Cleveland Police
(asked on 22nd January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police and staff, (c) police community support officers were in post in Cleveland in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015.
Data on the number of full time equivalent (FTE) police officers, police staff and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Cleveland police force area, as at 31 March in each of the requested years, are provided in the following table.
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) police officers, police staff and PCSOs as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2015, Cleveland Constabulary1 | |||
Situation as at: | Police | Police | PCSOs |
31 March 2010 | 1,724 | 711 | 193 |
31 March 2011 | 1,655 | 235 | 178 |
31 March 2012 | 1,529 | 223 | 167 |
31 March 2013 | 1,463 | 216 | 161 |
31 March 2014 | 1,382 | 201 | 150 |
31 March 2015 | 1,326 | 197 | 123 |
1. Police officer strength statistics are published in the data tables of the annual Police Workforce, England and Wales, statistical publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales). | |||
As HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has made clear, there is no simple link between police numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.