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------ ~ If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. CR--~-r < r /~d-1-rl foJr~1 ~r'.·.:·':·, ".~,'."""., ,; ..... I • ,,_',~ ." ,'" ~ I ( • . :-. \ • ., ,), .' 0 ~. \ , , ,,; . ~~J~';:"<~~ ~.'_ ",~ ~',~' , '.' ' ~ ~..: ~ .~;. ., f Report of the iL.••. ··.. L.·. T'1 of 105171 U.S. Department of Justice Nationallnstltule of Justice This document has been reproduced exaclly as received from the person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policie .. of the National Institute of J'Jstice. Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been granted by Chief Constable West Midlands Police to the National Criminal JUstice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permis sion of the copyright owner. v' Report of ---I the CHIEF CONSTABLE of WEST MIDLANeS POLICE '1986 ! Members of the Police Authority Chairman: Councillor P R Richards Vice Chairman: Co un cillo, E .:; Carless Local Authority Representatives BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Councillor M Afzai BSc SAT Councillor S Austin Councillor H C Blumenthal Councillor N A Bosworth CBE LLB Councillor F W Carter Councillor Mrs S Hunte Councillor L Jones Councillor G Khan Councillor R A Wootton COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL Councillor H Richards Councillor P W G Robinson Councillor T W Sawdon BSc FBOA FSMC JP DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL Councillor D M Ablett Councillor J A H Edmonds OBE MIMI Vacant SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL Councillor J P Padden Councillor Mrs G M Pemberton Councillor V W Wakeman SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL Councillor F Mitchell Councillor G Wright (As at 31 December 1986) WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL Councillor D J Church Councillor B S Powell Councillor F G Tunley WOLVERHAMPTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL Councillor R Jones Councillor R N Harding Magistrates BIRMINGHAM MAGISTRATES' COURT COMMITTEE Mrs S M Arthurs JP • Mrs P Bamford BA JP W E Jarvis Esq JP Mrs B J Major JP J P Meering Esq FRICS JP COVENTRY DISTRICT MAGISTRATES' COURT COMMITTEE F WEaves Esq BEM JP R F Kilby Esq BSe MIEE JP DUDLEY DISTRICT MAGISTRATES' COURTS COMMITTEE H W Morris Esq BSc (Eng) C Eng FlCE FIHT JP SANDWELL DISTRICT MAGISTRATES' COURTS COMMITTEE P J Elliott Esq MA (Oxon) JP G S Lindsay Esq JP SOLIHULL DISTRICT MAGISTRATES' COURTS COMMITTEE Dame Joan Seccombe DBE JP WALSALL DISTRICT MAGISTRATES' COURTS COMMITTEE J N Barratt Esq Dip Arch RIBA JP WOLVERHAMPTON DISTRICT MAGISTRATES' COURTS COMMITTEE Capt rl E Heydon ERD JP • Mrs P Bamford BA JP was appointed to the Police Authority on 27 November 1986 following the death of Mr K H Barker OBE DL FRIeS JP (As at 31 December 1986) Police Headquarters Lloyd House Colmore Circus Queensway Birmingham B4 6NQ Telephone No. 021-236 5000 Telex 337321 Chief Constable Mr G J Dear QPM DL LL.B Deputy Chief Constable Mr L Sharp QPM LL.B FBIM Assistant Chief Constables Operations Mr P G Leopold Crime Mr T Meffen Support Mr D M Knight LL.B Personnel Mr D H Gerty LL. B FBIM Inspectorate Mr A G Elliott Assistant Chief Officer - Administration Mr J M Hillier FIPM DMA Uniform Operations Chief Superintendent J A Chalmers· Home Defence Superintendent IN D Wood BA CIl) Operations Chief Superintendent J J Byrne CfD Support Services Chief Superintendent R Longstaff B Soc Sc Special Branch Chief Superintendent G J Trevis Management Services Chief Superintendent M Phillips MBlM Uniform Support Services Superintendent J M Arthur BA Police Personnel Chief Superintendent W J Oliver Training Chief Superintendent R S Osborn B Soc Sc Community Service Chief Superintendent P J Swingewood LL.B Complaints and Discipline Chief Superintendent R A Gilbert Administration Chief Superintendent T C Hancock MBIM (As at 31 December 1986) 'B' Division Bournville Lane, Birmingham Chief Superintendent A J P Butler B Soc Sc PHD Telephone No. 021-476 3141 'c' Division Walsall Road, Birmingham Chief Superintendent D C Wilson Telephone No. 021-356 0431 '0' Division Queens Road, Birmingham Chief Superintendent R J Meller BA MBIM Telephone No. 021-327 6551 'E' Division Sheldon Heath Road, Birmingham Chief Superintendent R A Mills Telephone No. 021-743 2442 'F' Division Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham Chief Superintendent C J R Rcche BI\ M Soc Sc Telephone No. 021-236 5000 'G' Division Alfred Squire Road, Wolverhampton Chief Superintendent D GIbbs Telephonf; No. Wolverhampton 27851 'H' Division Green Lane, Walsall Chief Superintendent A P Oakley Telephone No. Waisall 3811J. 