This year the 41 English and Welsh constabularies outside London will get new elected commissioners to oversee them.
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The figures do not include Dumfries and Galloway or Fife constabularies, meaning the figure will be higher than stated in the 2010-11 statistics.
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An e-petition has been created calling on the government to ensure that different police constabularies work together more closely when granting firearms licences.
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