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<p>The total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in West Midlands
Police, and the proportion they comprise of the total number of FTE police officers
in England and Wales from 31 March 2010 to 30 September 2018, are shown in the table
below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Table:</p>Number of full-time equivalent
Police officers in West Midlands Police and as a proportion of the England and Wales
total, 2010 to 2018</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>As
at:</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Proportion of all E&Ws officers
(%)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010:
31 March</p></td><td><p>8,626</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011:
31 March</p></td><td><p>8,149</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012:
31 March</p></td><td><p>7,826</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013:
31 March</p></td><td><p>7,615</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014:
31 March</p></td><td><p>7,288</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015:
31 March</p></td><td><p>7,133</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016:
31 March</p></td><td><p>6,944</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017:
31 March</p></td><td><p>6,756</p></td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017:
30 September</p></td><td><p>6,535</p></td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018:
31 March</p></td><td><p>6,581</p></td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018:
30 September</p></td><td><p>6,559</p></td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="4"><p>Source: Home Office,</p>'Police Workforce England and Wales' statistical
bulletin</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1
Excludes British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2 Data in these
tables include officers on career breaks and other types of long term absence, and
those seconded from other forces. They exclude officers seconded out to central services
(e.g. the Home Office, the National Crime Agency).</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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