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Staffing data

Staffing data

The following terms are used in the information available on police officer numbers:

TermExplanation

Additional regular

Officers at ports and airports paid either wholly or partially by the port/airport authority and additional officers either wholly or partially funded by the locally authority or an external body.

Central Service

Force staff working at the Scottish Police College, HMICS, Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency ( SCDEA) or the Scottish Police Services Authority ( SPSA).

SecondmentOfficers attending full-time education courses or seconded for Civil Defence or other specialist duties such as the Territorial Army.

The figures collated by HMICS include all police officers and support staff employed by the eight Scottish police forces, but do not include police officers and support staff employed in Scotland by the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police or the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

The following information is available:

Total number of staff employed by Scottish police forces

Total number of police officers serving in Scottish police forces

Total number of support staff employed by Scottish police forces

Number of promotions gained by police officers

Number of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) police officers serving in Scottish police forces

Number of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) support staff working in Scottish police forces

Number of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Special Constables serving in Scottish police forces

Number of part-time police officers serving in Scottish police forces

Total number of police officers serving in Scottish police forces broken down by rank

Number of hours worked by Special Constables

Page updated: Friday, March 13, 2009