The statistics for April 1999 to March 2000 show
that the number of police operations in which firearms were issued to
officers was 10 915 a slight
fall on the previous year. The number of firearms incidents in which firearms
were discharged by police were seven, compared to five in the previous
year. There were three fatalities.
There was an increase of 6.2% to 8 276 in the number of operations in
which armed response vehicles were deployed. Firearms were carried in
these vehicles but were not necessarily issued to officers on each occasion.
Full details are set out in the tables.
Table 1
|
NUMBER OF OPERATIONS IN WHICH FIREARMS WERE ISSUED
|
|
|
1996-97
|
1997-98
|
1998-99
|
1999-00
|
|
TOTAL
|
12379
|
11842
|
10928
|
10915
|
|
AVON & SOMERSET
|
312
|
139
|
88
|
90
|
|
BEDFORDSHIRE
|
345
|
323
|
260
|
190
|
|
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
|
54
|
96
|
43
|
75
|
|
CHESHIRE
|
288
|
216
|
299
|
386
|
|
CLEVELAND
|
1026
|
103
|
35
|
76
|
|
CITY OF LONDON
|
308
|
307
|
147
|
125
|
|
CUMBRIA
|
72
|
68
|
52
|
24
|
|
DERBYSHIRE
|
109
|
147
|
176
|
178
|
|
DEVON & CORNWALL
|
160
|
133
|
61
|
65
|
|
DORSET
|
36
|
54
|
69
|
79
|
|
DURHAM
|
131
|
103
|
114
|
114
|
|
ESSEX
|
331
|
505
|
590
|
497
|
|
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
|
41
|
51
|
52
|
52
|
|
GTR MANCHESTER
|
214
|
165
|
160
|
224
|
|
HAMPSHIRE
|
245
|
217
|
129
|
103
|
|
HERTFORDSHIRE
|
96
|
82
|
75
|
73
|
|
HUMBERSIDE
|
291
|
472
|
317
|
193
|
|
KENT
|
236
|
423
|
92
|
85
|
|
LANCASHIRE
|
333
|
338
|
616
|
267
|
|
LEICESTERSHIRE
|
155
|
89
|
109
|
222
|
|
LINCOLNSHIRE
|
58
|
52
|
57
|
155
|
|
MERSEYSIDE
|
671
|
675
|
484
|
489
|
|
METROPOLITAN
|
2439
|
2578
|
2742
|
2862
|
|
NORFOLK
|
166
|
128
|
185
|
239
|
|
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
|
64
|
77
|
51
|
57
|
|
NORTHUMBRIA
|
1360
|
823
|
683
|
465
|
|
NORTH YORKSHIRE
|
65
|
102
|
69
|
612
|
|
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
|
84
|
306
|
266
|
255
|
|
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
|
155
|
302
|
135
|
237
|
|
STAFFORDSHIRE
|
257
|
240
|
209
|
174
|
|
SUFFOLK
|
180
|
193
|
174
|
165
|
|
SURREY
|
133
|
87
|
60
|
143
|
|
SUSSEX
|
235
|
330
|
123
|
185
|
|
THAMES VALLEY
|
215
|
227
|
158
|
110
|
|
WARWICKSHIRE
|
97
|
152
|
291
|
194
|
|
WEST MERCIA
|
106
|
132
|
130
|
110
|
|
WEST MIDLANDS
|
270
|
227
|
305
|
362
|
|
WEST YORKSHIRE
|
617
|
630
|
662
|
813
|
|
WILTSHIRE
|
26
|
26
|
24
|
19
|
|
DYFED POWYS
|
17
|
27
|
38
|
37
|
|
GWENT
|
89
|
86
|
64
|
39
|
|
NORTH WALES
|
233
|
310
|
386
|
371
|
|
SOUTH WALES
|
59
|
101
|
148
|
255
|
Table 2
|
NUMBER OF AUTHORISED FIREARMS OFFICERS (AFOs)
|
|
|
1996-97
|
1997-98
|
1998-99
|
1999-00
|
|
TOTAL
|
6738
|
6585
|
6308
|
6262
|
|
AVON & SOMERSET
|
165
|
161
|
153
|
150
|
|
BEDFORDSHIRE
|
46
|
42
|
50
|
46
|
|
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
|
90
|
80
|
80
|
77
|
|
CHESHIRE
|
70
|
82
|
70
|
75
|
|
CLEVELAND
|
86
|
84
|
78
|
80
|
|
CITY OF LONDON
|
88
|
81
|
55
|
73
|
|
CUMBRIA
|
108
|
122
|
98
|
98
|
|
DERBYSHIRE
|
110
|
100
|
87
|
77
|
|
DEVON & CORNWALL
|
151
|
147
|
82
|
119
|
|
DORSET
|
74
|
72
|
72
|
66
|
|
DURHAM
|
138
|
144
|
96
|
101
|
|
ESSEX
|
228
|
217
|
235
|
228
|
|
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
|
82
|
84
|
79
|
77
|
|
GTR MANCHESTER
|
209
|
182
|
217
