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Police: Northern Ireland

Volume 701: debated on Wednesday 7 May 2008

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many members of the police force in County Fermanagh have (a) desk-based jobs, (b) partly desk-based jobs and (c) community-based jobs. [HL3144]

The chief constable has provided the following Answer.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland refers to officers as being operational and non-operational. Non-operational officers provide a support function to front-line policing.

In Fermanagh Area Command Unit there are currently 147 operational officers (of which 39 are attached to neighbourhood policing teams) and 24 non-operational officers.