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Police Service Strength
England and Wales, 30 September 2011Amardeep Dhani January 2012 HOSB: 03/12

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Acknowledgements
This bulletin has been prepared by staff in the Policing Statistics team, which is part of the Home Office Statistics Unit of the Home Office Science Group. The author is grateful for the support and assistance of other colleagues in the Policing Statistics team, Police Data Collection Section andstaff at the Police Productivity Unit in the Home Office: David Povey, Neil Higgins, Peter Kaiza, David Arulanandam, Shagufta Rafique, Iyadurai Sivagnanasithiyar, John Kirby, and Suraja Prakash. The author also thanks Chris Kershaw, Head of Migration, Policing and Other Statistics, and David Blunt, the Home Office Chief Statistician and Head of Profession for Statistics, for their support andguidance during the preparation of this report. The Policing Statistics Section would also like to acknowledge the assistance of the police force personnel sections. Thanks also to colleagues who commented on a draft report during quality assurance of this bulletin and to colleagues in the Communications Development Section who assisted in preparing the report.

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Contents
Page Main Points Figure 1 ........................................................................................................................ 4 Change in the number of Police Officers (full-timeequivalents) from the previous 12 months ...................................................................................... 4 Police Officer strength by police force area, English regions and Wales (full-time equivalents) ................................................................................... 5 Police staff strength by police force area, English regions and Wales (full-time equivalents)...