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Number of authorised firearms officers (AFOs)
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Total	5,776	5,763	6,96	6,243	6,584
Avon and Somerset	116	84	122	118	117
Bedfordshire	48	53	58	56	59
Cambridgeshire	56	71	60	60	50
Cheshire	81	89	75	76	73
Cleveland	85	80	95	100	100
City of London	73	72	86	89	86
Cumbria	92	87	89	90	89
Derbyshire	80	69	70	74	75
Devon and Cornwall	108	115	132	123	122
Dorset	57	59	60	64	62
Durham	86	102	97	103	100
Essex	180	184	186	202	205
Gloucestershire	71	80	82	93	92
Greater Manchester	219	202	205	187	245
Hampshire	87	94	94	92	97
Hertfordshire	46	47	50	53	52
Humberside	96	96	96	101	92
Kent	113	93	90	94	94
Lancashire	138	129	122	115	123
Leicestershire	69	68	51	53	59
Lincolnshire	91	87	78	86	87
Merseyside	78	84	94	93	129
Metropolitan	1,805	1,823	2,060	2,134	2,331
Norfolk	104	109	114	125	119
Northamptonshire	51	56	52	50	56
Northumbria	125	99	90	93	98
North Yorkshire	66	64	60	56	78
Nottinghamshire	136	131	138	138	149
South Yorkshire	92	100	98	122	116
Staffordshire	71	63	67	76	70
Suffolk	90	80	96	88	84
Surrey	62	48	53	49	51
Sussex	120	141	134	130	129
Thames Valley	156	180	172	176	180
Warwickshire	50	51	46	53	55
West Mercia	125	131	139	141	152
West Midlands	111	110	124	134	145
West Yorkshire	116	132	140	130	150
Wiltshire	71	78	80	74	72
Dyfed Powys	77	62	58	79	68
Gwent	57	60	71	74	86
North Wales	83	75	73	65	57
South Wales	138	125	139	134	130

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Number of operations involving armed response vehicles (ARVs)
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Total	11,574	11,848	13,218	13,137	14,355
Avon and Somerset	173	215	249	312	167
Bedfordshire	172	269	414	419	534
Cambridgeshire	43	45	155	172	160
Cheshire	523	337	356	773	807
Cleveland	13	63	86	154	285
City of London	39	131	364	275	234
Cumbria	53	45	65	134	90
Derbyshire	253	363	312	254	257
Devon and Cornwall	76	32	94	54	54
Dorset	182	180	215	195	246
Durham	57	66	96	91	256
Essex	165	176	138	138	155
Gloucestershire	140	166	109	121	145
Greater Manchester	528	406	440	364	306
Hampshire	116	108	128	167	178
Hertfordshire	81	129	157	155	160
Humberside	273	170	158	184	335
Kent	89	132	193	124	183
Lancashire	192	185	273	228	232
Leicestershire	292	232	269	232	328
Lincolnshire	470	367	355	276	210
Merseyside	974	547	687	677	611
Metropolitan	1,667	2,447	2,423	2,322	2,572
Norfolk	157	186	169	163	149
Northamptonshire	25	90	99	89	101
Northumbria	1,49	1,04	1,063	893	585
North Yorkshire	60	67	110	144	208
Nottinghamshire	333	397	404	336	342
South Yorkshire	221	280	322	438	632
Staffordshire	208	241	212	183	154
Suffolk	116	160	194	119	149
Surrey	225	240	190	140	204
Sussex	189	171	250	163	162
Thames Valley	174	167	179	265	355
Warwickshire	104	31	138	102	144
West Mercia	100	111	241	152	94
West Midlands	563	592	975	952	745
West Yorkshire	609	565	543	656	1040
Wiltshire	43	39	28	54	124
Dyfed Powys	28	29	28	48	55
Gwent	16	16	23	74	85
North Wales	265	198	153	180	299
South Wales	218	253	161	165	223

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