Force Structure
West Mercia Police is organised into five territorial policing units which cover the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire.
Our territorial policing units are:
- Herefordshire
- North Worcestershire (covering Kidderminster, Bromsgrove and Redditch)
- Shropshire
- South Worcestershire (covering Worcester, Malvern, Droitwich, Pershore and Evesham)
- Telford & Wrekin
As of October 2011, the force employs 2,204 police officers, 282 community support officers, 1,761 police staff and 296 members of the Special Constabulary.
Details of the force's future funding following the Comprehensive Spending Review can be found here.
Chief Officers
In June 2011, Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police agreed to form an alliance between their two forces. The alliance will enable both forces to meet the challenge of reducing policing budgets and provide greater operational and organisational resilience in the years ahead. (View the full announcement).
Force identities will be retained and both forces will continue to address local policing priorities agreed with local communities and partners.
Each force retains separate Chief Constables and Deputy Chief Constables who remain accountable to their Police Authorties for the delivery of policing. Assistant Chief Constables have shared portfolios across both forces, as do the Director of Finance and Director of Enabling Services posts.
Chief Constable David Shaw
Deputy Chief Constable Simon Chesterman
The Chief Constable and Deputy Chief Constable are responsible for the overall control and direction of the force and liaison with the wider Alliance Chief Officer team.
Assistant Chief Constable - Local Policing, Simon Edens
Responsible for the following Command portfolios within West Mercia:
Territorial Policing
- Head of Department - Temporary Chief Superintendent Pete Lightwood (biography)
- Herefordshire - Superintendent Charles Hill (biography)
- North Worcestershire - Superintendent Adrian Pass (biography)
- Shropshire - Superintendent James Tozer (biography)
- South Worcestershire - Superintendent Steve Cullen (biography)
- Telford & Wrekin - Superintendent Amanda Blakeman (biography)
- Force Crime Manager - Detective Superintendent Ivan Powell
Operational Support
- Head of Department - Chief Superintendent Trevor Albutt
- Operational Support - Superintendent Kevin Purcell
- Command & Control and Communications - Jolanta Czeren-Shorland
- Safeguarding Services - Kate Binnersley
- Criminal Justice Services - Coralie Jones
Assistant Chief Constable - Protective Services, Guy Rutter
Responsible for the following Command portfolios within West Mercia:
Protective Services
- Head of Department - Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Rowsell (biography)
- Major Crime - Detective Superintendent Sheila Thornes
- Intelligence - Detective Superintendent Mark Travis
- Public Protection - Detective Superintendent Martin Lakeman
- Specialist Crime - Detective Superintendent Daryn Elton
- Force Operations - Superintendent Lee Davenport
- Forensic Services - Tristram Elmhirst
Director of Enabling Services, Richard Elkin
Responsible for the following Command portfolios within West Mercia:
Human Resources
- Head of Department - Chief Superintendent Nick Mason (biography)
- Professional Standards - Superintendent Steve Eccleston
- Personnel - Jim Spence
- Training & Development - Sally Yeates
Strategy & Legal Services
- Head of Department - Michelle Buttery (biography)
- Performance - Superintendent Garry Higgins
- Legal Services - Penny Fishwick
- Strategy & Change - Jo Horder
- Corporate Communications - Stephen Grundy
Corporate Services
- Information Management & Technology - Ian Savage
- Estates Services - Jim Stobie
- Fleet Management - Alan Harris
- Procurement - Ann Church
Director of Finance Stephen Howarth
Responsible for the following portfolios within West Mercia:
- Finance - Peter Farrimond
- Chief Accountant - Sue Taft
- Resource Management - Rachel Hartland-Lane
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