New headquarters for Dudley Police on track for autumn opening

Dear Resident, 

I thought you'd be interested to know building work on Dudley Police’s new headquarters is on track, with the site scheduled to open in autumn. 

Work on the site at Castlegate business park, started in March following the purchase of the former insurance call centre.

Watch this film from the new Castlegate site.

Plumbers, electricians, bricklayers and other skilled workers are now turning the site into a fully functioning police station, for the hundreds of officers, staff and volunteers who will be based there. 

One of their priorities is to create a public contact office where people can report crime and get advice in person. 

Chief Constable Craig Guildford and Police & Crime Commissioner Simon Foster saw for themselves the progress being made in a special visit for local councillors and community representatives, led by Chief Superintendent Anthony Tagg who is responsible for policing across the borough.

The creation of the new police station honours our commitment to open a new station in the town, made when the old station closed. It will also replace Brierley Hill police station which currently serves as the Dudley Police’s headquarters.

Following their visit to the new station, the Chief Constable, PCC and Ch Supt Tagg visited Cable Plaza where Brierley Hill’s new police base will open in the coming months. 

The new site, just half a mile from the current police station, will house two neighbourhood policing teams when Brierley Hill police station closes in autumn. 

Brierley Hill police station has been listed for closure since 2018 when the decision was made following careful public scrutiny of the plan. 

Watch this film from the new Cable Plaza site.

Dudley police station will be the second new police station to open in the West Midlands this year. Sutton Coldfield’s police station has also seen lots of redevelopment work on the same site, which will soon be completed too. 

All our estates work will help to deliver updated, efficient facilities across the force.

In November last year, a new police base opened in Copthall House, Stourbridge and another in the Canley area of Coventry this spring.

The Police and Crime Commissioner owns all West Midlands Police buildings. The Chief Constable is responsible for how we use those buildings, to enable police officers to keep people safe.

The decision to acquire or dispose of sites is made by the PCC, based on operational policing recommendations made by the Chief Constable. The recommendations are fully scrutinised in public meetings with the relevant documents published on the PCC’s website.