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Steve Bennett

[1][FOI #26574 email]

08 January 2010

Dear Mr Bennett

Freedom of Information Request - Reference No: 20100011

Thank you for your request for information in relation to:
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?

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Steve Bennett To FOI requests at South
<[FOI #26574 email]> Yorkshire Police
<[South Yorkshire Police request email]>
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Subject Freedom of Information
request - Police Resources

Dear South Yorkshire Police,

I would be grateful if you could assist me.

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?

Yours faithfully,

Nice 1 Limited

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04 February 2010

Steve Bennett
What do they know

[1][FOI #26574 email]

Dear Mr Bennett

Freedom of Information Request *** Reference No: 20100011

Thank you for your request for information in relation to:

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

Chief Constable 1
Deputy Chief Constable 1
Assistant Chief Constable 3
Chief Superintendent 8
Superintendent 11
Chief Inspector 21
Inspector 111
Sergeant 316
Constable 1977

Detective Chief Superintendent 1
Detective Superintendent 11
Detective Chief Inspector 13
Detective Inspector 36
Detective Sergeant 120
Detective Constable 339

Temporary Chief Superintendent 2
Temporary Superintendent 2
Temporary Chief Inspector 3
Temporary Inspector 4
Temporary Sergeant 12

Temporary Detective Chief Inspector 1
Temporary Detective Inspector 7
Temporary Detective Sergeant 6

2. How many of those officers were assigned to response duties in 2009?
934 officers were assigned to respond to incidents in 2009

3. What are the non response administerial departments within your force?
ACPO Command
Business Change Directorate
Command Suite
Communications
Community Safety
Criminal Justice Department
Performance Development
Personnel Services
Professional Standards
Specialist Crime Services
Training Department

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

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Yours sincerely

Frances Wilson
Freedom Information Compliance Clerk
South Yorkshire Police
Information Compliance Unit
Professional Standards Department
Unit 20 Sheffield 35A Business Park
Churchill Way
Sheffield
S35 2PY

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