In 2002 this fifty square mile area of parts of the Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands was policed by nearly four hundred police officers and police staff and nearly one hundred Special Constables working from four local police stations. How many are there now as Forces face ever increasing
operational demands and financial constraints? Policing tends to move in cycles and I share the hope of many that police numbers will rise again to the levels that will provide the public with a more effective level of service.
