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Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland, 31 March 2012
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 March 2012
| 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 | 834 | 451 | 1,018 | 1,428 | 2,844 | 756 | 8,058 | 1,202 | 16,592 |
| Additional Regular Police | 5 | 44 | 48 | 37 | 38 | 6 | 115 | 19 | 311 |
| Central Service | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 6 | 137 | 4 | 217 |
| SCDEA/SPSA | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 7 | 138 | 13 | 270 |
| Secondments | 13 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Total3 | 872 | 512 | 1,104 | 1,485 | 3,000 | 777 | 8,447 | 1,238 | 17,436 |
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 4.
3. Scotland and force totals may not equal the sum of their parts due to rounding.
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