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<p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce
in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’
statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales"
target="_blank">Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.
These data are collected by Police Force Area only and information at lower levels
of geography, such as local authority are not held by the Home Office.</p><p>Data
on the number of police officers and PCSOs in Sussex Police, on both a full-time equivalent
(FTE) and a headcount basis are available in the Open Data Table that accompanies
the release:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods</a></p><p>The
deployment of officers across a police force area is a decision for operationally
independent Chief Constables.</p>
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