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*Number of Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs)*
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Total	5,776	5,763	6,096	6,243	6,584	6,728
Avon and Somerset	116	84	122	118	117	103
Bedfordshire	48	53	58	56	59	57
Cambridgeshire	56	71	60	60	50	46
Cheshire	81	89	75	76	73	80
Cleveland	85	80	95	100	100	105
City Of London	73	72	86	89	86	45
Cumbria	92	87	89	90	89	90
Derbyshire	80	69	70	74	75	69
Devon and Cornwall	108	115	132	123	122	132
Dorset	57	59	60	64	62	67
Durham	86	102	97	103	100	102
Essex	180	184	186	202	205	220
Gloucestershire	71	80	82	93	92	94
Gtr Manchester	219	202	205	187	245	217
Hampshire	87	94	94	92	97	83
Hertfordshire	46	47	50	53	52	49
Humberside	96	96	96	101	92	83
Kent	113	93	90	94	94	98
Lancashire	138	129	122	115	123	103
Leicestershire	69	68	51	53	59	67
Lincolnshire	91	87	78	86	87	75
Merseyside	78	84	94	93	129	139
Metropolitan	1,805	1,823	2,060	2,134	2,331	2,584
Norfolk	104	109	114	125	119	127
Northamptonshire	51	56	52	50	56	59
Northumbria	125	99	90	93	98	92
North Yorkshire	66	64	60	56	78	67
Nottinghamshire	136	131	138	138	149	146
South Yorkshire	92	100	98	122	116	118
Staffordshire	71	63	67	76	70	82
Suffolk	90	80	96	88	84	78
Surrey	62	48	53	49	51	45
Sussex	120	141	134	130	129	129
Thames Valley	156	180	172	176	180	186
Warwickshire	50	51	46	53	55	59
West Mercia	125	131	139	141	152	133
West Midlands	111	110	124	134	145	175
West Yorkshire	116	132	140	130	150	148
Wiltshire	71	78	80	74	72	69
Dyfed Powys	77	62	58	79	68	72
Gwent	57	60	71	74	86	64
North Wales	83	75	73	65	57	56
South Wales	138	125	139	134	130	115

*Number of Operations Involving Armed Response Vehicles (ARVs)*
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Total	11,574	11,848	13,218	13,137	14,355	14,530
Avon and Somerset	173	215	249	312	167	192
Bedfordshire	172	269	414	419	534	654
Cambridgeshire	43	45	155	172	160	172
Cheshire	523	337	356	773	807	793
Cleveland	13	63	86	154	285	290
City Of London	39	131	364	275	234	183
Cumbria	53	45	65	134	90	72
Derbyshire	253	363	312	254	257	183
Devon and Cornwall	76	32	94	54	54	76
Dorset	182	180	215	195	246	322
Durham	57	66	96	91	256	204
Essex	165	176	138	138	155	224
Gloucestershire	140	166	109	121	145	213
Gtr Manchester	528	406	440	364	306	214
Hampshire	116	108	128	167	178	270
Hertfordshire	81	129	157	155	160	226
Humberside	273	170	158	184	335	232
Kent	89	132	193	124	183	373
Lancashire	192	185	273	228	232	383
Leicestershire	292	232	269	232	328	313
Lincolnshire	470	367	355	276	210	147
Merseyside	974	547	687	677	611	644
Metropolitan	1,667	2,447	2,423	2,322	2,572	2,770
Norfolk	157	186	169	163	149	133
Northamptonshire	25	90	99	89	101	119
Northumbria	1,349	1,204	1,063	893	585	299
North Yorkshire	60	67	110	144	208	268
Nottinghamshire	333	397	404	336	342	256
South Yorkshire	221	280	322	438	632	522
Staffordshire	208	241	212	183	154	222
Suffolk	116	160	194	119	149	204
Surrey	225	240	190	140	204	209
Sussex	189	171	250	163	162	165
Thames Valley	174	167	179	265	355	227
Warwickshire	104	31	138	102	144	121
West Mercia	100	111	241	152	94	120
West Midlands	563	592	975	952	745	518
West Yorkshire	609	565	543	656	1,040	1,048
Wiltshire	43	39	28	54	124	190
Dyfed Powys	28	29	28	48	55	72
Gwent	16	16	23	74	85	109
North Wales	265	198	153	180	299	295
South Wales	218	253	161	165	223	283