Police staff are not police officers but staff who assist officers in the day-to-day running of the department, undertaking a raft of administration duties and other roles. In Operations they aim to work as a team to provide continuity of service regardless of the movement of officers.

Ops Planning - Support staff assist with pre-planned and spontaneous operations: visiting VIPs, royalty and Permanent Operational Orders for contingency planning. They are heavily involved in 'set piece' operations such as the Glastonbury Festival, providing constantly updated information, maps etc. and the collation of all involved resources. Support Staff from Operational Planning (together with members from other departments) assist with feeding from the Unit's mobile kitchen which supplies food for staff at emergency incidents.

Roads Policing Unit - A small group of staff provide administrative support, dealing with correspondence and telephone calls from members of the public, outside agencies and officers themselves.

Operations Support - Grooms and kennel maids work at the Mounted and Dog Section and of course there is a wide variety of paperwork, meetings and general organisation needed to ensure the smooth running of this section as well as Support Group vans and Air Operations.

In addition the Operations Department is heavily involved in a continuous programme of training for all its officers. The provision of training packs and evolvement of new training plans as needs and legislation become apparent is an important and essential part of support staff work.