9 hours agoWhich countries in Europe have more policemen?
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The number of police officers in Europe has declined slowly in recent years, this was made known by the recent publication of new figures by the European Union's statistical division. In 2016, there were a total of 1.6 million officers in the countries involved in the report -- a 3.4% reduction since 2009. [...]
The number of police officers in Europe has declined slowly in recent years, this was made known by the recent publication of new figures by the European Union's statistical division.
In 2016, there were a total of 1.6 million officers in the countries involved in the report -- a 3.4% reduction since 2009.
While there are differences among the nations in 2015, data showed that there was a police officer for 314 in general.
The figures, taken from official statistics produced by authorities in every country, showed Hungary had the lowest rate of police employees of 90 per 100,000 people in 2015. The report does not include figures for all European countries -- only those that have provided the data in Eurostat -- broadcast Klan Kosova.
The states organise law enforcement in various ways, according to national needs, resources and priorities. Another difference between national figures is who exactly counts as police”, the report says.
Harted by the European Union statistical body Eurostat, it also examined the composition of forces personnel along the bloc.
This statistical body published that in 2016, 21% of police officers in the EU were women ) this marks a 16.7% increase in 2008.
