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Dear Mr Bennett,

Enquiry Ref : 2010/2438

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry, which we received on 08 January 2010, requesting information concerning:

1. Please provide the total numbers of officers by rank within your force for 2009

2. How many of those officers were assigned to response duties in 2009

3. What are the non response administerial departments within your force?

4. How many police officers are assigned to each of these departments, by rank?

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act, it will be our aim to respond to your request by 05 February 2010. However, it may be that we need to seek further clarification or information from you. This will add to the time in which we are allowed to respond to your request, of which you will be advised, together with the likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Miss J Baynes
Freedom of Information Officer

Dear Mr Bennett,

Thank you for your email I have included it to the file as clarification.

Many thanks

Jo Baynes
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Information Management Bureau
Gloucestershire Constabulary
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Dear Mr Bennett,

Gloucestershire Constabulary Freedom of Information request 2010.2438

On the 8th January 2010 you sent a letter constituting a request under the Freedom of Information Act asking the following:

1. Please provide the total numbers of officers by rank within your force for 2009
2. How many of those officers were assigned to response duties in 2009
3. What are the non response administerial departments within your force?
4. How many police officers are assigned to each of these departments, by rank?

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 s1, I can confirm that the Gloucestershire Constabulary holds some relevant information.

1.
Chief Constable 1
Dep Chief Const 1
Ass Chief Const 2
Chief Superintendent 7
Superintendent 12
Chief Inspector 20
Inspector 69
Sergeant 213
Constable 1032
Total 1357

2. There were 545 Police Officers assigned to response duties.

3.& 4.

Department Const. Sgt. Insp. C/Insp. Supt C/Supt. ACC DCC CC
Business Improvement Dept 3 7 3 2
COG/Executive Support 1 1 1 2 1 1
Community Partnership Dept 15 3 1 1 1
Contact Management 14 10 7 1 1
Criminal Justice Dept 4 1 1 1 1
Human Resources 22 4 2 1
Information Systems Dept 1
Professional Standards Dept 4 3 2 1
SCIS Department 104 26 11 2 3 2

Please note that the figures above have been grouped as per Home Office designated categories of Foot/Car/Beat Patrol (HMIC Function 30) and those that are deployed in Traffic (HMIC Function 54) roles as being response duties.

Officers not included in questions 2 or 3 will be assigned to another Home Office designated category role. For your information please see attached a copy of the categories used in this request.

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to ask that we review your case under our internal procedure.

If you decide to request that such a review is undertaken and following this process you are still unsatisfied, you then have the right to direct your complaint to the Information Commissioner for consideration.

If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Miss J Baynes
Freedom of Information Officer
Gloucestershire Constabulary

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