Template:British Police Rank Numbers

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The British Police Rank Numbers template adds a table which holds cells for information which can be gathered from the "police workforce open data tables" and then input for a specific force using the parameters.
The total officers is automatically calculated from the male and female data inputted through the parameters.

Usage

To add this template to a page just copy the following into the page and then fill in the values after the "=": Any unused parameters removed from the template on a page will be presented as 0.

Requirements

This table template has references within it and requires reference or equivalent section in the page it is being applied to. Templates to add reference section:

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Parameters

{{British Police Rank Numbers|Title= Police Workforce
|FPS=|FPSV=|FDO=|FPCSO=|FSC=|FC=|FS=|FI=|FCI=|FSup=|FCSup=|FCO=
|MPS=|MPSV=|MDO=|MPCSO=|MSC=|MC=|MS=|MI=|MCI=|MSup=|MCSup=|MCO=
|Year=}}

The templates default values are 0 and, as well as the Title and Year not having a default. To show the default just remove the variable in the page you are editing.

Template Preview

The following is an example of code that could be used:

{{British Police Rank Numbers|Title=Example Police Workforce
|FS=1|FI=2|FCI=3|FSup=4|FCSup=5|FCO=6
|MPS=1|MPSV=2|MDO=3|MPCSO=4|MSC=5|MC=6
|Year=2000}}

This would produce the following:

Example Police Workforce
Rank	Police staff	Police support volunteer	Designated Officer	PCSO	Special constable	Constable	Sergeant	Inspector	Chief inspector	Superintendent	Chief superintendent	Chief officer
Female personnel	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Male personnel	1	2	3	4	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total personnel	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	6
Reference	2000 Police workforce open data tables

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