West Midlands Police are “failing victims” according to watchdog
West Midlands Police is “failing victims” and not recording more than 16,600 violent crimes each year, watchdog has said. The force was rated inadequate by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. Only 78.2% of violent crime and 89.2% of sexual offences were recorded and the force said it had made “substantial progress”….