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Table 2: Number of authorised firearms officers (AFOs)
Year
	2001-2	2002-3	2003-4	2004-5	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2008-9
AVON & SOMERSET	116	84	122	118	117	103	123	127
BEDFORDSHIRE	48	53	58	56	59	57	53	50
CAMBRIDGESHIRE	56	71	60	60	50	46	49	51
CHESHIRE	81	89	75	76	73	80	72	88
CLEVELAND	85	80	95	100	100	105	97	83
CITY OF LONDON	73	72	86	89	86	45	49	50
CUMBRIA	92	87	89	90	89	90	97	86
DERBYSHIRE	80	69	70	74	75	69	61	61
DEVON & CORNWALL	108	115	132	123	122	132	142	146
DORSET	57	59	60	64	62	67	71	79
DURHAM	86	102	97	103	100	102	89	82
ESSEX	180	184	186	202	205	220	225	223
GLOUCESTERSHIRE	71	80	82	93	92	94	95	97
GTR MANCHESTER	219	202	205	187	245	217	250	296
HAMPSHIRE	87	94	94	92	97	83	85	93
HERTFORDSHIRE	46	47	50	53	52	49	53	50
HUMBERSIDE	96	96	96	101	92	83	87	80
KENT	113	93	90	94	94	98	87	110
LANCASHIRE	138	129	122	115	123	103	143	105
LEICESTERSHIRE	69	68	51	53	59	67	64	73
LINCOLNSHIRE	91	87	78	86	87	75	77	69
MERSEYSIDE	78	84	94	93	129	139	153	154
METROPOLITAN	1,805	1,823	2,060	2,134	2,331	2,584	2,530	2,740
NORFOLK	104	109	114	125	119	127	114	106
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	51	56	52	50	56	59	53	50
NORTHUMBRIA	125	99	90	93	98	92	96	95
NORTH YORKSHIRE	66	64	60	56	78	67	67	63
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE	136	131	138	138	149	146	137	133
SOUTH YORKSHIRE	92	100	98	122	116	118	106	99
STAFFORDSHIRE	71	63	67	76	70	82	82	75
SUFFOLK	90	80	96	88	84	78	74	67
SURREY	62	48	53	49	51	45	54	54
SUSSEX	120	141	134	130	129	129	123	123
THAMES VALLEY	156	180	172	176	180	186	180	180
WARWICKSHIRE	50	51	46	53	55	59	63	66
WEST MERCIA	125	131	139	141	152	133	163	99
WEST MIDLANDS	111	110	124	134	145	175	177	165
WEST YORKSHIRE	116	132	140	130	150	148	147	135
WILTSHIRE	71	78	80	74	72	69	67	74
DYFED POWYS	77	62	58	79	68	72	67	63
GWENT	57	60	71	74	86	64	63	54
NORTH WALES	83	75	73	65	57	56	57	53
SOUTH WALES	138	125	139	134	130	115	138	121
TOTAL	5,776	5,763	6,096	6,243	6,584	6,728	6,780	6,868
Source: See Notes for tables

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