West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.Covering an area with nearly 2.9 million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also the Black Country; the force is made up of 7,442 Police Officers, supported by 3,029 Police Staff, 527 Special Constables and 676 Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) - with these 11,147 employees, this makes it the second-largest force in England behind the Metropolitan Police and third-largest force in the United Kingdom after the aforementioned force and Police Scotland.The force is currently led by Chief Constable Chris Sims.