POCKET sized fingerprint scanners introduced by the force in August last year continue to prove a huge success with officers. The hi-tech scanning devices allow officers to ID suspects on the streets in just seconds via a live satellite link to the national fingerprint database. 70 Mobile ID devices are now in use across various departments including Neighbourhood Priority Teams, Safer ... Read More »
CURIOUS noises from underground led to the discovery of a suspected metal thief down a manhole in Rowley Regis. A phone engineer stumbled across the alleged crime whilst carrying out repair works in Rowley Regis yesterday afternoon. He had been called to what seemed like a routine job on Habberley Road after a report of a fault on a line. ... Read More »
BLIND people are being given a lesson in preventing fraud in hard hitting talks by officers this month. In a series of adapted presentations, specialist detectives from WMP’s Economic Crime Unit are encouraging users of Wolverhampton’s Beacon Centre to be on their guard against fraudsters. Online dating scams, door-to-door conmen, devious psychics and other popular tricks all come under the ... Read More »
TODAY sees the launch of a new Shared Services department for the force. Shared Services is the amalgamation of all transactional business and HR functions building on the existing HR Shared Service Centre model, to provide the organisation with a resilient, flexible support service. There is a strong emphasis in the new model around self-service and staff taking personal responsibility ... Read More »
A CHARITY fund is being set-up to help care for the force’s retired police dogs and stop them becoming a financial drain on handlers who adopt them as pets. The bond between handlers and their four-legged crime fighters is a hard one to break and most of the force’s German Shepherd all-rounders and search specialist Spaniels are taken on by ... Read More »
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