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Police Officer Recruiment

POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT - TOTAL

TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

47

28

82

64

251

28

266

41

807

1997/98

48

39

65

85

134

34

339

74

818

1998/99

36

20

27

99

32

21

91

42

368

1999/00

25

21

40

24

62

23

250

38

483

2000/01

39

46

50

115

189

45

503

66

1053

2001/02

16

23

94

56

157

45

312

67

770

2002/03

49

19

61

67

131

30

446

47

850

2003/04

40

24

84

125

198

31

415

49

966

2004/05

87

19

56

111

181

53

518

82

1107

2005/06

36

47

68

64

159

23

494

50

941

TOTAL POLICE APPLICANTS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

258

443

487

428

748

156

1994

526

5040

1997/98

720

242

351

408

189

172

4312

796

7190

1998/99

421

125

335

1236

36

121

235

516

3025

1999/00

181

171

166

117

528

116

2513

260

4052

2000/01

620

296

399

483

611

172

5739

500

8820

2001/02

158

138

295

330

1048

203

3579

431

6182

2002/03

334

155

314

551

625

73

3524

197

5773

2003/04

390

138

424

570

552

301

2795

420

5590

2004/05

652

160

383

422

578

149

3348

264

5956

2005/06

254

316

327

369

568

38

2941

355

5168

RECRUITMENT FIRST APPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

44

26

77

55

229

25

248

39

743

1997/98

43

38

63

82

125

28

322

71

772

1998/99

30

17

24

90

24

17

79

40

321

1999/00

22

18

35

19

51

16

238

38

437

2000/01

38

43

40

107

170

39

480

64

981

2001/02

16

22

89

44

143

38

293

64

709

2002/03

43

14

57

64

119

21

428

46

792

2003/04

39

20

76

107

185

22

395

43

887

2004/05

87

18

53

106

174

42

505

77

1062

2005/06

34

45

66

58

150

19

477

47

896

RECRUITMENT REAPPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

1

0

3

3

1

3

0

11

1997/98

0

0

0

0

4

0

6

0

10

1998/99

2

0

3

0

3

0

2

0

10

1999/00

0

1

1

1

1

2

2

0

8

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

3

2001/02

0

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

4

2002/03

1

1

0

0

1

0

2

0

5

2003/04

0

2

0

0

0

1

1

0

4

2004/05

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005/06

0

0

0

2

0

0

4

2

8

RECRUITMENT TRANSFER TO FORCE

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

3

1

5

6

19

2

15

2

53

1997/98

5

1

2

3

5

6

11

3

36

1998/99

4

3

0

9

5

4

10

2

37

1999/00

3

2

4

4

10

5

10

0

38

2000/01

1

3

10

8

19

6

20

2

69

2001/02

0

1

4

10

14

7

18

3

57

2002/03

5

4

4

3

11

9

16

1

53

2003/04

1

2

8

18

13

8

19

6

75

2004/05

0

1

3

5

7

11

13

5

45

2005/06

2

2

2

4

9

4

13

1

37

AVERAGE AGE TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

24.7

24

25

24

26

26

26

25

-

1997/98

25.1

25

27.5

27

28

26.5

26.5

26

-

1998/99

23.9

34

25

27

29

29

26.5

24.5

-

1999/00

25

25

24

29

27.6

28.5

26.5

24

-

2000/01

24

27

-

-

-

-

-

25

-

2001/02

23

-

27

-

-

31

-

-

-

2002/03

-

29

-

-

-

-

-

28

-

2003/04

-

28

27

-

28

31.5

-

28

-

2004/05

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2005/06

25

BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT - TOTAL

TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

0

0

1

0

0

4

0

5

1997/98

1

0

0

0

2

1

4

1

9

1998/99

0

0

0

1

0

0

2

0

3

1999/00

0

1

1

1

2

0

7

0

12

2000/01

0

0

0

0

8

2

10

1

21

2001/02

0

0

0

0

3

0

6

0

9

2002/03

0

0

1

0

3

0

6

0

10

2003/04

1

1

1

0

1

0

9

2

15

2004/05

4

0

1

1

3

0

8

1

18

2005/06

2

0

0

0

3

0

6

1

12

TOTAL POLICE APPLICANTS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

1

0

1

1

6

0

46

4

59

1997/98

8

2

3

0

6

1

45

8

73

1998/99

4

0

0

5

0

0

13

4

26

1999/00

0

2

0

0

23

0

67

3

95

2000/01

12

3

0

12

14

5

83

4

133

2001/02

11

0

3

3

25

1

51

4

98

2002/03

3

3

4

4

15

0

54

5

88

2003/04

3

4

4

9

13

1

58

8

100

2004/05

24

3

3

4

30

0

44

10

118

2005/06

8

10

12

8

19

0

58

9

124

RECRUITMENT FIRST APPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

8

2

9

1

20

2001/02

0

0

0

0

3

0

5

0

8

2002/03

0

0

1

0

3

0

6

0

10

2003/04

1

1

1

0

0

0

8

2

13

2004/05

4

0

0

0

3

0

8

1

16

2005/06

0

0

0

0

8

2

9

1

20

RECRUITMENT REAPPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2003/04

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2004/05

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005/06

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

RECRUITMENT TRANSFER TO FORCE

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2003/04

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

2004/05

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

2005/06

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT - TOTAL - MALE

TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

39

17

63

43

181

21

188

28

580

1997/98

36

27

43

64

125

26

200

52

573

1998/99

31

14

19

77

22

12

61

27

263

1999/00

21

13

30

16

46

15

181

21

343

2000/01

29

31

37

81

131

25

340

40

714

2001/02

13

20

70

44

115

37

217

42

558

2002/03

32

16

41

48

96

16

299

34

582

2003/04

24

15

56

85

153

19

274

34

660

2004/05

63

11

36

77

118

35

340

56

736

2005/06

23

32

50

44

109

18

324

29

629

TOTAL POLICE APPLICANTS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

204

326

381

316

539

137

1491

411

3805

1997/98

480

180

266

295

125

142

3119

580

5187

1998/99

290

96

230

932

21

92

156

370

2187

1999/00

126

132

128

81

385

93

1818

193

2956

2000/01

445

223

300

377

429

123

4230

363

6490

2001/02

112

104

220

244

810

154

2716

306

4666

2002/03

244

90

237

408

461

42

2602

138

4222

2003/04

284

103

304

421

390

222

1967

289

3980

2004/05

483

117

268

298

419

117

2460

192

4354

2005/06

165

228

230

257

394

23

2053

243

3593

RECRUITMENT FIRST APPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

37

16

58

36

163

19

176

28

533

1997/98

31

26

41

62

120

21

189

51

541

1998/99

26

11

17

69

17

8

50

26

224

1999/00

18

12

26

13

37

11

172

21

310

2000/01

28

29

28

75

119

19

320

39

657

2001/02

13

19

66

34

103

31

203

39

508

2002/03

29

11

37

48

86

9

281

34

535

2003/04

24

12

53

69

141

13

257

29

598

2004/05

63

11

34

72

112

29

330

52

703

2005/06

21

30

48

40

104

16

314

27

600

RECRUITMENT REAPPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

0

0

3

1

0

0

0

4

1997/98

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

0

4

1998/99

1

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

4

1999/00

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

4

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

3

2001/02

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

0

3

2002/03

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

2003/04

0

2

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

2004/05

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005/06

0

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

6

RECRUITMENT TRANSFER TO FORCE

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

2

1

5

4

17

2

12

0

43

1997/98

5

1

2

2

4

5

8

1

28

1998/99

4

3

0

8

5

4

10

1

35

1999/00

3

1

3

2

8

4

8

0

29

2000/01

1

2

9

6

12

6

17

1

54

2001/02

0

1

3

9

12

6

13

3

47

2002/03

3

4

4

0

10

7

16

0

44

2003/04

0

1

3

16

12

6

16

5

59

2004/05

0

0

2

5

6

6

10

4

33

2005/06

2

2

2

2

5

2

7

1

23

AVERAGE AGE TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

23.94

27

27

28

27

27

26

-

-

2001/02

24.85

26

27

29.5

29

31

27

28

-

2002/03

27

30

29

28

28

31

26.5

28

-

2003/04

27

27

27

28

28

32.1

25

28

-

2004/05

27

28

28

28

28

31

26.1

28

-

2005/06

26

30

27

28

27

28

24

31

BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT - TOTAL - MALE

TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

0

0

1

0

0

4

0

5

1997/98

1

0

0

0

2

1

3

1

8

1998/99

0

0

0

1

0

0

2

0

3

1999/00

0

0

0

1

1

0

5

0

7

2000/01

0

0

0

0

6

1

6

1

14

2001/02

0

0

0

0

3

0

6

0

9

2002/03

0

0

1

0

3

0

5

0

9

2003/04

1

0

1

0

0

0

7

1

10

2004/05

2

0

1

1

2

0

8

1

15

2005/06

1

0

0

0

3

0

4

1

9

TOTAL POLICE APPLICANTS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

1

0

1

1

5

0

40

3

51

1997/98

8

2

3

0

5

1

35

4

58

1998/99

4

0

0

5

0

0

9

3

21

1999/00

0

1

0

0

17

0

52

3

73

2000/01

11

2

0

7

12

2

65

4

103

2001/02

9

0

3

3

22

0

43

3

83

2002/03

3

3

4

4

14

0

46

3

77

2003/04

3

3

4

8

12

1

51

6

88

2004/05

21

2

3

4

22

0

37

8

97

2005/06

8

9

8

7

15

0

46

5

98

RECRUITMENT FIRST APPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

6

1

5

1

13

2001/02

0

0

0

0

3

0

5

0

8

2002/03

0

0

1

0

3

0

5

0

9

2003/04

1

0

1

0

0

0

6

1

9

2004/05

2

0

0

0

2

0

8

1

13

2005/06

1

0

0

0

3

0

4

1

9

RECRUITMENT REAPPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2003/04

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2004/05

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005/06

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

RECRUITMENT TRANSFER TO FORCE

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2003/04

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2004/05

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

2005/06

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT - TOTAL - FEMALE

TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

8

11

19

21

70

7

78

