Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent police officers there were in 2023-24.
The Scottish Government publish full-time police officer numbers on a quarterly basis. The statistics published provide a snapshot of police strength at the end of each quarter. Police officer quarterly strength statistics Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent police officers at the end of each quarter during 2023-24.
Q2 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q4 2023 | Q1 2024 |
16,600 | 16,613 | 16,363 | 16,356 |
Source: Police officer quarterly strength statistics