Police

Home Department written question – answered am ar 4 Chwefror 2005.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mark Fisher Mark Fisher Llafur, Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) community support officers have been employed by Staffordshire constabulary in each of the past seven years.

Photo of Hazel Blears Hazel Blears Minister of State (Home Office) (Policing, Security and Community Safety), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee

The following table sets out Staffordshire police strength since 1997–98.

Staffordshire police
As at 31 March Police officer strength
1997 2,211
1998 2,292
1999 2,238
2000 2,170
2001 2,129
2002 2,133
2003 2,202
2004 2,266
2004 (31 August) 2,274

Community Support Officers (CSOs) were introduced by the Police Reform Act 2002 and CSO's were first recruited in Staffordshire in December 2003. By December 2004 there were 27 CSOs on patrol in Staffordshire.

Funding for an additional 35 CSOs for Staffordshire is being made available under the first phase of the Neighbourhood Policing Fund.

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