Staffordshire Police
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| Staffordshire Police | |
 Staffordshire Police area |
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| Coverage | |
|---|---|
| Area | Staffordshire |
| Size | 2,713 |
| Population | Approx 625,000 |
| Operations | |
| Formed | 1968 |
| HQ | Stafford |
| Officers | 2,309 |
| Divisions | 4 |
| Stations | 19 |
| Chief Constable | David Swift |
| Website | Staffordshire Police |
Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of England.
Staffordshire Police Authority has 9 councillors (drawn from both Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council), 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.
A combined force covering Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, called Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary was established on January 1, 1968, as a merger of the Staffordshire Constabulary and Stoke-on-Trent City Police. This force lost areas to the new West Midlands Police in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and adopted a shorter name.[1]
Under proposals made by the Home Secretary on February 6, 2006, it would merge with Warwickshire Constabulary, West Mercia Constabulary and West Midlands Police to form a single strategic force for the West Midlands region. [2] However presently these plans appear to have been dismissed.
Staffordshire Police is one of four forces involved in the Central Motorway Police Group
The Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police is currently David Swift (September 2006), having replaced John Giffard who retired in early 2006.
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