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IN THE WEST MIDLANDS:

l 69 per cent of responses were
from male officers

l 77 per cent of responses were
from constables

Of?cer assaults: l 15 per cent of responses were
what the welfare sergeants
survey revealed
l 70 per cent disagreed or
The Police Federation Officer Demand, Capacity and Welfare Survey gave an overview of strongly disagreed that they
attacks on officers. were able to meet all of the
conflicting demands on their
Verbal and physical violence was assessed using four questions regarding how often time
officers received verbal insults, verbal threats, unarmed physical attacks, and attacks with a
weapon from members of the public over the previous 12 months. l 86 per cent disagreed or
strongly disagreed that there
A total of 18 per cent of West Midlands Police respondents reported that they had are enough officers to manage
suffered one or more injuries that required medical attention as a result of work-related all the demands made on their
violence in the last year – losing more than 297 days in sickness absence. team/unit

In addition, 28 per cent of West Midlands Police respondents also reported that they had l 56 per cent reported being
suffered one or more injuries that required medical attention as a result of work-related single crewed often or always
accidents in the last year – losing more than 873 days in sickness absence. over the previous 12 months,
compared with 73 per cent of
The graph below shows the frequency of verbal and physical violence from members of respondents nationally
the public.

l 75 per cent reported having had
two or more rest days cancelled
in the previous 12-month
period

l 29 per cent reported they had
not been able to take their full
annual leave entitlement in the
previous 12 months.

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