A NEW Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) joined the Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police Alliance this week.

Karen Manners, the new ACC with responsibility for Protective Services for the Warwickshire and West Mercia Police Alliance, took up her post on June 6.

ACC Manners was appointed following a stringent selection process involving Warwickshire Police Authority's Appointments and Remuneration Committee together with Chief Constables Andy Parker and David Shaw and Police Authority chairs Phil Robson and Sheila Blagg.

She joins the Warwickshire and West Mercia Police Alliance from Hampshire Constabulary where she has worked since 1989. Prior to that she served three years with the Metropolitan Police.