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
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...
A Birmingham man has today been found guilty of planning an attack against a mosque and a bookshop in the city. Jason Savage, aged 35 from Fourth Avenue, Small Heath, was convicted following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. The jury heard how Savage – since March 2022 and up until his arrest in March...
A man has been jailed for a terrorist attack in Worcestershire last year. Earlier today (Friday 17 January), Callum Parslow was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 22 years and 8 months for the attempted murder of a 25-year-old man in the Pear Tree Inn in Smite, near Worcester, in April last year....
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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