Employees living out of Force area

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008371/X 

Version Date: 08/07/2025

The Alliance People Department has provided the following information.

Do Devon and Cornwall police have any officers or staff working for them that live out of the force area and do Devon and Cornwall police have anyone that works from home the majority of the time.

The following information is based on Officers and Staff employed with D&C Police as at 12 June 2025. Please note that it does not include Agency Staff, Casual Staff, Contractors, Officers & Staff Seconded in, Other, PCC Claimants & Employees, Specials, Training, TUPE Staff or Volunteers. All of these groups are categorised separately.

As at 12 June:

• Of the 3,664 Officers, 71 have provided us with an address which lies outside of the D&C Force Area.
• Of the 2,240 Staff, 155 have provided us with an address which lies outside of the D&C Force Area.

In terms of formal home working, the Force does not have a way of recording whether individuals are able to work remotely some/most of the time. Therefore, the answer to this question is no information held.

It is our understanding that there are no formal contracts issued that give the individuals’ working location as their home address. All individuals’ contractual working location will be a D&C Police building/premises. Any hybrid working is arranged on a local, informal basis.