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Posted
1 April 2020
The vast majority of people in the West Midlands are complying with the nation’s call to minimise public contact and save lives by staying at home.
We’re hugely grateful for everyone’s cooperation during these testing times.
Posted
1 April 2020
A man accused of brandishing a firearm at members of the public outside a takeaway shop in Sparkhill on Sunday (29 March) has been charged by West Midlands Police.
Posted
1 April 2020
We are appealing for information after masked intruders stormed into an elderly couple’s home in Coventry on Friday (27 March), but left covered in a black liquid.
Posted
1 April 2020
We have launched a murder investigation after a 19-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Coventry last night (Tuesday 31 March).
Officers were called after the man was found with serious injuries at the BP garage in Lockhurst Lane, Holbrooks just after 11pm.
Posted
1 April 2020
#CaringCops | Neighbourhood officers in the Hillfields area of Coventry have worked with a local food wholesaler to donate a bumper crop of fruit and veg to a care home.
Posted
31 March 2020
We’re shuffling our policing pack to ensure as many officers as possible are out and about keeping people safe in communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Posted
30 March 2020
We're aware of a video circulating that appears to show a group of people leaving a mosque in Small Heath since the government introduced restrictions last week.
Posted
27 March 2020
We recovered this realistic looking replica handgun during a raid carried out by our Gangs Unit in Birmingham this morning.
Posted
27 March 2020
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Posted
27 March 2020
Work has started on a temporary mortuary site at Birmingham Airport in preparation for a predicted rise in the number of fatalities from coronavirus.
The site will initially be able to accommodate 1,500 deaths as usual mortuary provisions reach capacity, but will expand to hold more.
Posted
26 March 2020
We feel a round a ‘appaws’ is in order for our wonderful dogs who’ve been hard at work catching criminals.
Posted
26 March 2020
Two men have been charged with firearms offences following an armed robbery at Black Country shop on Tuesday evening (24 March).
Posted
26 March 2020
We’ve charged a man with assault following claims he spat and coughed at shop staff while shouting “I’ve got coronavirus”.
Posted
26 March 2020
This week as a nation, we saw the Prime Minister ask for us to impose the most substantial restrictions on the population ever seen in this country's history.
Posted
25 March 2020
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to hold-up a Black Country convenience store with a sawn-off shotgun.
We received a 999 call from the shop in Silver Court, Brownhills, at 7.15pm last night (24 March) reporting two men bursting in and demanded takings.
Posted
24 March 2020
Detectives investigating the murders of two men in Coventry in 2018 vow the investigation continues at pace.
It’s been two years today (Wednesday 25 March), since Daniel Shaw, 28, was found dead with gunshot injuries to his chest in Copland Place in the Tile Hill area of the city.
Posted
24 March 2020
Despite the government’s clear social distancing instruction last night our officers today found a group of 20 people ignoring the lockdown and tucking into a BBQ.
Posted
24 March 2020
We have launched a murder investigation after the body of a woman was found inside a house in Aston, Birmingham last night (Monday 23 March).
Officers were called to Sutton Street just after 6pm, where a 47-year-old woman was sadly found deceased inside her home.
Posted
24 March 2020
We’re issuing crime prevention advice to older, vulnerable people across the West Midlands warning of cruel scammers who are trying to profit from the coronavirus.
Posted
24 March 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday introduced significant social restrictions, which touch on everyone’s lives across the West Midlands.
These are unprecedented in peacetime and I know will be hard on you and your families.
Posted
24 March 2020
A teenager has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Robert Burgess, who was found dead in a garden in October last year.
The 17-year-old, who can’t be named for legal reasons, fatally stabbed Robert in the chest after a dispute over drugs.
Posted
24 March 2020
A teenage biker killed in a road collision in Walsall on Friday (20 March) has been named as Luke Paddock – as we continue to appeal for witnesses to the tragic crash.
Posted
23 March 2020
A West Midlands drugs ring which supplied cocaine across the UK has been jailed for more than 40 years after being snared by a covert police operation.
Posted
23 March 2020
A former Birmingham dance teacher has been convicted of further sexual offences against his former pupils after previously receiving a five year sentence in 2018.
Neil Harris, of Manta Road in Tamworth, taught at a dance school in Erdington for over 50 years from 1957 until 2017.