Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland, 31 December 2011

Statistics on numbers of police officers employed by Scottish police forces. Figures broken down by police force and deployment.


Table 1: Number of Police Officers (FTE1) in Scotland by Police Force and Deployment, 31 December 2011

Deployment2

Central Scotland Police

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary

Fife Constabulary

Grampian Police

Lothian and Borders Police

Northern Constabulary

Strathclyde Police

Tayside Police

Scotland3

Police Officers in Force

841

464

1,069

1,420

2,819

752

8,020

1,201

16,586

Additional Regular Police

4

32

0

27

40

0

40

19

162

Central Service

7

0

10

4

42

6

214

5

288

SCDEA/SPSA

12

15

11

13

56

8

137

11

263

Secondments

11

0

15

4

13

2

0

0

45

Total3

875

511

1,105

1,468

2,970

768

8,411

1,236

17,343

1. All figures expressed in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers, rounded to the nearest whole number.
2. Deployment categories are defined in Note 2.
3. Scotland and force totals may not equal the sum of their parts due to rounding.

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