Job Description
Are you a current Armed Response Vehicle Officer serving (or have served) in a Home Office force? Do you wish you had more opportunity to put your Firearms training into practice? Are you motivated and looking for a new challenge?
Whether you are an Armed Vehicle Response Officer, Specialist Firearms Officer or a Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer we want to hear from you!
About the Role
You would be joining a fair and inclusive team, based near Birmingham City Centre, where we serve in one of Europe's most diverse and challenging policing environments.
West Midlands Police Firearms Operations Unit is structured with Armed Response Vehicle Team's working a 24/7 shift pattern, Tactical Firearms Team and a nationally accredited training department.
West Midlands firearms officers undertake a large volume of both spontaneous and pre-planned armed deployments each year, and as such are one of the busiest Firearms units in the country. This is not a dual role function but firearms officers are tasked to support force tactical priorities including the targeting of Serious Organised Criminality and volume crime.
There are a number of developmental and career progression opportunities within the department to include, Firearms Tactical Advisor, Operational Firearms Commander, National Firearms Instructor, Close Protection Officer. As part of the nat...