West Mercia Police to add 51 new officers
The approach would "help increase our presence in local communities and ensure we are tackling crime for the people we serve", he said.In West Mercia's 2023/24 budget, 40 more officers were added, with 10 town centre policing teams launched in 2024.The force said that from the end of September, there would be two local policing areas instead of the current five, but added there would be no change to dedicated officers, safer neighbourhood teams or how areas were policed."[It] amends our organisational structure to make sure there is consistency across the force area and better response times by not having arbitrary boundaries within the area we serve," the force said.
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