This article is about the force which existed from 1966 to 1974. For the modern-day force, see
West Midlands Police .
Law enforcement agency
West Midlands Constabulary Formed 1 April 1966 (1966-04-01 ) Preceding agencies Dissolved 31 March 1974 (1974-03-31 ) Superseding agency West Midlands Police Operations jurisdiction England, UK Legal jurisdiction England & Wales Constituting instrument General nature Agency executives Parent agency Home Office
The West Midlands Constabulary was a police force in the West Midlands of England .
It was created on 1 April 1966 under the Police Act 1964 , with the re-organisation of the Black Country area as the five contiguous county boroughs of Dudley , Walsall , Warley , West Bromwich and Wolverhampton . Dudley Borough Police , Walsall Borough Police and Wolverhampton Borough Police were incorporated wholly into the new force. It also took in parts of the Staffordshire Constabulary and Worcestershire Constabulary .[ 1]
The force was initially headed by Chief Constable Norman W. Goodchild , former Chief Constable of Wolverhampton Borough Police, until 1967, when he was replaced by Edwin Solomon , former Chief Constable of Walsall Borough Police.[ 2]
On 1 April 1974 it amalgamated with the Birmingham City Police and parts of Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary , Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary and West Mercia Constabulary to form the West Midlands Police , because of the Local Government Act 1972 which created the new West Midlands metropolitan county , which covered the West Midlands constabulary area along with Birmingham and Coventry and a few other surrounding towns.
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