This kept Firearms Operations Unit busy on Christmas eve allowing Santa to safely do his stuff! Top teamwork from PD Riot (& his nose) guiding us to a garden bush where he wanted to wish a slightly nervous suspect an early Happy Christmas! WMP Dog Unit Crimestoppers West Midlands Police

After some quite nasty incidents attended by Firearms Operations Unit in the last few days, it was great for us to attend & engage with our Cadets WMP colleagues & talk to them about our work & kit. Always happy to do this work! West Midlands Police Sandwell Police

Sometimes, no words are necessary - it’s what we do…but maybe we can be forgiven for being just a little bit proud of our colleagues here…brave & selfless actions to save lives! Thank you to all involved! 💙❤️💚. GN news.sky.com/story/dramatic…

Some fantastic work by our WMP Traffic Firearms Operations Unit officers yesterday 🙌🏽 Following 5 armed car jackings over a 2/3 day period , our officers intercepted and arrested 2 offenders, secured a stolen vehicle and recovered a firearm that was thrown out of a car window . Brill work

#GUILTY | A gunman who fired shots in a busy Birmingham street has been jailed for more than 7 years. We arrested Deraj Meade days after the incident in John Bright Street saw shots fired on 17 June. Full story: west-midlands.police.uk/news/gunman-wh…

Assisted our WMP Traffic colleagues in pursuing & apprehending these offenders! Teamwork at its finest!

A pleasure for Firearms Operations Unit to be invited to attend the Stourbridge WMFS open day this week & take part in a more enjoyable joint working environment than is normal! Engaging with the communities & advising our different roles in keeping your communities safe. GN

An excellent day celebrating West Midlands Police 50 anniversary celebration WMLieutenancy Fabulous displays by WMP Dog Unit @drones_WMP @westmidsfire West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou Great to meet so many units and support services eg Ops Support Unit WMP Firearms Operations Unit WMP Sikh Association @specialsWMP WMPChaplaincy @HonourGaurdWMP

You may have seen us pursuing a car around the Roundabout at Star City, early hours of Sunday morning. Male in mental health crisis was safely detained and receiving the care he needs. #itsgoodtotalk

Busy for B Unit. Arrests for Agg Burglary, Arson, Theft, Dangerous Drive. Weapons recovered including this sword from a foot-chase. Sterling effort from AFOs wearing nearly 2 stones of kit to catch and detain 2 (who were much younger). Great find by WMP Dog Unit too 🐶 (good Puppa)

Today, His Majesty the King awarded the first-ever recipients of The Elizabeth Emblem to the family members of over thirty police officers, firefighters and other public servants who died in public service. Full list of honourees: ow.ly/I33P50UolJ2 #TheElizabethEmblem

AFOs recent training involved working with WMP Dog Unit and other tactics. Serious stuff but also great fun

Good work from our traffic brothers and sisters 👏🏻

Team 2 deployed to #Birmingham City Centre this afternoon for #OpAdvance With help from Firearms Operations Unit & Birmingham City Centre Police After a lenghty footchase from Corporatoon Street to Church Street a 16 year old male was arrested after trying to discard an #Axe and #KitchenKnife #OneTeam

A Key reason why the FOU exists in the way it does today. RIP Gavin. A brave officer

Some more good arrests last night for B unit ARV. One for going equipped with a device to steal cars. And 4 for possession of a sword and drugs. 👍🏻

Car stolen at Knifepoint in Oldbury. ARVs pick it up in Birmingham and safely detain the driver. Vehicle recovered and this knife seized. All within 30 mins of being stolen. With thanks to WMP Traffic for the assistance

A busy week for Firearms Operations Unit with serious offenders & weapons taken off the streets. We are tackling knife crime & acting on the info you give us - these pictures an example of an arrest less than 10 mins after we were told about it! Keep telling us & let us deal with it! GN

Firearms Operations Unit had the privilege recently of hosting the return of a retired (in 1990!) Firearms Inspector who came along to make sure we’re still carrying out our core role & tackling armed criminality in your communities. Read more about it here…GN westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midl…