Number of Officers and Staff (1694A/22)
Request
1. The total number of officers in the following departments for each of the years 2016-2022, broken down by calendar year as well as department and provided in an Excel format. In the case of c) please give the number of control room staff for the same set of calendar years broken down in the same way:
a. Response
b. CID
c. Police Control Room
2. The total number of officers in the following departments who have departed the police for each of the years 2016-2022, broken down by calendar year as well as department and provided in an Excel format. In the case of c) please give the number of control room staff who have departed for the same set of calendar years broken down in the same way:
a. Response
b. CID
c. Police Control Room
3. The total number of officers in the following departments who are still within their 2-year probationary period for each of the years 2016-2022, broken down by calendar year as well as department and provided in an Excel format. In the case of c) please give the total number of control room staff who have joined within the last 2 years for the same set of years and broken down in the same way:
a. Response
b. CID
c. Police Control Room
4. The total number of officers in the following departments who have departed the police while still within their 2-year probationary period for each of the years 2016-2022, broken down by calendar year as well as department and provided in an Excel format. In the case of c) please give the total number of control room staff who have departed within 2 years of joining for the same set of years and broken down in the same way:
a. Response
b. CID
c. Police Control Room
Response
Please find attached our response.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.