Police officer numbers in England and Wales
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The number of police officers in England and Wales has fallen by over 20,000 between March 2010 and March 2018.
There were over 122,000 police officers in March this year. Counting those from the British Transport Police and those on secondment it was 126,000.
These figures refer to the number of full time equivalent officers (or how many there would be if you added up all their hours to make full -time roles).
The number of police officers in England and Wales is the lowest recorded level si...
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