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West Mercia Police & Hereford and Worcester fire headquarters at Hindlip Hall West Mercia Police Helmet. West Mercia Police (/ ˈ m ɜːr s i ə /), [3] [4] formerly the 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 West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner (PCC), an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by West Mercia Police in the English counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
In March 2021, Campion announced that he would stand as the Conservative candidate for West Mercia Police in that year's police and crime commissioner elections, which had been delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] His campaign included plans to get more police officers on the streets, and giving them a much more visible presence ...
On 4 January, councillor Sarah Murray, spokesperson for West Mercia Police and Crime at the Worcester Liberal Democrats, raised concerns over the lack of a permanent appointment.
Hereford Leisure Centre was closed after a threat was made by an anonymous caller, West Mercia Police said. A 200m (980 feet) cordon was put in place while officers searched the building.
It was later owned by a poet and was for a while a girls' school before being rebuilt by Lord Southwell in 1820. The Hall was designated as a potential home for the war cabinet in 1940. It is now home to the West Mercia Police and Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service headquarters. [2]
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. [1] The current police and crime commissioner for West Mercia is Bill Longmore.
In 1947 the Worcester Constabulary absorbed Kidderminster Borough Constabulary. On 1 October 1967 the Worcestershire Constabulary was amalgamated with the Shropshire Constabulary, Herefordshire Constabulary and Worcester City Police to form the West Mercia Constabulary, later the West Mercia Police. [2]