Home Department written question – answered at on 17 December 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department
(1) how many police community support officers there are in (a) Dorset Constabulary and (b) Bournemouth;
(2) how many police officers there were in (a) Dorset constabulary and (b) Bournemouth in each of the last 10 years.
The number of police officers within Dorset constabulary and Bournemouth as at
Figures at basic command unit level ceased to be collected from 2011-12 by the Home Office.
Number of police officers within Dorset constabulary and Bournemouth as at 31 March 2003 to 31 March 2012 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) | ||
As at 31 March each year | Dorset constabulary | Bournemouth |
2003 | 1,422 | 318 |
2004 | 1,453 | 322 |
2005 | 1,475 | 317 |
2006 | 1,512 | 319 |
2007 | 1,526 | 315 |
2008 | 1,518 | 317 |
2009 | 1,512 | 506 |
2010 | 1,486 | 481 |
2011 | 1,452 | — |
2012 | — | — |
Number of police community support officers within Dorset constabulary and Bournemouth and Poole as at 31 March 2010 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) | ||
As at 31 March each year | Dorset constabulary | Bournemouth and Poole |
2010 | 164 | 79 |
(1) These figures are based on full-time equivalents that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. (2) Figures include those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. (3) As at 31 March 2011 Dorset constabulary was restructured and basic command units redefined part way through the period, as a result this data is not available. (4) Figures at basic command unit level ceased to be collected from 2011-12 following Lord Wasserman's assessment. (5) As at 31 March 2009, the basic command units Bournemouth and Poole merged. |
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