13

227

1997/98

12

12

22

21

9

8

139

22

245

1998/99

5

6

8

22

10

9

30

15

105

1999/00

4

8

10

8

16

8

69

17

140

2000/01

10

15

13

34

58

20

163

26

339

2001/02

3

3

24

12

42

8

95

25

212

2002/03

17

3

20

19

35

14

147

13

268

2003/04

16

9

28

40

45

12

141

15

306

2004/05

24

8

20

34

63

18

178

26

371

2005/06

13

15

18

20

50

5

170

21

312

TOTAL POLICE APPLICANTS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

54

117

106

112

209

19

503

115

1235

1997/98

240

62

85

113

64

30

1193

216

2003

1998/99

131

29

105

304

15

29

79

146

838

1999/00

55

39

38

36

143

23

695

67

1096

2000/01

175

73

99

106

182

49

1509

137

2330

2001/02

46

34

75

86

238

49

863

125

1516

2002/03

90

65

77

143

164

31

922

59

1551

2003/04

106

35

120

149

162

79

828

131

1610

2004/05

169

43

115

124

159

32

888

72

1602

2005/06

89

88

97

112

174

15

888

112

1575

RECRUITMENT FIRST APPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

7

10

19

19

66

6

72

11

210

1997/98

12

12

22

20

5

7

133

20

231

1998/99

4

6

7

21

7

9

29

14

97

1999/00

4

6

9

6

14

5

66

17

127

2000/01

10

14

12

32

51

20

160

25

324

2001/02

3

3

23

10

40

7

90

25

201

2002/03

14

3

20

16

33

12

147

12

257

2003/04

15

8

23

38

44

9

138

14

289

2004/05

24

7

19

34

62

13

175

25

359

2005/06

13

15

18

18

46

3

163

20

296

RECRUITMENT REAPPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

1

0

0

2

1

3

0

7

1997/98

0

0

0

0

3

0

3

0

6

1998/99

1

0

1

0

3

0

1

0

6

1999/00

0

1

0

0

0

2

1

0

4

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2001/02

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

2002/03

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

2003/04

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

2004/05

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005/06

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

2

RECRUITMENT TRANSFER TO FORCE

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

1

0

0

2

2

0

3

2

10

1997/98

0

0

0

1

1

1

3

2

8

1998/99

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

2

1999/00

0

1

1

2

2

1

2

0

9

2000/01

0

1

1

2

7

0

3

1

15

2001/02

0

0

1

1

2

1

5

0

10

2002/03

2

0

0

3

1

2

0

1

9

2003/04

1

1

5

2

1

2

3

1

16

2004/05

0

1

1

0

1

5

3

1

12

2005/06

0

0

0

2

4

2

6

0

14

AVERAGE AGE TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

24.25

26

26

26

26

29

25

-

-

2001/02

21.67

27

27

28

27

30

-

23

-

2002/03

33

23

27

27

26

28

25

28

-

2003/04

26

28

27

24.8

27

30.5

24

28

-

2004/05

27

26

25

29

27

29

25.1

27

-

2005/06

26

26

25

29

28

35

29

25

BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT - TOTAL - FEMALE

TOTAL POLICE RECRUITS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1997/98

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1998/99

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1999/00

0

1

1

0

1

0

2

0

5

2000/01

0

0

0

0

2

1

4

0

7

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2003/04

0

1

0

0

1

0

2

1

5

2004/05

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

3

2005/06

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

TOTAL POLICE APPLICANTS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

0

0

0

1

0

6

1

8

1997/98

0

0

0

0

1

0

10

4

15

1998/99

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

1

5

1999/00

0

1

0

0

6

0

15

0

22

2000/01

1

1

0

5

2

3

18

0

30

2001/02

2

0

0

0

3

1

8

1

15

2002/03

0

0

0

0

1

0

8

2

11

2003/04

0

1

0

1

1

0

7

2

12

2004/05

3

1

0

0

8

0

7

2

21

2005/06

0

1

4

1

4

0

12

4

26

RECRUITMENT FIRST APPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

2

1

4

0

7

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2003/04

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

1

4

2004/05

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

3

2005/06

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

RECRUITMENT REAPPOINTMENT

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2003/04

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2004/05

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005/06

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

RECRUITMENT TRANSFER TO FORCE

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

2000/01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2001/02

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2002/03

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2003/04

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

2004/05

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005/06

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

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