<page_title> List of police forces of the United Kingdom </page_title> <section_title> Table </section_title> <table> <cell> Merseyside Police <col_header> Force </col_header> <col_header> Avon and Somerset Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Bedfordshire Police </col_header> <col_header> British Transport Police </col_header> <col_header> Cambridgeshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cheshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> City of London Police </col_header> <col_header> Civil Nuclear Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cleveland Police </col_header> <col_header> Cumbria Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Derbyshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Devon and Cornwall Police </col_header> <col_header> Dorset Police </col_header> <col_header> Durham Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Dyfed-Powys Police </col_header> <col_header> Essex Police </col_header> <col_header> Gloucestershire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Greater Manchester Police </col_header> <col_header> Gwent Police </col_header> <col_header> Hampshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Hertfordshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Humberside Police </col_header> <col_header> Kent Police </col_header> <col_header> Lancashire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Leicestershire Police </col_header> <col_header> Lincolnshire Police </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3,484 <col_header> Number of police officers </col_header> <row_header> Merseyside Police </row_header> </cell> </table>
In terms of officer numbers, Merseyside Police force is the 8th largest out of the 48 police forces of the United Kingdom.