High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Police Strength
As at 30 September 2009 there were 17,217 police officers (full-time equivalent) in Scotland. Police officer numbers have decreased by 61 full-time equivalent (FTE) officers (-0.4%) in the last quarter, from 30 June 2009, but increased by 691 (+4.2%) in the last year, from 30 September 2008.
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Source: Police Quarterly Strength Returns to the Scottish Government
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