Sir Dave Thompson QPM DL

Good news! A great accolade for Birmingham and particularly our jewellery and allied trades. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Come and find out what @UnitedBy2022 has been doing to deliver a #Commonwealthgames legacy for the West Midlands. We are at New Street Station today until Saturday #ub22thenextchapter

@Hoppers71 What an amazing career. Enjoy retirement Paul comfortable knowing you were one of the best

So today I officially retire from West Midlands Police after 31 years and 6 days service. What a ride it’s been during that time!! I’ve encountered offenders with, axes, machetes, swords, knives and loaded firearms…… (1/8)

Helen Helliwell, CEO of Invictus Games Birmingham 2027, joins The Most Painful Podcast to discuss how sport transforms veterans’ recovery IG27 is more than a week of sport - it’s a movement. 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5BL18Y… 🔗Read more: invictusgames2027.org/news-and-press…

This is VERY good. And VERY right. Essential reading for all policymakers and ministers

I was honoured to celebrate Commonwealth Day at the Citizenship Ceremony with @bham_ca & @SirDaveThompson of the @WMLieutenancy. Welcoming new citizens to #Birmingham on this special day highlights the diversity and unity that make our city great! 🌍🇬🇧 #CommonwealthDay

I was delighted to represent @WMLieutenancy with @brumlordmayor at the #Commonwealthday Citizenship Ceremony at the register office this week.

The @WMLieutenancy is always pleased to attend citizenship ceremonies across our great region. Individuals pledge their allegiance to our Country and HM The King and we highlight our lieutenancy role in nurturing diversity, tolerance and strong communities. @HighSheriffWM24

This is how #Zelenskyy deserves to be welcomed - with respect & a warm embrace. We’re proud to support #Ukraine a sovereign state outrageously invaded by Russia under the control of #Putin a brutal dictator & war criminal

No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in his war-fighting gear.

The events this week confirm for me the opinion I expressed in my last post. Pleased as I am that our PMs visit to Washington seemed to be reasonably successful, it is hard not to see the entire week as a performative pantomime orchestrated by Trump. He placated France and the U.K., whilst preparing for a deliberate and choreographed attack on President Zelensky, a visiting head of state, that guaranteed the failure of his visit. The behaviour of Trump and vice President Vance was outrageous-as a piece of theatre it was straight from the playbook of Hitler's summons of President Hacha of Czechoslovakia to Berlin in 1939 to sign away its independence. Zelensky was entitled to say what he did. There was nothing remotely disrespectful about it. He stood up to the crude bullying that now seems the hallmark of the Trump administration. Even more chilling is the sense that we are seeing much more clearly Trump's motives. It is not about "peace" but doing a deal with Putin's Russia-Ukrainian land and people to be traded for the benefit of Russian raw materials. Just like the Hitler-Stalin Pact and we know how that ended.

@MatPower11 @astonvilla @WMPHistory You must be so proud.

@MatPower11 @astonvilla @WMPHistory Lovely picture.

When our pensioners pass on I write to their families. Received a beautiful letter back today from Philip Anthony Power's sister and this amazing picture of him in 1968 @astonvilla Never seen a better picture of what policing is about. Made my day. @WMPHistory

Delighted to join this amazing team for an incredible event for the UK, veterans, families and #Birmingham

Lord-Lieutenant Derrick Anderson CBE was delighted to greet HRH The Prince of Wales when he visited Birmingham today. @BrumLordMayor @HighSheriffWM24

Rolling head long into day 76 of my hopeful one-woman crusade to keep real images popping up on your feed rather than AI Thanks for the well wishes, I’m fighting the good fight. From the crags above Ullswater in the Lake District, the spectral form of trees shrouded in fog 🧡

As the @PoliceChiefs @AssocPCCs summit begins tomorrow a @DeloitteUK view on the new government's Crime Mission linkedin.com/posts/activity…

Today we remember PC Nina Mackay who was murdered on this day 27 yrs ago in 1997 by a deranged knifeman. We were honoured to place our memorial to her service & sacrifice in 1998 in Arthingworth St, London @metpoliceuk @MPFed #HonouringThoseWhoServe #PoliceMemorials #PoliceFamily

Representing our @WMLieutenancy, good to talk to local leaders, in Coventry, about the Kings Awards for Enterprise, a real opportunity to showcase the best of business in our locality. @FSBLinseyLuke @cwchamber

This morning we laid a floral tribute at our memorial to P.C Malcolm Walker to mark the anniversary of his tragic death. #HonouringThoseWhoServe #PoliceMemorials #PoliceFamily @WMPolice @westmidspolfed