Funding will pay for 150 new officers in Midlands

BOOST FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAMS

- GURDIP THANDI Local Democracy Reporter

MUCH-NEEDED new police officers will be deployed across the West Midlands when they finally arrive in post.

West Midlands Police and Crime Panel will be presented with a report on neighbourhood policing at a meeting next Monday, September 8.

Part of it outlines where new officers will be sent when they have all been recruited, a process expected to be completed in autumn.

Earlier this year, funding was secured from the Home Office under the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee to pay for 150 new officers.

In addition to this, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Simon Foster said 139 existing officers will also be redeployed into neighbourhood policing units.