'J' Division New Street, Dudley Chief Superintendent B S Windmill BA MBIM Telephone No. Dudley 56900 'R' Division New Street, West Bromwich Chief Superintendent G C Fieldhouse QPM Telephone No. 021-553 2971 'L' Division Homer Road, Solihull Chief Superintendent R Grant Telephone No. 021-705 7611 'M' Division Little Park Street, Coventry Chief Superintendent D W Stokes Telephone No. Coventry 555333 'T' Division Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Chief Superintendent G T Harris BA Birmingham Telephone No. 021-236 5000 (As at 31 December 1986) Annual Report 1986 Chief Constable's Office Administration Department Population and Acreage Statistics Force area in hectares 89,900 Population 2,641,800 Acreage per officer 13.45 Population per officer 395.24 Rateable value £403,000,000 Authorised Establishment of the Force Regular Force 6,684 Cadets 40 Civilians 2013 Traffic Wardens 689 West Midlands Police Police Headquarters Lloyd House Colmore Circus Queensway Birmingham B4 6NQ To: The Chairman and Members of the West Midlands Police Authority MR CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I have the honour to present my report on the policing of the West Midlands during the year 1986. /1 Vu-~\.~' / .,..,/ Chief Cons~" ;/ Chief Constable's Introduction Chapter I DEPUTY CHIEF CONSTABLE 1 Public Relations 1 Staff Associations 2 Community Relations ................ 3 Community Service Department ........ 4 Chapter n: OPERATIONS 10 Uniform Operations ................. 11 Home Defence ..................... 14 'B' Division 15 'C' Division 18 'D' Division 21 'E' Division 24 'F' Division 26 'G' Division 28 'H' Division 31 'J' Division 33 'K' Division 36 'L' Division 39 'M' Division 41 'T' Division 43 Cha.pter In CRIME ........................... 48 eID Operations .......... ........... 49 CID Support Services ............... .. 53 Special Branch ......... ... 55 Chapter IV SUPPORT .. " .................... 57 Management Services Department ... ... 57 Uniform Support Services ............. 60 Chapter V PERSONNEL 64 Police Personnel 64 Training .......................... 70 Civilian Personnel ................... 74 Chapter VI INSPECTORATE 75 Complaints and Discipline 75 Chapter VII ADMINISTRATION 77 Headquarters Administration ........... 77 Transport ......................... 79 Surveyors ......................... 79 Finance ........................... 80 Appendices 81 APPENDIX hu.:lex ............................ 137 Introduction Mr G J Dear QPM DL LL.B One of the most obvious range of difficulties faced by officers in the Force ~rose from the legislative require ments embodied in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, which took effect on the first day of the year. This statute, the most far reaching of its kind this century, placed a great burden on all ranks, particularly those in operational uniformed and detective posts, and it is to their credit that they handled the demands so very well and without complaint. We shall make further significant advances, once the tape-recording of inter views takes over from contemporaneous recording in longhand. They were also faced with a 10.3% increase in reported crime and had to meet these two problems with Virtually static resources for the greater part of the year. Crime for the first time exceeded a quarter of a million offences in the year, though hearteningly the total number of offences detected rose by 5,277. Whilst the increase in crime should be viewed ~'!ith much misgiving, I am nevertheless encouraged by the way in which the Force has responded, meeting fresh chall enges with a renewed determination to come to terms with the problems. Within the raw figures of crimes detected it will be seen that our record against serious I hope that the new format of this Annual Report is crime is extremely good. It is the millstone of relatively attractive, acceptable and will make it easier to absorb minor offences, particularly those involving thefts of and and understand information which is often, of necessity, from motor vehicles, that creates an imbalance. complicated. Nineteen eighty six was a year of very considerable The emphasis on change which has been so soliuly change, major problems and some notable successes supported by the Police Authority resulted in the issue in many areas of our work. The demise of the County of new-style uniforms of much better quality than Council on 1 April heralded the emergence of the new before, which has greatly helped to improve the image Police Authority which had been occupying the position and the morale of officers in the Force. Likewise the of a shadow authority for some seven or eight months modernisation of our motor vehicle fleet has resulted previously. The members of the West Midlands Police in substantial in-roads being made upon this problem, were immediately heartened by the obvious desire of embarking on the first phase of a three year programme the Authority to come to grips with many problems to equip with better quality motor vehicles. This will which had existed for some time, and with the tangible reduce the time our vehicles spend in workshops,· support that they showed both to the Force and to the increase our capability to respond, and undoubtedly public of the West Midlands. There have been inevitable improve our service to the public. difficulties during the year arising from the lack of con tinuity caused by constant changes of key members of There was inevitable speculation whether the riots that the Authority - three Chairmen, four Clerks - a factor occurred during the autumn of 1985 would be repeated which is not helped by the knowledge that both post during the summer months of 1986.