The available data are given in the tables.
Avon and Somerset FTE 1988 3,013 1989 3,014 1990 3,094 1991 3,092 1992 3,081 1993 3,068 1994 3,033 1995 3,000 1996 2,981 1997 2,989 1998 2,976 1999 2,999 2000 2,934 2001 2,994 2002 3,096 20033 3,149 20043 3,401 20053 3,384 20063 3,389 20073 3,375 20083 3,339 1 Full-time equivalent. All officers less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave (comparable with previously published figures) 2 This and other tables contain full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. 3 Comparable strength (excludes those on career breaks, or maternity/paternity leave). The Police Numbers Task Force (2001) recommended that a clear presentation was made of the numbers of staff employed by police forces including those seconded into the force and those on any type of long or short term absence. These new calculations were first used in 2003. and are not comparable with data prior to March 2003. The data from 2003 onwards used here are termed comparable because they have been calculated on the old basis to allow comparison.
Avon and Somerset police force FTE 2003 0 2004 45 20054 139 20064 130 20074 302 20084 377 1 This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. 2 Full-time equivalent exclude those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. 3 Police community support officers were introduced in statute in 2002, therefore data are not available prior to 2002-03. 4 Strength figures as at 31 March 2005 onwards include those staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. Therefore these figures are not comparable with those provided for other years in the table.