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Warning that West Midlands police commissioner elections could flop May 31 2012

Elections for new police and crime commissioners to oversee policing in the West Midlands risk becoming an embarrassing flop – according to the candidates themselves.Read

Police commissioner hopefuls say they will drop private partnership plan May 31 2012

Potential candidates vying for the chance to become the first Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands Police could scrap expensive plans for business partnerships with the private sector, they have warned.Read

West Midlands Police defend private partnership plan after Commons Committee attack May 31 2012

West Midlands Police has defended plans to sign a “business partnership” with the private sector after the scheme was attacked by an influential Commons committee.Read

West Midlands criminals forced to pay back £6.3m May 31 2012

Criminals in the West Midlands region were forced to pay back a record £6.3 million from proceeds of crime in the last year.Read

Post-mortem on Moseley pensioner attacked in her sleep May 30 2012

A post-mortem examination is due to be conducted on a pensioner who died following a savage attack in her home in Birmingham.Read

West Midlands Police 'privatisation' plans blasted by Commons Committee May 29 2012

Controversial West Midlands Police plans to bring in private sector partners have been strongly criticised by a powerful House of Commons committee.Read

Man found dead in Yardley was former soldier May 23 2012

A 64-year-old man found dead in his Birmingham home was a former soldier who spent 22 years in the army.Read

West Midlands Police keep body parts dating back 50 years May 22 2012

West Midlands Police have stored body parts from the victims of murders dating back as far as 1960.Read

Guantanamo Bay builder KBR eyes West Midlands Police link-up May 03 2012

A major US engineering and construction services company which helped to build the Guantanamo Bay detention centre is bidding for a role in the largest police privatisation scheme in the UK involving West Midlands police.Read