UK Police Numbers At Record High?

According to this report, UK Police Numbers are increasing and have reached a new record high of 141,381.

Not sure whether these extra officers have been posted to my area or not.
Has anyone seen any shiny new 'straight out of the box' police officers walking about and looking lost anywhere?

You'd know if they'd been posted to your area, you'd be suffering from a localised sharp increase in HORT1's and FPN's!