Our official projections are that there will be 17,270 police officers (full-time equivalent) on 31 March 2011 and 17,292 on 30 June 2011, 1,036 and 1,058 respectively above the baseline figure of 16,234 at 31 March 2007. A new study setting out official projected police officer numbers on 31 March and 30 June 2011 was published on the Scottish Government ...