News

A man who brutally attacked another man before leaving him to die in a bathtub has today (27 September) been convicted of murder.

David Swaby inflicted more than 50 injuries on Hassan Ghafar during the early hours of 7 February this year. 

A transgender woman who was stabbed on her own doorstep has seen her attacker detained indefinitely after she bravely helped us bring him before the courts.

Officers who have died in the line of duty have been remembered this weekend as Birmingham Library turned blue to mark National Police Memorial Day (NPMD).

NPMD was today (Sunday 26 September) and coincided with St Michael’s Day, the Patron Saint of police officers.

A new cadet leader made an immediate impact in policing after using her multilingual skills to id a distressed mother and help trace her missing children.

Officers from our serious collision investigation unit, are appealing for information after a motorcyclist died after hitting a road sign on Sir Herbert Austin Way, Northfield this morning (25 September). 
 

Over the past few weeks we’ve seen an increase in violence in Walsall centre at weekends.
 

#LifeOrKnife | We carried out a warrant in #Birmingham after our intelligence uncovered a photo of three teenagers posing with machetes, Zombie knives and a handgun.

A teenager has lost his freedom after forensics and information from the public helped us link him to a violent armed robbery in Bloxwich.

He confronted a couple in their 60s after smashing his way into their home in Harden Road last November along with two accomplices. 

A teenager who smashed his way into an elderly woman’s home – dragging her off the toilet and snatching her bracelet – has been jailed after we linked him to the burglary.

Jai Singh has been charged with the murder of Sukhjeet Uppal in Wolverhampton on 19 September.

We're investigating after shots were fired at a car in a Wolverhampton street last night (20 Sept).

Two gun shots were discharged towards a black VW Golf in Ashland Street, Pennfields, just before 11pm.

Please be alert – there’s been a spate of catalytic converter thefts across the Black Country.

Eight incidents were reported to us in just one day (between Monday 20 September to this morning).