12.1 | Security Sector Reform

• how a ‘police officer’ was defined – some definitions included retired officers and

MOD police officers, others did not; and

• the way in which numbers were counted – some counted the posts in place

regardless of whether an officer occupied it at the time, others did not.

1544. Table 6 contains a broad estimate of the number of UK police officers deployed to

Iraq between 2003 and 2009. Because of the limitations of the source material and the

variety of sources used, the numbers quoted are approximate and, in some cases, are

inconsistent with other material. The explanatory notes provide the reader with helpful

background information on how the numbers have been calculated. In some cases, the

Inquiry has made assumptions in the figures about the continuation of posts based on

preceding or subsequent evidence.

Table 7: Estimated number of police officers deployed to Iraq 2003 to 2009

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Period

Estimated total

Notes

Iraq Iraq and Including

Jordan

known

ArmorGroup

posts

July 2003

41407

DCC Brand in Baghdad and DCC White in Basra.

DCC White was accompanied by two MOD

police officers.

October

2003

101408

6 MOD police officers were deployed to Baghdad

for various roles including helping to establish

the Joint Co‑ordination Cell and supporting the

Baghdad Police Academy.

November

2003

10

461409

Including 36 police officers who were deployed to

Jordan to conduct police training.

December

2003

341410

70

Including 24 police officers who were deployed

to az‑Zubayr Academy in Basra to conduct police

training.

January

2004

34 1061411

An additional 36 officers were deployed to

Jordan.

1407 Statement Brand, 29 June 2010, page 1; Statement White, 30 June 2010, page 1.

1408 Letter Lee to Clarke, 18 February 2004, ‘Deployment of MDP Officers to Iraq’.

1409 Letter Owen to Rycroft, 18 December 2003, ‘UK Contribution to Iraqi Police Training’.

1410 Report ISSU [FCO], 2 March 2004, ‘Security Sector Reform – UK Contribution’; Statement White,

30 June 2010, page 36.

1411 Annotated Agenda, 1 March 2004, Ad Hoc Group on Iraq Rehabilitation meeting; Report ISSU [FCO],

2 March 2004, ‘Security Sector Reform – UK Contribution’.

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