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Where data are rounded, they may not sum to the totals shown, or, in the case of percentages, to 100%, because they have been rounded independently. Use of symbols Designated officers: skilled police staff (who are not police officers) employed to exercise specific powers that would otherwise be available to police officers. Designation can be to one or more of 4 roles: police community support officer ( PCSO), investigation officer, detention officer and escort officer. More details of the coverage and underlying legislation appear in section 7 of this user guide. Findings on the role of resilience in transition are mixed. Resilience is often not discussed in the literature. Of the limited studies that discuss resilience, some suggest that it can help individuals adapt to change and handle uncertainty. Others indicate that the ‘can-do’ attitude institutionalised in the military could prevent individuals from seeking the support they need. In recent years a number of forces have established collaborations, both between forces and partnerships with other bodies (such as County Councils). These collaborations present challenges when counting the number of staff, joiners and leavers in forces. To ensure consistency and comparability across forces, an approach has been agreed with all forces that officers and other staff members moving to collaborative units (that is, units jointly funded with other forces) should NOT be treated as leavers, transferees or secondees if they remain on the payroll of their host force (or if monies are recovered from another force). voluntary resignation – individuals who resign, leave under voluntary exit schemes, or come to the end of a fixed term contract. Special Constables who leave to join the regular constabulary, or have been inactive for more than 12 months, are included here.
The published figures on the police workforce are sourced from police forces’ personnel records. The Home Office is continually working with police forces to fully understand their processes and the limitations of the data.The main annual release (as at 31 March) covers the full range of statistics shown below, while the shorter mid-year release contains statistics on the numbers of officers and other police workers in post as at 30 September each year. The totals for designated officers used in Police Workforce, England and Wales include those directly employed by the police force (under section 38 of the Act) as well as contract staff (under section 39). 9. Other police staff, special constables and police support volunteers Police staff Limitations: The Census is the only source of information about the protected characteristics of the population. Where a member of a formerly contracted out pension scheme leaves the scheme before pensionable age (an “early leaver”), the scheme must revalue their GMP until it becomes payable at pensionable age. Where a scheme has chosen to revalue the GMPs of early leavers using the “fixed rate method”, the GMP is revalued each year by the same percentage. The percentage is provided for in legislation [footnote 1] by the rate relevant to the time they left the scheme.
Data on the protected characteristics of officers are generally high quality once complete since they are filled out by the individuals themselves. Data on sex, ethnicity and age are of high quality and have a high completion rate. However, during the implementation period of the Data Standards, and while forces update their HR systems, data for some protected characteristics are likely to be incomplete, meaning that there are limitations in the analysis undertaken. Data on sexual orientation, disability status and religious beliefs are classed as Experimental Statistics and therefore assessed as low to medium quality due to lower levels of completion, these data should be interpreted with caution until data quality is improved. Changes to data collection on protected characteristics the data source for assaults on police officers is the police recorded crime series, published by the ONS, within the latest Crime in England and Wales releaseData for the latest full calendar year or financial year may be revised in due course. It is the authors’ standard practice to incorporate revisions for previous years in the latest release. Corrections and revisions follow the Home Office corporate revisions policy. 7. Police officers Coverage
Police support volunteers: members of the public who, by choice, put their time, experience, knowledge and skills at the disposal of the police, without expectation of compensation or financial reward. The Office for National Statistics also use the total workforce numbers in their Public Sector Employment reports. O’Rourke, L. (2002), For the record: Recording skills training manual. Lyme Regis: Russell House PublishingPreviously, data collected and presented in this bulletin referred to the sex of the officer, limited to male or female as requested from police forces by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The implementation of the Data Standards expanded the categories under sex, as well as requested additional information on gender. For some forces, this change has led to a large proportion of officers with an “unknown” gender or “unknown” sex. Implications: Some officers view assaults as part of the job and do not always raise crime reports, therefore the data is likely to be an underestimate of assaults on officers. O’Rourke, L. and Grant, H. (2005), It’s all in the record: Meeting the challenge of open recording. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing Joiners: includes new recruits to the police and transfers from other police forces. Further details on coverage appear in sections 7 (police officers), 8 ( PCSOs and designated officers) and 9 (police staff and specials) of this user guide. Limitations: Information about the length of the absence depends on cases being closed promptly by managers or HR professionals.
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