Organisation
Staffordshire Police is one of three forces involved in the Central Motorway Police Group along with West Midlands Police and West Mercia Police. This unit provides roads policing for the motorway network in the West Midlands (mainly M5, M6 and M42). Staffordshire Police has no other roads policing capacity; this was disbanded in 1999 during the major force reorganisation that also saw the mounted branch disbanded. The Force shares air support with the adjoining West Mercia Constabulary which forms the Central Counties Air Operations Unit. based at Wolverhampton Airport in South Staffordshire.
In September 2008, the force announced that it intended to vacate the Cannock Road site and sell it for housing development, moving HQ staff to Lanchester Court, next to the existing Weston Road premises.
Staffordshire Police Authority, a separate organisation charged with oversight of the force, has 9 councillors (drawn from both Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council), 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.
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