Police: Road Traffic Control
(asked on 11th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many traffic police, as full time equivalents, have been employed in Kent each year from 2010 to date.
This question was answered on 17th March 2015
The table provided shows the number and proportion of full-time equivalent police officers within the traffic function for Kent Police, as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2014.
| Number of and proportion of full-time equivalent1 police officers within the traffic function2, 3 in Kent Police, as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2014.4 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Proportion of total police officers (%) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||
| Kent | 138 | 138 | 124 | 112 | 101 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number. | ||||||||||||
| 2. Traffic function includes staff who are predominantly employed on motor-cycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway related duties to support the traffic function of the force including radar, accident investigation, vehicle examination and traffic administration. Includes those officers working with hazardous chemicals, and those administrative staff predominantly serving the internal needs of the traffic function of the force and those officers in supporting roles. | ||||||||||||
| 3. Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. This may explain some variability between years. | ||||||||||||
| 4. Figures have been confirmed by all police forces after collection and before publication each year. | ||||||||||||