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Q1. Number of officers currently serving within your force.
Q2. Number of officers assigned or posted to teams which primarily (or exclusively) deal with child criminal exploitation (such as county lines).
Q3. Number of officers assigned or posted to teams which primarily (or exclusively) deal with child sexual exploitation.
Q4. Number of officers assigned or posted to teams which primarily (or exclusively) deal with sex trafficking (forced prostitution).
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Q1. As at 29 January 2025, North Yorkshire Police has 1652 serving officers.
Q2 & 3. The Missing and Exploitation team currently has 9 officers dealing with all aspects of child criminal and sexual exploitation.
Q4. We currently have three exploitation officers that deal with all aspects of adult exploitation including sex trafficking.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.