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| Central Motorway Police Group | |
| Abbreviation | CMPG |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1990 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Police areas of Staffordshire, West Mercia and the West Midlands in the country of England, UK |
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| Map of Central Motorway Police Group's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 11,203 km² |
| Population | 4,822,500 |
| Legal jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| General nature | |
| Specialist jurisdiction | Highways, roads, and-or traffic. |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Perry Barr |
| Constables | 140[1] |
| Unsworn members | 29[1] |
| Agency executive | Kevin O'Leary, Chief Officer |
| Parent agencies | Staffordshire Police, West Mercia Constabulary and West Midlands Police |
| Facilities | |
| Patrol Bases | 6 |
| Patrol cars | 46[2] |
| Website | |
| http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/cmpg/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) is a co-operative operation between three police forces in the West Midlands of England. Officers from the three forces involved - Staffordshire Police, West Mercia Constabulary and West Midlands Police - provide a dedicated policing service on several hundred miles of the motorway network in the West Midlands, from the boundary with Cheshire in the north to Gloucestershire and Warwickshire in the south, and from Wales in the west to Derbyshire and Warwickshire in the east.
In June 2008 Merseyside Police, Lancashire Police and Cheshire Police established the North West Motorway Police Group covering the motorways in their respective areas following the success of the CMPG.
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History
The CMPG was first formed in 1990, when West Mercia Constabulary, now known as West Mercia Police and West Midlands Police formed a partnership to police approximately 100 miles (160 km) of motorway in Birmingham, the West Midlands and North Worcestershire. Staffordshire Police and Warwickshire Police joined the partnership in 2001, bringing the motorway sections in those counties within the Group's area of responsibility, while West Mercia increased its input.
Warwickshire withdrew from the CMPG in April 2007.[3] The the Warwickshire police website claimed that Warwickshire were still part of the CMPG as late as August 2009[4] but this webpage was subsequently removed.
Responsibilities
Currently, the CMPG has responsibility for:
- M6 from Junction 4 to Junction 16
- M5 from its start to the Gloucestershire border (between Junctions 8 and 9)
- The M42 from its start to Junction 3, and Junctions 5 to 7
- A45 from Birmingham to Coventry
- A46 from the Gloucestershire border to Evesham
- The entire M54
- A5 in Staffordshire and Shropshire
- M50 in Herefordshire
Roads formerly policed by the CMPG but now policed only by Warwickshire include:
- M40 from Junction 12 to Junction 3A of the M42
- M69 from Junction 2 of the M6 to the Leicestershire border
- M6 from Junction 1 to Junction 4
- M42 from Junction 3 to Junction 5
- A45 from Coventry to the Northamptonshire border (The A45 was never actually covered by CMPG and was always policed by Warwickshire)
- A46 from Evesham to Coventry (Only from junction 15 M40 to Coventry was policed by CMPG)
CMPG Patrol Bases:
- Hilton Park Police Post, Staffordshire
- Doxey Police Post, M6 near Stafford
- Wellington Police Station, Junction 7 of the M54 in Shropshire
- Perry Barr, CMPG headquarters in Birmingham
- Hindlip Hall (West Mercia Police headquarters), Junction 6 of the M5 in Worcestershire
- Halesowen Police Station, Dudley, West Midlands.
Former CMPG Patrol Bases:
- Coleshill Police Station, Junction 4 of the M6 in Warwickshire
- Greys Mallory Traffic Base, Junction 14 of the M40 in Warwickshire
See also
References
- ^ a b http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/cmpg/about_who.htm
- ^ http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/cmpg/about_vehicles.htm
- ^ "Central Motorway Police Group: History of CMPG". www.west-midlands.police.uk. West Midlands Police. http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/cmpg/about_history.htm. Retrieved 10 Aug 2009.
- ^ "Road Policing: CMPG". www.warwickshire.police.uk. Warwickshire Police. Archived from the original on 6 Jan 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070106005504/http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/aboutus/Departments/Roadpolicing/cmpg. Retrieved 10 Aug 2009.
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