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Police numbers up in Scotland as recruitment drive bites

                   
telegraph.co.uk
29-Aug-2008
        
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Police numbers have reached record levels thanks to the first phase of a recruitment drive agreed by Scottish ministers and the Tories. By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor Official figures published on Friday show there were 16,339 police officers in Scotland at the end of June, an increase of 118 on the first quarter of the year. This compares with 16,265 in June last year, meaning police numbers have... [read full story]                    

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The SNP said it was on target to recruit an extra 1,000 officers The number of police in Scotland has reached a "record high", according to the Scottish Government. There were 16,339 police officers in Scotland at the...