Central Police And Crime Commissioners

The station includes holding cells, a custody suite and a reception spread across almost forty thousand square feet.

A spokesman for Labour politician Simon Foster, the current West Midlands PPC, has said that the decision means an election for his role will be held in May.

Labour's Simon Foster had described plans to axe the role of police and crime commissioner (PCC) after the next mayoral election in May as a "hostile takeover".