Officers made 10 percent fewer arrests last year than in 2011, and 46 percent fewer compared to 2009, the year before the force began shrinking.
The force began the new armed patrols -- an experimental pilot program -- as part of a multipronged effort to rein in some of the city's most violent gangs.
The economic climate has grown cloudier, however, and federal money that offset the cost of hiring 4,300 officers, about 11percentt of the force, began to expire last year.
Within hours of Scotland Yard receiving the material from News International on 26 January 2011, the force began a fresh investigation into phone hacking, codenamed Operation Weeting.
When the force began to search houses, it found a man inside, and "the assault force reacted to what they thought was hostile intent and shot the individual," according to a NATO statement.
The tags, which use GPS technology, have been worn by 20 ex-prisoners since the force began a trial in July.
The force began evacuating British, Australian and New Zealand troops from Nauplia.
And the force began last year to deploy dogs trained to sniff packages and alert agents when they detect fentanyl.
Returning to the Third Fleet and being re-designated Task Group 38.4, the force began operating off the Japanese Home Islands in July 1945.
Tensions mounted throughout the day, and at about 2 10 a.m. on Tuesday the forces began firing again, witnesses said.
