Our enforcement strategy concentrates mainly on using cameras to enforce road traffic offences. It’s important for this activity to be justifiable, proportionate and evidence-led, to ensure our cameras are targeting the right areas.

Camera enforcement is just one part of wider road policing, complementing Staffordshire Police’s own strategic policing plan principles and taking other initiatives into account.

By influencing drivers’ behaviour through enforcement and early intervention, we can contribute to reducing risk and lowering the burden on wider agencies.

Enforcement can also be a form of education, with diversionary courses bringing an increased awareness of, for example, the dangers of speeding.

The police are the main enforcement agency for motoring offences.

Working with partners and stakeholders, Staffordshire Police’s ambition is to change public attitude and behaviour so complying with the law is second-nature. This new approach places a greater reliance on the discretion and professional judgement of police officers, increasing the number of potential enforcement interactions that result in education.

Key to roads policing is delivering a service that increases public satisfaction and confidence. A visible Roads Policing presence on Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s road network will allow the delivery of effective measures to affect and influence driver behaviour.