POLICE officers have today (Thursday November 7) started to move into their new base in Stourbridge town centre.

Offices at Copthall House on the ring road (New Road) are now home to the Stourbridge & Lye neighbourhood policing teams.

In the coming months, emergency response officers who attend 999 calls will also use the base, which is one of a number of private offices in the secure block.

The base will be officially opened by the Chief Constable and Police & Crime Commissioner at the end of the month.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: "We're pleased that after a long, hard search for somewhere suitable and somewhere which offers good value for public money, we once again have a base in Stourbridge.

"It also honours the pledge we made when the old station closed, that we would find a new, suitable home in the town, for the teams who serve the people of the area."

Stourbridge has been without a dedicated police base since Stourbridge Police Station closed in 2017 and was converted into residential homes.

Coincidentally, the new base almost overlooks the original former police and court building.