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The main aims of the West Midlands Police Force (the Force) are to reduce crime and disorder and to make communities feel safer. The West Midlands Force is the second largest in the country and serves a population of over 2.6 million. It is divided into 21 Operational Command Units[1] (OCUs), each headed by a Police Chief Superintendent who is responsible for the overall street-level policing and management of the area. Many OCU boundaries correspond to local authority boundaries (in Dudley Borough there are two OCUs – see below). Each OCU is divided into sectors which are responsible for local policing in the community. The sectors are divided into beats. The Force has a range of specialist departments including operations, which provide expert knowledge and resources, most of which are located within the regional headquarters in Birmingham. There are over 900 Special Constables[2] working with the Force, providing an important link with the community. There is over 200 Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s) working in the Force, with a remit to tackle low level anti-social behaviour and to reassure the public by providing a visible presence in their communities. Every police area has at least one local consultative committee which brings local interests together regularly with senior officers to discuss the policing of the area. It is a statutory, shared responsibility for the Police and local authorities to set up and support local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs). In some Boroughs, the CDRP’s have merged with their Borough Drug and Alcohol Action Teams (DAATs) to become a Community Safety Partnership (CSP). Policing is currently experiencing a considerable amount of reform. Government has announced a review of the number of forces in England and Wales with the intention of creating additional capacity to deliver neighbourhood policing and better protective services to tackle organised crime and serious incidents. [1] OCUs are known as Borough Command Units (BCUs) in many other parts of the country. [2] “Specials” originated in the early 1800s. They are unpaid, trained volunteers drawn from all sections of the local community who devote some of their spare time to helping regular officers patrol the streets. They wear a uniform on duty and have the same powers as regular officers. |
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