the borough's area is a Territorial Policing Unit in the force's organisation. This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Telford and Wrekin at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by ""Office for National Statistics"" with figures in millions of British pounds sterling. Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England. The district was created in 1974 as The Wrekin, then a"
"West Midlands Police Authority West Midlands Police Authority, a police authority, is the governing body of the West Midlands Police force in the English county of the West Midlands; encompassing Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.. The Authority has a management board consisting of local councillors and independent members, one of whom is a Magistrate. As of October 2011, the chair is Bishop Dr Derek Webley MBE, of the New Testament Church of God, the first non-politician member of Authority to be elected chair, and the first African Caribbean chair of any police authority in the United Kingdom."
"West Midlands Police Authority West Midlands Police Authority, a police authority, is the governing body of the West Midlands Police force in the English county of the West Midlands; encompassing Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.. The Authority has a management board consisting of local councillors and independent members, one of whom is a Magistrate. As of October 2011, the chair is Bishop Dr Derek Webley MBE, of the New Testament Church of God, the first non-politician member of Authority to be elected chair, and the first African Caribbean chair of any police authority in the United Kingdom."
"priestesses to serve as the judiciary and provide the head of state. Birmingham, the largest city in the Midlands, and located at the centre of its transport network, is proposed as the Mercian capital, and is the venue for Pagan & Magickal Birmingham, Sovereign Mercia's weekly public meetings. The following 22 historic counties of England are recognised by Sovereign Mercia as constituting Mercia: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Holland, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Ely, Kesteven, Leicestershire, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Sovereign Mercia Sovereign Mercia is an organisation that campaigns to establish"
"alliance with the neighbouring Warwickshire Police Force enabling them to pool services and make budgetary savings of £30.3million. A draft report published in January 2013 and titled the ""Police and Crime Plan"" indicated that as part of the savings the two police forces would collectively lose 200 frontline police officers by 2016, as well as 450 civilian posts, with West Mercia bearing the lion's share of the losses. He attracted controversy in December 2012 after appointing his former campaign manager, Barrie Sheldon to the post of Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, despite advice to the contrary from Worcestershire County Council's"
"West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. Covering an area with nearly 2.9 million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also the Black Country; the force is made up of 6,944 Police Officers, supported by 3,131 Police Staff, 303 Special Constables and 506 Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) – with these 10,884 employees, this makes it the largest force in England and Wales behind the Metropolitan Police and third-largest force in the United Kingdom after the aforementioned force and Police Scotland."
"Army has made use of several regional identities in naming larger, amalgamated formations. After the Second World War, the infantry regiments of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire were organised in the Mercian Brigade (1948–1968). Today, ""Mercia"" appears in the titles of two regiments, the Mercian Regiment, founded in 2007, which recruits in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, and parts of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, and the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, founded in 1992 as part of the Territorial Army. The police forces of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire were combined into the West Mercia Constabulary in 1967. Telephone directories across"
"by a Superintendent. North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth and Rugby make up the North Warwickshire Policing Area and Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick make up the South Warwickshire Policing Area. The current Chief Constable is Martin Jelley, who was appointed to the role on 7 April 2015 following the retirement of Andy Parker. Andy Parker succeeded Keith Bristow on 1 December 2011. Keith Bristow succeeded John Burbeck, who in turn succeeded Andrew Timpson, who in turn succeeded Peter Joslin. On 30 September 2013, Warwickshire Police embarked on an alliance with West Mercia Police which saw one of the biggest reorganisations the force"
"Greater Manchester Police Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. GMP is the fifth largest police service in the United Kingdom after the Metropolitan Police Service, Police Scotland, Police Service of Northern Ireland and West Midlands Police; and is the third largest force in England & Wales. As of September 2017, Greater Manchester Police employed; 6,237 police officers, 512 Volunteer Special Constables, 606 Police Community Support Officers, and 2,961 members of police staff.The GMP headquarters are at Central Park, on Northampton Road, in the"
"Longmore was diagnosed with lung cancer, for which he received chemotherapy. He died at his home on Thursday 17 May 2018 aged 79. His funeral took place at Shrewsbury Crematorium on Saturday 9 June, with a thanksgiving service at Shrewsbury Abbey Church the same day. Bill Longmore William Morgan Longmore, more publicly known as Bill Longmore (18 August 1938 – 17 May 2018) was the Independent West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner. He was the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012. A former police officer with Staffordshire Police, Longmore was a businessman prior"
