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 8,584 Police Officers, supported by 4,230 Police Staff, 1,043 Special Constables and 985 Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) - with these 14,842 employees, this makes it the second-largest force in the country behind the Metropolitan Police.
West Midlands is a partner, alongside Staffordshire Police and West Mercia Police, in the Central Motorway Police Group.
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