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A former West Midlands Police community officer was jailed this week following an investigation into him having a sexual relationship with an individual he met while on duty but should not have been engaged with “in a personal capacity”. West Midlands Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Kevin Hathaway was locked up on Wednesday (2 December) after his actions…
West Midlands Police are stepping up efforts to strictly enforce COVID-19 regulations in a bid to help control the spread of coronavirus. The ramping up of protective action follows several weeks of local officers and PCSOs engaging with the public, together with widespread publicity.
Despite the government’s social distancing ruling to prevent the spread of coronavirus, police officers today found a group of 20 people ignoring the lockdown and tucking into a barbecue in Coventry. Neighbourhood officers were on patrol in Foleshill Road, Coventry, just after 2pm on Tuesday (March 24) when they discovered a group of people hosting…
A drug addict whose dangerous driving led to the death of West Midlands Police PCSO Holly Burke has been jailed for nine years. Darren Ogom, from Longdales Road in Kings Norton, tore along residential streets at more than double the speed limit on the night of 22 January before crashing into a car being driven by…
Officers investigating a fatal collision in Bearwood last night have charged a Birmingham man with causing death by dangerous driving. Holly Burke, a serving West Midlands Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who was off duty at the time, was tragically killed in the collision which occurred on Lordswood Road at the junction with Hagley Road…
A woman who died in a collision in Bearwood last night has been named as Holly Burke, a serving West Midlands Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who was off duty at the time. Holly, aged 28, was based at Nechells as part of the Washwood Heath neighbourhood team and had been a PCSO for 14…