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Counter Terrorism Police West Midlands

Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands works across the force areas of West Midlands Police, Staffordshire Police, Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police.

The West Midlands hosts key transport facilities including Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham New Street station and Birmingham International train station, making the region well-connected nationally and internationally.

The region is also home to the industrial Black Country, historical Stratford-upon-Avon as well as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) in Shropshire, Worcestershire and Cannock.

With a population of nearly 3 million, the region is one of the most diverse in the country. CTP West Midlands polices the metropolitan boroughs of Coventry, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham; as well as Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and The Wrekin, Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

CTP West Midlands hosts the National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) centre and the national Operational Development Unit.

Local Forces

CTPWM is a collaboration of the following local police forces

West Midlands Police

Staffordshire Police

Warwickshire Police

West Mercia Police

LATEST NEWS FROM WEST MIDLANDS

13 February 2025

A Warwickshire woman has today been found guilty of terrorism offences after she planned to travel to join Daesh in Afghanistan.   Farishta Jami, aged 36 from Stratford-upon-Avon, was convicted of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The jury at Leicester Crown Court...

3 February 2025

A 19-year-old man from Birmingham has today been jailed for possessing and distributing terrorism material. Shaan Farooq, from Saltley, was found guilty last month at Birmingham Crown Court for three counts of intentionally distributing terrorism material after he had previously pleaded guilty to possessing terrorism material from May to July 2022. Today (31.01.25), he was...

National Functions

CTP West Midlands is the host for the National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) centre and the national Operational Development Unit.

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