Essex Police Marine Unit
Keywords
Essex, Police, Marine, Unit, Full-time, Part-time, Staff, Financial, Year, Ranks, Hours, Patrolling, Water, Engine, Hours, Accrued, Constables, Sergeant, Vessels, Marina, Anchor, RHIB, Launch, PWC.
Publication Number
PUB 1302
FOI Reference Number
16408
Request Title
Essex Police Marine Unit
Date Range
2021
Information Requested
1. How many full time staff employed within this unit in last financial year
2. Ranks of full time staff employed as above
3. How many hours spent patrolling on water in last financial year
4. Engine hours accrued by each Essex Police boat in last financial year
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full disclosure
Information Correct as at
15 November 2021
Date of Disclosure
02 December 2021
Related Documents/Links
Marine Unit vessels- halmatic launch and halmatic rib 2021
FOI 16408 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 15 November 2021.
1. How many full time staff employed within this unit in last financial year.
There are 4 Constables and 1 Sergeant. There is also 1 Constable who is part time. The total full time equivalent is 5.75 and the headcount is 6.
The Police Service is fluid and Officer numbers are likely to fluctuate based on operational requirements and intelligence led policing, indeed deployable resources can be drawn in from elsewhere, including other forces, if demand dictates. The figures provided, therefore, are a historic snapshot at a point in time, and are not indicative of the force overall capability, which continuously changes.
2. Ranks of full time staff employed as above.
The ranks are Constable and Sergeant.
3. How many hours spent patrolling on water in last financial year.
Overall, 609 hours since April 2021 between our 3 vessels. However, this does not take into account if we visit a Marina or drop anchor while on patrol. The engine would be turned off, however, we are still on the water and on patrol.
4. Engine hours accrued by each Essex Police boat in last financial year.
RHIB – 188 hours, Launch – 378 hours, PWC – 43 hours.
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.