This force lost areas to the new West Midlands Police in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and adopted a shorter name.

The following officers of Staffordshire Police are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime, since the turn of the 20th century:[6] Staffordshire Police operates with the same rank structure as other Home Office forces in Britain.

Staffordshire Police had a mounted division until 1999, when it was disbanded as part of cost-saving measures that saw 250 jobs cut from the force.

The authority was abolished in November 2012,[10] following the election of the first Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Matthew Ellis.

The PCC decides how much council tax people will pay towards community safety services and policing and is personally accountable for all the public money spent, they are also responsible for communicating and representing public interests in the force area and holding the Chief Constable to account.

The programs deputy chief officer (DCO) is also the DCO of the Special Constabulary; the cadets force also has many special constables, regular police constables and PSV's (police service volunteers) that assist in the running of the units.