Number of Police Officers at the lowest since 2001

The number of cops in England and wales is at its lowest level since September 2001.

In September 2014 there were 127,075 police officers across the 43 home office forces, a drop of 1,295 from the pervious year.

Police Staff have also fallen to 63,678 in 2014 a fall of 1,023 from the pervious year.

Police Community Support Officers are currently at 12,768 a 785 fall from the pervious year.

Doing more with less – 17,000 less Police in Officers in fact & nearly 40,000 less support staff – & yet more to be lost #CrimeConf2015.

— 4Policing.com (@4Policing) January 29, 2015

Over 17k police officers have now been cut thousands more #PoliceCuts to come #CutsHaveConsequences for communities and safety PF

— Police Inspectors (@PoliceInspForum) January 29, 2015