|
218
|
|
HAMPSHIRE
|
106
|
112
|
110
|
111
|
|
HERTFORDSHIRE
|
42
|
41
|
43
|
52
|
|
HUMBERSIDE
|
90
|
102
|
102
|
97
|
|
KENT
|
150
|
150
|
130
|
136
|
|
LANCASHIRE
|
132
|
125
|
132
|
143
|
|
LEICESTERSHIRE
|
104
|
94
|
90
|
90
|
|
LINCOLNSHIRE
|
82
|
85
|
75
|
78
|
|
MERSEYSIDE
|
147
|
165
|
121
|
96
|
|
METROPOLITAN
|
2035
|
1971
|
1951
|
1977
|
|
NORFOLK
|
98
|
102
|
109
|
110
|
|
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
|
92
|
92
|
92
|
75
|
|
NORTHUMBRIA
|
173
|
126
|
123
|
114
|
|
NORTH YORKSHIRE
|
108
|
95
|
83
|
59
|
|
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
|
128
|
129
|
120
|
116
|
|
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
|
110
|
108
|
90
|
100
|
|
STAFFORDSHIRE
|
78
|
86
|
92
|
81
|
|
SUFFOLK
|
82
|
96
|
101
|
98
|
|
SURREY
|
76
|
61
|
69
|
71
|
|
SUSSEX
|
180
|
146
|
156
|
131
|
|
THAMES VALLEY
|
185
|
194
|
179
|
187
|
|
WARWICKSHIRE
|
41
|
38
|
44
|
54
|
|
WEST MERCIA
|
155
|
159
|
139
|
129
|
|
WEST MIDLANDS
|
88
|
95
|
92
|
93
|
|
WEST YORKSHIRE
|
131
|
114
|
128
|
110
|
|
WILTSHIRE
|
134
|
105
|
88
|
89
|
|
DYFED POWYS
|
70
|
71
|
67
|
65
|
|
GWENT
|
70
|
59
|
64
|
68
|
|
NORTH WALES
|
72
|
90
|
97
|
92
|
|
SOUTH WALES
|
134
|
176
|
169
|
155
|
Table 3
|
NUMBER OF OPERATIONS INVOLVING ARMED RESPONSE VEHICLES
(ARVs)
|
|
|
1996-97
|
1997-98
|
1998-99
|
1999-00
|
|
TOTAL
|
8060
|
7544
|
7791
|
8276
|
|
AVON & SOMERSET
|
247
|
121
|
83
|
78
|
|
BEDFORDSHIRE
|
309
|
285
|
240
|
172
|
|
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
|
23
|
19
|
27
|
54
|
|
CHESHIRE
|
240
|
166
|
247
|
330
|
|
CLEVELAND
|
1014
|
57*
|
29
|
25
|
|
CITY OF LONDON
|
25
|
34
|
32
|
24
|
|
CUMBRIA
|
64
|
43
|
38
|
21
|
|
DERBYSHIRE
|
97
|
99
|
153
|
167
|
|
DEVON & CORNWALL
|
77
|
58
|
43
|
52
|
|
DORSET
|
28
|
50
|
66
|
69
|
|
DURHAM
|
62
|
85
|
84
|
67
|
|
ESSEX
|
218
|
180
|
285
|
244
|
|
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
|
13
|
48
|
49
|
44
|
|
GTR MANCHESTER
|
**
|
56
|
43
|
173
|
|
HAMPSHIRE
|
208
|
170
|
114
|
90
|
|
HERTFORDSHIRE
|
35
|
25
|
26
|
44
|
|
HUMBERSIDE
|
284
|
437
|
277
|
181
|
|
KENT
|
208
|
212
|
74
|
58
|
|
LANCASHIRE
|
320
|
321
|
596
|
250
|
|
LEICESTERSHIRE
|
126
|
68
|
109
|
144
|
|
LINCOLNSHIRE
|
39
|
34
|
42
|
141
|
|
MERSEYSIDE
|
618
|
559
|
396
|
466
|
|
METROPOLITAN
|
790
|
954
|
1573
|
1812
|
|
NORFOLK
|
152
|
117
|
167
|
210
|
|
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
|
20
|
29
|
32
|
21
|
|
NORTHUMBRIA
|
715
|
515
|
503
|
397
|
|
NORTH YORKSHIRE
|
13
|
52
|
30
|
40
|
|
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
|
66
|
256*
|
246
|
232
|
|
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
|
129
|
252
|
115
|
214
|
|
STAFFORDSHIRE
|
235
|
206
|
185
|
131
|
|
SUFFOLK
|
120
|
135
|
104
|
101
|
|
SURREY
|
52
|
76
|
46
|
110
|
|
SUSSEX
|
173
|
284
|
0*
|
172
|
|
THAMES VALLEY
|
164
|
184
|
139
|
108
|
|
WARWICKSHIRE
|
91
|
127
|
220
|
158
|
|
WEST MERCIA
|
77
|
98
|
99
|
98
|
|
WEST MIDLANDS
|
103
|
102
|
129
|
138
|
|
WEST YORKSHIRE
|
584
|
586
|
630
|
787
|
|
WILTSHIRE
|
23
|
21
|
17
|
15
|
|
DYFED POWYS
|
12
|
19
|
30
|
37
|
|
GWENT
|
58
|
47
|
39
|
27
|
|
NORTH WALES
|
173
|
260
|
298
|
354
|
|
SOUTH WALES
|
55
|
97
|
136
|
220
|
* these forces have changed the counting method for incidents to which
ARVs are deployed
** no figures available
|
