FOI 447377
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 447377
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 12th December 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
IPP as in Initial Pursuit training, like do you have advanced vehicles driven by advanced response officers.
I meant for the teams,
Can I have the team names that you guys have, for example
Met Police - Emergency Response & Policing Team, Safer Neighbourhood Team
Met Police - Emergency Response & Policing Team, Safer Neighbourhood Team
Thames Valley Police - Incident Crime Response, Neighbourhood Policing Team.
As each force has different terms.
I would like it to cover:
Response
Response
Neighbourhoods
Firearms
Dogs
Traffic
1. How many stations have response teams?
2. Can I get the official team names for Response, Neighbourhood, Dogs, Traffic, Firearms.
The reason for this for example is in some forces the Neighbourhood is SNT, NPT, NHT, NST and Response can be Intervention, Emergency Response, Patrol.. the official names your force use.
A example of this is:
Emergency Response Team - London Central
Emergency Response Team - London South
Neighbourhood Policing Team - London Central
(This may be seen as a exemption but, for information, multiple forces have provided that information for example Wiltshire)
3. Does your force utalize area cars? This is "advanced" cars driven by IPP officers.
4. Can I get a list of the stations avaliable AND the area they belong to... i.e.
London Central Station - London Central
London Rural Station - London South.
2. Can I get the official team names for Response, Neighbourhood, Dogs, Traffic, Firearms.
The reason for this for example is in some forces the Neighbourhood is SNT, NPT, NHT, NST and Response can be Intervention, Emergency Response, Patrol.. the official names your force use.
A example of this is:
Emergency Response Team - London Central
Emergency Response Team - London South
Neighbourhood Policing Team - London Central
(This may be seen as a exemption but, for information, multiple forces have provided that information for example Wiltshire)
3. Does your force utalize area cars? This is "advanced" cars driven by IPP officers.
4. Can I get a list of the stations avaliable AND the area they belong to... i.e.
London Central Station - London Central
London Rural Station - London South.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information requested
1. How many stations have response teams? 17
2. Can I get the official team names for Response, Neighbourhood, Dogs, Traffic, Firearms.
Key teams we have are:
Response Teams
Safer Neighbourhood Teams (Will be Neighbourhood Teams)
Dog Section
OPU - Firearms and Roads Policing)
3. Does your force utilise area cars? This is "advanced" cars driven by IPP officers.
No. We do have some IPP trained drivers on patrol, but they are in standard police vehicles
3. Does your force utilise area cars? This is "advanced" cars driven by IPP officers.
No. We do have some IPP trained drivers on patrol, but they are in standard police vehicles
4. Can I get a list of the stations available AND the area they belong to... i.e.
Shropshire Response Bases
Bridgnorth
Ludlow
Market Drayton
Oswestry
Shrewsbury
Telford Response Base
Malinsgate
North Worcestershire Response Bases
Kidderminster
Bromsgrove
Redditch
South Worcestershire Response Bases
Worcester
Droitwich
Malvern
Evesham
Herefordshire Response Bases
Hereford
Ledbury
Leominster
Ross On Wye
From the 19th January there will be two divisions rather than five. These will be Shropshire and Telford Policing area and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Policing area.