West Midlands and Staffordshire police sharing plans agreed
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Staffordshire's Chief Constable Mike Cunningham has said that both forces would retain their identities
A legal agreement by two police forces to share some specialist services has been approved by a police authority.
Staffordshire and West Midlands forces plan to have joint firearms, dog handling, road policing, public order and vehicle recovery units.
The plans were approved in May by Staffordshire and West Midlands Joint Police Authority.
A spokesman for the authority said the legal agreement would be signed "in the near future".
The joint police authority also heard a report from the programme director on how the plans are progressing.
The move will mean total savings of almost 拢2.5m, West Midlands Police Authority have said.
The Staffordshire force wants to save 拢22m by 2013, and West Midlands aims to save 拢78m in the same time frame.
The authority has said that the two forces have been exploring a "collaboration" since last year and maintain the plans are not a merger.
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