Officer Recruitment
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/7596
Version Date: 11/02/2025
The HR Workforce Planning Department have provided the following information.
Number of officers at the beginning of
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
|
Year |
Headcount |
|
2020 |
3086 |
|
2021 |
3295 |
|
2022 |
3421 |
|
2023 |
3606 |
|
2024 |
3700 |
Please note that this data excludes external secondments and career breaks.
Number of police officers recruited for each of these years and how many were recruited on each course
|
Entry method |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme |
124 |
92 |
111 |
68 |
38 |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme (Detective Constable) |
18 |
39 |
45 |
63 |
49 |
|
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship |
106 |
127 |
153 |
159 |
68 |
|
Police Now |
|
10 |
|
|
16 |
|
Police Now Detective |
|
1 |
13 |
13 |
4 |
|
Police Officer Returner |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Re-Joiner |
10 |
|
5 |
18 |
6 |
|
Transferee |
100 |
66 |
121 |
43 |
32 |
|
Total |
358 |
335 |
449 |
365 |
214 |
number of resignations from each course
|
Entry method |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme |
33 |
22 |
31 |
11 |
|
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme (Detective Constable) |
8 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
|
|
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship |
23 |
29 |
39 |
24 |
|
|
Police Now |
|
5 |
|
|
1 |
|
Police Now Detective |
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
Re-Joiner |
3 |
|
|
3 |
1 |
|
Total |
82 |
75 |
100 |
53 |
2 |
Reasons given for resignation
|
Retirement /resignation reason |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Age retirement (less than 25yrs) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Age retirement (50+ / 25yrs+) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Dismiss / Required to resign |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Normal retirement |
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Resign – during discipline |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Resign – in probation |
27 |
38 |
73 |
45 |
1 |
|
Resign – voluntary |
34 |
27 |
16 |
3 |
|
|
Resign – would have been dismissed |
4 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Transfer – England & Wales |
10 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
82 |
75 |
100 |
53 |
2 |