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Such information as is available which has been provided by police forces to the Home Office is set out in the following tables. Information at force level prior to 2003 is not available.

Police officers FTE whose main function is Traffic( 1) 2003-07( 2)
Full-time equivalents as at 31 March each year
2003 2004 2005
Number of police officers used for traffic policing Police strength as at 31 March 2003 % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2003) Number of police officers used for traffic policing Police strength as at 31 March 2004 % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2004) Number of police officers used for traffic policing Police strength as at 31 March 2005 % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2005)

Avon and Somerset

216

3,149

6.8

222

3,401

6.5

228

3,384

6.7

Bedfordshire

75

1,106

6.8

80

1,181

6.8

80

1,215

6.6

Cambridgeshire

85

1,384

6.1

99

1,400

7.1

101

1,402

7.2

Cheshire

194

2,119

9.2

200

2,179

9.2

194

2,186

8.9

Cleveland

64

1,582

4.0

73

1,687

4.3

2

1,676

0.1

Cumbria

107

1,140

9.4

110

1,222

9.0

108

1,232

8.8

Derbyshire

107

2,003

5.3

121

2,070

5.8

116

2,070

5.6

Devon and Cornwall

192

3,202

6.0

198

3,298

6.0

211

3,369

6.3

Dorset

91

1,416

6.4

86

1,433

6.0

82

1,450

5.7

Durham

111

1,651

6.7

119

1,685

7.1

108

1,718

6.3

Dyfed Powys

136

1,149

11.8

105

1,167

9.0

141

1,174

12.0

Essex

241

2,989

8.1

242

3,098

7.8

243

3,190

7.6

Gloucestershire

62

1,227

5.0

66

1,284

5.1

67

1,291

5.2

Greater Manchester

406

7,343

5.5

392

8,042

4.9

359

8,041

4.5

Gwent

93

1,341

6.9

95

1,372

6.9

96

1,438

6.7

Hampshire

248

3,668

6.8

246

3,706

6.6

244

3,725

6.6

Hertfordshire

150

1,957

7.7

151

2,086

7.2

149

2,104

7.1

Humberside

123

2,105

5.8

119

2,213

5.4

225

2,230

10.1

Kent

104

3,487

3.0

3,576

122

3,586

3.4

Lancashire

198

3,339

5.9

187

3,550

5.3

190

3,551

5.4

Leicestershire

92

2,114

4.3

95

2,277

4.2

85

2,283

3.7

Lincolnshire

90

1,221

7.4

89

1,228

7.2

96

1,221

7.8

London, City of

24

808

3.0

24

853

2.8

28

876

3.2

Merseyside

125

4,099

3.0

119

4,122

2.9

115

4,317

2.7

Metropolitan police

583

27,984

2.1

592

29,735

2.0

1,029

30,710

3.4

Norfolk

120

1,499

8.0

121

1,510

8.0

107

1,544

6.9

Northamptonshire

70

1,210

5.8

71

1,239

5.7

65

1,267

5.2

Northumbria

245

3,943

6.2

253

4,040

6.3

165

4,048

4.1

North Wales

115

1,539

7.5

114

1,603

7.1

76

1,652

4.6

North Yorkshire

151

1,444

10.5

138

1,529

9.0

101

1,543

6.5

Nottinghamshire

26

2,411

1.1

121

2,484

4.9

133

2,502

5.3

South Wales

243

3,239

7.5

245

3,279

7.5

243

3,281

7.4

South Yorkshire

180

3,183

5.7

127

3,278

3.9

134

3,265

4.1

Staffordshire

50

2,202

2.3

49

2,266

2.2

58

2,280

2.5

Suffolk

68

1,253

5.4

72

1,304

5.5

76

1,313

5.8

Surrey

108

1,906

5.6

110

1,913

5.8

107

1,915

5.6

Sussex

164

2,989

5.5

163

3,039

5.4

163

3,044

5.4

Thames Valley

259

3,833

6.8

259

4,034

6.4

245

4,114

6.0

Warwickshire

103

997

10.3

103

1,008

10.2

93

1,011

9.2

West Mercia

292

2,256

13.0

115

2,355

4.9

117

2,367

4.9

West Midlands

384

7,751

5.0

405

7,887

5.1

393

8,056

4.9

West Yorkshire

320

5,029

6.4

314

5,275

6.0

317

5,631

5.6

Wiltshire

91

1,158

7.8

96

1,217

7.9

93

1,222

7.6

Total

6,902

131,426

5.3

6,706

137,128

4.9

7,104

139,495

5.1



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