West Midlands Police Authority

West Midlands Police Authority, a police authority, is the governing body of the West Midlands Police force in the English county of the West Midlands;[1] encompassing Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton..

West Midlands Police Authority
Formation1996 (1996)
TypePolice authority
HeadquartersLloyd House
Colmore Circus Queensway
Birmingham
Region served
West Midlands, England
Chair
Bishop Dr Derek Webley MBE
Websitewww.west-midlands-pa.gov.uk

Constitution

The Authority has a management board consisting of local councillors and independent members, one of whom is a Magistrate.[2] As of October 2011, the chair is Bishop Dr Derek Webley MBE, of the New Testament Church of God UK, the first non-politician member of Authority to be elected chair, and the first African Caribbean chair of any police authority in the United Kingdom.[3]

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gollark: Well, if you split the entire possible space of economic systems into two areas, then yes, things go into those two areas.
gollark: Not that "communism", whichever definition of that (people disagree on them) you happen to mean, and "capitalism" (same thing) are the only two possible economic systems of course.
gollark: There are reasonable arguments for either.
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References

  1. "Our responsibilities". West Midlands Police Authority. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. "Our members". West Midlands Police Authority. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  3. "Biography: Bishop Dr Derek Webley MBE". West Midlands Police Authority. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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