Police officers (FTE)( 1,2 ) dismissed or resigned within the first two years of service as a percentage of all police officers dismissed or resigned
Percentage
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Avon and Somerset
62
55
56
29
21
35
Bedfordshire
53
54
77
62
37
44
Cambridgeshire
52
42
32
38
40
28
Cheshire
46
42
76
16
48
30
Cleveland
29
38
42
24
60
46
Cumbria
42
23
53
38
37
37
Derbyshire
29
48
25
17
20
36
Devon and Cornwall
54
37
47
56
48
17
Dorset
62
70
57
60
54
30
Durham
50
47
65
67
50
5
Dyfed-Powys
38
71
45
29
43
29
Essex
41
36
54
58
22
38
Gloucestershire
59
47
69
19
13
16
Greater Manchester
47
47
40
20
12
15
Gwent
17
21
21
43
47
17
Hampshire
53
60
54
50
39
29
Hertfordshire
58
67
64
48
42
43
Humberside
49
58
32
49
43
53
Kent
70
68
44
29
26
19
Lancashire
41
51
41
35
16
Leicestershire
30
44
41
20
16
Lincolnshire
67
41
65
55
17
25
London, City of
55
42
43
30
17
11
Merseyside
28
33
39
19
46
24
Metropolitan Police
62
65
44
25
18
11
Norfolk
67
46
47
44
52
29
Northamptonshire
67
21
17
40
45
50
Northumbria
50
33
45
35
24
15
North Wales
42
16
56
22
22
29
North Yorkshire
62
33
50
11
38
40
Nottinghamshire
17
50
39
20
21
17
South Wales
62
28
52
41
21
13
South Yorkshire
46
42
54
45
47
28
Staffordshire
36
36
60
60
39
21
Suffolk
55
63
45
56
20
22
Surrey
67
66
56
40
38
39
Sussex
56
65
69
53
45
31
Thames Valley
47
43
60
28
30
26
Warwickshire
63
33
17
36
35
59
West Mercia
50
54
38
28
20
35
West Midlands
60
4
49
37
32
37
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West Yorkshire
51
41
49
62
47
31
Wiltshire
27
58
33
38
14
19
n/a = data not available (1) Full-time equivalent figures rounded to the nearest whole number. Provisional data that have not been verified by individual forces, based on published data taken from annual Police Service Strength bulletins. (2) Data collected from 2002-03 onwards.
