Response In Focus: Knowledge is most powerful police armour

The old proverb “forewarned is forearmed” could have been coined as a response policing motto #ResponseWMP.

Around the clock, West Midlands Police response units are primed to answer emergency calls for help from members of the public – but when that initial alert comes in officers have little or no idea of what they’ll face.

That’s where the force’s Service Desk comes in…