Central Motorway Police Group

Central Motorway Police Group
Abbreviation CMPG
Agency overview
Formed 1990
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Staffordshire and the West Midlands, England, UK
Size 11,203 km²
Population 4,822,500
Legal jurisdiction England & Wales
General nature • Local civilian agency
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Highways, roads, and-or traffic.
Headquarters Perry Barr

Constables 140[1]
Unsworn members 29[1]
Parent agencies Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Police
Facilities
Patrol Bases 3
Patrol cars 46[2]
Website
http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/cmpg/

The Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) is a co-operative operation between two police forces in the West Midlands of England. Officers from the two forces involved - Staffordshire Police, and West Midlands Police - provide a dedicated policing service on several hundred miles of the motorway network in the Staffordshire and West Midlands police areas.

The radio control room is based at Quinton working with Highways England, and central vehicle depot is located adjacent to the M6 at Perry Barr in Birmingham where Thornbridge Avenue passes under the motorway. The depot has direct access onto both the northbound and southbound carriageways of the motorway allowing police vehicles to respond faster to incidents.

In June 2008 Merseyside Police, Lancashire Constabulary and Cheshire Constabulary established the North West Motorway Police Group covering the motorways in their respective areas following the success of the CMPG. Greater Manchester Police joined the group in 2011. However in 2018, Lancashire Constabulary announced that they would be withdrawing from the group.

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 and West Merica announced their intention to withdraw in July 2017, partly due to the Strategic Alliance they have with Warwickshire.[3]

West Mercia Police withdrew from CMPG at 07:00 on Sunday the 8th April 2018.

Responsibilities

Currently, the CMPG has responsibility for:

  • M5 from its start to the Worcestershire border (between Junctions 3 and 4)
  • M6 from Junction 4 to Junction 16
  • M6 Toll from start in Staffordshire to Junction T2 in Warwickshire
  • M42 from its start to Junction 3, and Junctions 5 to 7
  • M54 to the Shropshire border (between Junctions 2 and 3)
  • A5 in Staffordshire.

Roads formerly policed by the CMPG but now policed only by Warwickshire include:

  • M6 from Junction 1 to Junction 4
  • M40 from Junction 12 to Junction 3A of the M42
  • M42 from Junction 3 to Junction 4 and Junction 7 to Junction 11
  • M69 from Junction 2 of the M6 to the Leicestershire border
  • 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).

Roads formerly policed by the CMPG but now policed only by West Mercia include:

  • M50 in its entirety (alongside Gloucestershire as around 1/3 of the length passes through Gloucestershire, but the motorway starts and ends within West Mercia's force area)
  • M5 from junctions 3 to 9 (the length of the road that is in Worcestershire)
  • M54 from the Staffordshire border (between Junctions 2 and 3) to the end (where the carriageway becomes the A5)
  • A5 from the Staffordshire border to the Welsh border.


CMPG Patrol Bases:

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
  • Hindlip Hall, West Mercia Police headquarters.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/cmpg/about_who.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/cmpg/about_vehicles.htm
  3. ↑ "Central Motorway Police Group: History of CMPG". www.west-midlands.police.uk. West Midlands Police. Retrieved 10 Aug 2009.
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