Divisions and Departments
West Midlands Police is split into ten local policing units (LPUs). Each LPU is headed by a chief superintendent who is responsible for the overall policing and management of the area.
Each LPU has a number of dedicated Neighbourhood Policing teams. These cover a specific area and are headed by a sergeant with support from a number of police officers, PCSOs and sometimes special constables. The neighbourhood teams organise regular meetings, so they can understand the issues that are important to the local community.
The neighbourhood sergeants report to a sector inspector.
The ten LPUs are:
- Birmingham North (Sutton Coldfield & Erdington)
- Birmingham West and Central (Ladywood & Perry Barr)
- Birmingham South (Edgbaston, Selly Oak & Northfield)
- Birmingham East (Hodge Hill, Yardley & Hall Green, Alum rock, washwood heath)
- Coventry
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Dudley
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