The radio control room is based at Quinton working with National Highways, and central vehicle depot is located adjacent to the M6 at Perry Barr in Birmingham where Thornbridge Avenue passes under the motorway. The depot has direct access onto both the northbound and southbound carriageways of the motorway allowing police vehicles to respond faster to incidents.
In June 2008, police forces in North West England established the North West Motorway Police Group covering the motorways in their respective areas following the success of the CMPG.
The CMPG was first formed in 1990, when West Mercia Constabulary, now known as West Mercia Police, and West Midlands Police formed a partnership to police approximately 100 miles (160 km) of motorway in Birmingham, the West Midlands and North Worcestershire. Staffordshire Police and Warwickshire Police joined the partnership in 2001, bringing the motorway sections in those counties within the Group's area of responsibility, while West Mercia increased its input.
Warwickshire withdrew from the CMPG in April 2007 and West Mercia announced their intention to withdraw in July 2017, partly due to the Strategic Alliance they have with Warwickshire.[3] West Mercia Police withdrew from CMPG in April 2018.
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central, motorway, police, group, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Central Motorway Police Group news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Central Motorway Police Group CMPG is a co operative operation between two police forces in the West Midlands of England Officers from the two forces involved Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Police provide a dedicated policing service on several hundred miles of the motorway network in the Staffordshire and West Midlands police areas Previously the group also included West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police Central Motorway Police GroupAbbreviationCMPGAgency overviewFormed1990Jurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionStaffordshire and the West Midlands England UKLegal jurisdictionEngland amp WalesGeneral natureLocal civilian policeSpecialist jurisdictionHighways roads and or traffic Operational structureHeadquartersPerry BarrConstables149 1 Unsworn members29 1 Parent agenciesStaffordshire Police and West Midlands PoliceFacilitiesPatrol Bases3Patrol cars46 2 Websitewww wbr west midlands wbr police wbr uk wbr cmpgThe radio control room is based at Quinton working with National Highways and central vehicle depot is located adjacent to the M6 at Perry Barr in Birmingham where Thornbridge Avenue passes under the motorway The depot has direct access onto both the northbound and southbound carriageways of the motorway allowing police vehicles to respond faster to incidents In June 2008 police forces in North West England established the North West Motorway Police Group covering the motorways in their respective areas following the success of the CMPG Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe CMPG was first formed in 1990 when West Mercia Constabulary now known as West Mercia Police and West Midlands Police formed a partnership to police approximately 100 miles 160 km of motorway in Birmingham the West Midlands and North Worcestershire Staffordshire Police and Warwickshire Police joined the partnership in 2001 bringing the motorway sections in those counties within the Group s area of responsibility while West Mercia increased its input Warwickshire withdrew from the CMPG in April 2007 and West Mercia announced their intention to withdraw in July 2017 partly due to the Strategic Alliance they have with Warwickshire 3 West Mercia Police withdrew from CMPG in April 2018 See also editRoad Policing UnitReferences edit a b Who We Are Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 Retrieved 21 February 2009 Vehicles and Equipment Archived from the original on 5 November 2008 Retrieved 21 February 2009 Central Motorway Police Group History of CMPG west midlands police uk West Midlands Police Archived from the original on 12 September 2009 Retrieved 10 August 2009 External links editOfficial Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Central Motorway Police Group amp oldid 1154990884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
