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Suffolk (6.4 per cent), Hampshire (5.6 per “ The true cost of the budget cuts are a cent), Humberside and Lancashire (5.1 per reduction in the cent), South Yorkshire (5 per cent), Greater services we are able to Manchester (4.2 per cent) and Cleveland (4.1 per cent). provide and increased Federated ranks hit hardest: While there has been a significant drop in pressure on our officers the number of officers in the Federated ranks and in police staff roles, there has been less of an impact in more senior roles who are stressed and nationwide. The table (below) shows figures for the suffering from low end of March 2003, 2014 and 2015. The full table can be found at the Home Office website within the ‘Police workforce’ report. morale. “ A DIVERSE FORCE LEAVERS The Metropolitan Police had the largest In the reporting period, 6,988 police officers left the proportion of minority ethnic officers (11.7 per 43 police forces, representing a wastage rate cent), followed by the West Midlands (8.6 per (number of police officers leaving as a proportion of cent) and Leicestershire (7.2 per cent). officers in post) of 5.5 per cent, 0.1 percentage points higher than the previous year. Transfers Cheshire had the lowest proportion of minority between these forces accounted for just over 10 per ethnic officers (0.6 per cent), followed by cent of leavers. Slightly over 22.2 per cent were Dyfed-Powys (0.7 per cent) and North Wales (0.8 women officers and 4.1 per cent were minority per cent). ethnic. North Wales had the lowest wastage rate for the year (4.2 per cent), followed by West Midlands (4.3 per cent) and the Metropolitan Police (4.3 per cent). Durham had the highest wastage rate (10.6 per cent), followed by Northamptonshire (8.2 per cent) and Kent (8.2 per cent). How the numbers add up POLICE OFFICERS Figures at Total police Chief Supts Chief Insps Insps Sgts Cons Total Total inc Police staff PCSOs Designated Traffic Headcount 31 March workforce Police Federation Conference 2015 secondments officers wardens 2003 198,375 195 1,258 1,662 6,282 18,732 104,380 132,509 134,450 62,581 1,176 2,108 11,037 2014 209,362 204 1,121 1,778 5,932 19,767 99,107 127,909 128,346 64,097 13,066 4,273 16 17,764 2015 207,140 201.33 1,157 1,657 5,701 19,148 98,954 126,818 127,066 63,719 12,331 4,254 18 16,101 -2,222 -3 36 -121 -230 -62- -153 -1,091 -1,280 -377 -735 -20 2 -1,663 www.westmidspolfed.com federation August/September 2015 11