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22 January 2010 
 
 
 
Your Ref: 
 
 
 
 
Our Ref: 
0013/2010 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr Alistair P Sloan 
 
[email address]
Force Disclosure Unit 
 
Police Headquarters 
173 Pitt Street 
GLASGOW 
G2 4JS 
 
Tel: 0141 435 1216 
 
Fax: 0141 435 1218 
 
Dear Mr Sloan 
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NUMBER 0013/10 
 
I refer to your request for information dated 8 January 2010, which was received by 
Strathclyde Police on same date. Your request has now been considered and on 22 January 
2010, a decision was made to grant your request.  As such, the information you have 
requested is detailed below. 
 
Please note that Detached, Strathclyde Joint Police Board and Scottish Police Service 
Authority posts have not been counted.  Probationary Officers are counted as Police Officers.  
Agency staff and Special Constables are not counted. 
 
1. The total number of staff employed by Strathclyde Police 
 
There are currently 11, 014 staff as of the date of your request. 
 
2. The number of Police Officers (of all ranks) employed by Strathclyde Police 
 
There are 8269 Police Officers. 
 
3. The number of civilian Staff employed by Strathclyde Police. 
 
There are 2745 Members of Police Staff. 
 
4. The number of positions within Strathclyde Police that are held by Police Officers which 
are office based - either for the entire job or at least 75% of the working week. 
 
There are 781 Police Officers whose post role classification is either ‘Police – Operational 
Support’, ‘Police – Organisational Support or ‘Police in Support Role’ 
 
 
 
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5. Following on from number 4 the percentages of these officers who have a rank of 
Inspector or below. 
 
729 of the 781 Police Officers hold the rank of Inspector or below, which equates to 93.34%. 
 
I hope this information is helpful, however, if you are not satisfied with the way in which 
your request has been dealt with, you are entitled in the first instance to request a review of 
the decision made by the Force.  Should you wish to request such a review, please write to 
Mrs Sheena Brennan, Disclosure Manager at the above address within 40 working days of 
receiving this letter.   
 
Once informed of the Review Panel’s decision, if you are still not satisfied, then you are 
entitled to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months for a decision.  
Contact details are; Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, 
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, telephone 01334 464610.   
 
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Strathclyde Police. 
Should you require any further assistance concerning this matter please contact me directly on 
0141 435 1216 quoting the reference number given. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Colette McFarlane 
Freedom of Information Officer 

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