West Midlands Police Authority

West Midlands Police Authority
Formation 1996 (1996)
Type Police authority
Headquarters Lloyd House
Colmore Circus Queensway
Birmingham
Region served
West Midlands, England
Chair
 Bishop Dr Derek Webley MBE
Website www.west-midlands-pa.gov.uk

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..

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, 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]

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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