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Appendix B Nationally reported statistics for police use of firearms

NUMBER OF OPERATIONS AGAINST PERSONS KNOWN OR BELIEVED TO BE ARMED

NUMBER OF SUCH OPERATIONS WHERE FIREARMS USED

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

9

9

16

11

87

5

38

15

190

1997/98

6

4

5

11

153

3

95

15

292

1998/99

15

3

8

13

130

2

77

8

256

1999/00

10

6

5

17

66

7

17

13

141

2000/01

8

3

5

11

94

10

14

5

150

2001/02

1

15

6

11

96

5

24

5

163

2002/03

6

11

8

6

165

0

103

1

300

2003/04

3

6

13

6

197

1

131

1

358

2004/05

1

4

5

6

181

4

117

3

321

2005/06

3

4

9

1

150

3

203

1

374

2006/07

4

4

25

5

77

4

413

12

544

ARMED VEHICLE OPERATIONS INCLUDED IN ABOVE

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

6

0

0

53

0

35

0

94

1997/98

0

0

0

4

57

0

23

2

86

1998/99

0

3

3

1

79

0

29

7

122

1999/00

0

6

0

3

47

0

16

8

80

2000/01

0

2

0

8

75

1

9

0

95

2001/02

0

4

1

9

89

na

22

0

125

2002/03

0

0

0

3

141

0

na

0

144

2003/04

0

4

2

5

189

0

97

0

297

2004/05

0

1

0

0

161

4

81

0

247

2005/06

0

0

2

0

134

3

150

1

290

2006/07

0

4

2

0

73

4

304

0

387

FIREARMS OPERATIONS - PROTECTION

NUMBER OF OCCASIONS ON WHICH FIREARMS ISSUED FOR PROTECTION

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

7

7

12

71

109

16

44

22

288

1997/98

11

5

10

85

107

30

40

29

317

1998/99

7

4

8

122

84

12

39

11

287

1999/00

100

4

6

97

124

21

64

11

427

2000/01

5

3

10

164

110

12

32

7

343

2001/02

93

6

5

154

123

13

73

13

480

2002/03

81

3

4

191

115

12

97

15

518

2003/04

106

3

18

59

119

15

60

7

387

2004/05

6

2

11

68

121

7

52

8

275

2005/06

7

2

16

70

133

24

67

8

327

2006/07

6

4

14

92

158

16

104

6

400

NUMBER OF PERSONS PROTECTED

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

7

7

10

111

122

9

41

12

319

1997/98

11

5

58

114

691

16

68

16

979

1998/99

5

4

8

0

89

12

39

6

163

1999/00

7

4

6

108

125

21

20

12

303

2000/01

5

3

10

104

36

12

21

7

198

2001/02

8

6

6

82

26

13

21

13

175

2002/03

7

4

4

72

28

14

97

10

236

2003/04

7

3

19

59

25

17

60

7

197

2004/05

4

2

4

68

119

7

17

8

229

2005/06

6

2

24

74

53

11

67

9

246

2006/07

6

5

17

81

31

6

114

8

268

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