"the West Midlands region. Under final proposals made by the Home Secretary on 6 February 2006, it would merge with Staffordshire Police, Warwickshire Constabulary and West Midlands Police to form a single strategic force for the West Midlands region. This came under particular criticism from West Mercia Constabulary, especially as it was rated the best force in the country. Instead, the constabulary wished to remain a separate force. The proposals were also unpopular with many of the local authorities in the West Mercia area. When Labour's John Reid became Home Secretary in 2006, he put plans to merge the forces"
"per 1000 population against an average for England and Wales of 61.39. Total recorded crime was down 3% on the same period the previous year against an average of a 3% fall nationally. Detection rates for the same period were 23% against a national average of 29% and victim surveys indicated 84.76% of victims were satisfied with overall service provided by West Midlands Police compared against a national average of around 85%. West Midlands Police is a partner, alongside Staffordshire Police and West Mercia Police, in the Central Motorway Police Group. The force is party to a number of other"
"Secretary, Charles Clarke, on 6 February 2006, Warwickshire Police would have merged with Staffordshire Police, West Mercia Constabulary and West Midlands Police to form a single strategic force for the West Midlands region. These proposals were subsequently abandoned. Warwickshire Police was until April 2007 a partner alongside three other forces in the Central Motorway Police Group. In August 2010, the second Warwickshire Justice Centre was opened in Newbold Terrace, Leamington Spa. As well as a police station, the complex houses the Magistrates' Court, Crown Court, County Court, and other agencies such as the Probation Service and Victim Support. It was"
"operation between West Mercia and Dorset Police. He was subsequently identified as Stuart Morgan, a 36-year-old self-employed lorry driver, who on 21 February was remanded following an appearance at Redditch magistrates. Stuart William Morgan is an English lorry driver and former heating engineer from Poole. One of five children of John and Julianne Morgan, he was raised in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where his father was employed as a council foreman and his mother – a refugee from the former East Germany – worked as a school cleaner. Morgan left school with three CSEs, and in 1974 served a custodial sentence"
"to Hindlip Hall if required, with the Prime Minister's office also based nearby at Spetchley Court. In 1947 after the war it came into the ownership of Worcestershire County Council and the land was set aside for future use as a college, with the main house turned into the headquarters of the County Police. Since 1967 the Hall has been the West Mercia Police police headquarters. It is close to junction six of the M5 motorway. The church of St. James is no longer supported by the Church of England (since 1997), but is now the church for the constabulary."
"when he was replaced by Edwin Solomon, former Chief Constable of Walsall Borough Police. On 1 April 1974 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 West Midlands Police, 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. West Midlands Constabulary The West Midlands Constabulary was a police force in the West Midlands of England. It was created"
"officers of West Midlands Police and its former constabularies are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime, since the turn of the 20th century: West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. Covering an area with nearly 2.9 million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also the Black Country; the force is made up of 6,944 Police Officers, supported by 3,131 Police Staff, 303 Special Constables and 506 Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) –"
"the probe by West Mercia Police in connection with the United Kingdom general election, 2015 party spending investigation. She faced calls from opposition politicians, including Plymouth City Council leader Tudor Evans, to step aside from the role of Police and Crime Commissioner while the investigation was ongoing. Hernandez addressed these concerns during her swearing in ceremony on 10 May: ""I've had over 91,000 people elect me to office. I'm here for the people of Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I'm here to do a job – the police need support."" The Independent Police Complaints Commission referred the"
"others formed the Great Hanwood Community Interest Company which purchased the then-closed Cock Inn at Hanwood with the aim of reopening it for public community use. Longmore ran as an independent Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Police in the first elections for the post in November 2012, and was subsequently elected to the position. During his campaign he said that his intention was to serve a single term in office. His role as Police and Crime Commissioner officially commenced on 22 November 2012. One of his first acts in the role was to give his backing to an"
"the northbound and southbound carriageways of the motorway allowing police vehicles to respond faster to incidents. In June 2008 Merseyside Police, Lancashire Constabulary and Cheshire Constabulary established the North West Motorway Police Group covering the motorways in their respective areas following the success of the CMPG. Greater Manchester Police joined the group in 2011. However in 2018, Lancashire Constabulary announced that they would be withdrawing from the group. The CMPG was first formed in 1990, when West Mercia Constabulary, now known as West Mercia Police and West Midlands Police formed a partnership to police approximately of motorway in Birmingham, the"
"and we will tackle it wherever it is.” West Mercia Police set up ""Operation Chalice"" to investigate allegations that local girls were being groomed. Officers believe that up to 100 girls were affected between 2007 and 2009. According to a Channel 4 ""Dispatches"" investigation, ""The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs"" (2011), police were told that men in Telford would ""ejaculate and then urinate in children's mouths"". There were also allegations of ""gang-rape by queues of men while girls were held hostage for hours, sometimes days—all the while being forced to listen to the screams of girls in other rooms with"