West Midlands Police force has been forced to cut £126m from its budget. Chief Constable Chris Sims tells Mark Cowan how the cuts have been achieved.Read
A FLASH-mob street party pumping out “throbbing music” could have been used to distract scores of young people being sucked into the Birmingham riots.Read
A sophisticated ‘bullet beater’ designed to crack down on gun crime failed to detect five confirmed shootings on the inner-city streets of Birmingham, it has emerged.Read
A Birmingham criminologist has criticised social networking site Twitter amid concerns some paedophiles were using it to discuss abuse and link to sexual images of children.Read
Hundreds more officers and police staff are to face the axe because of swingeing cuts demanded by the Government, according to new figures seen by the Birmingham Post.Read
Hundreds of civilian police workers were facing up to an uncertain 2012 amid growing concerns over plans that could see back office departments run by private companies.Read
A Birmingham police station that had its custody block mothballed in a cost-cutting drive has been chosen as the site for a big new cell block in the city.Read
Police chiefs could be forced to wield the axe on services that would impact on the safety of the public if they are not allowed to close station front counters.Read
Police chiefs could be forced to wield the axe on services that would impact on the safety of the public if they are not allowed to close station front counters.Read
