Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland - 31 December 2016

7 Feb 2017 10:18 AM

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.

Police officer numbers are 1,022 higher than at 31 March 2007.

Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published statistics on Police Officer Quarterly Strength, which gives the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by Police Scotland.

The key findings of the statistics are:

Background

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The quarterly bulletin reports the number of police officers employed by Police Scotland as at 31 December 2016.

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