Neurodiverse Staff and Officers

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008525/X

Version Date: 07/08/2025

Please also provide a figure, if known, of how many staff members your force employs that are neurodiverse. Please separate these into police staff, police officers and PCSOs.

The Alliance Resourcing & Development Department has provided the following information.

Please note that there is currently no function within our systems that allows individuals to tick "yes" or "no" to signify whether they are neurodiverse. The only way we can know if an individual is neurodiverse is if they have detailed their neurodiversity/condition in a free text box that is entirely optional. As such, we are only able to report on those individuals who have willingly disclosed their neurodiversity, therefore, these figures do not take into account any individuals in Force who are in fact neurodiverse but have not disclosed such.