The growing size of the population means there are fewer bobbies to go around
As more riots and disorder threaten to break out this weekend in the wake of the Southport stabbings, police officer numbers have never been higher. Yet data suggests the so-called thin blue line is being stretched thinner than ever.
READ MORE: Police want to speak to these people after violent disorder unfolds outside Manchester hotel It means that each Met officer working today is responsible for the equivalent of 258 people. In 2010, each bobby would be required to police the equivalent of 234 people, 24 fewer.Data for Greater Manchester shows 8,141 full-time equivalent police officers were in post in Greater Manchester Police as of March 31. That’s the highest number since 2010, when there was a similar number .The latest figures show 280 officers for every 100,000 of the population in Greater Manchester.
It comes as police resources have been stretched this week by protests and violent disorder following the horrific deaths of three children in Southport. Misinformation spread online has been blamed for fuelling the violence which saw police officers attacked and pelted with bricks by a far-right mob in the town where the children were killed.
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