Key facts
POLICE PAY
- For the first time, some chief
constables can now earn more than 10 ordinary constables combined.
- The suggested starting salary for a new police
constable will be £19,000, down from £23,000, from 1
April 2013.
- A constable with a relevant qualification or
experience as a special constable or a PCSO could start on £22,000.
- Police and Crime Commissioners are permitted
to vary the existing starting salaries for Chief Constables by
up to 10%.
DIVERSITY
- In Dyfed-Powys, North Wales
and Humberside constabularies, fewer than 1 in 100 officers are
from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background. In the Metropolitan
Police, the proportion is 1 in 10.
- 2.9% of ACPO-ranked officers
are from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background
- The current proportion of female officers in
England and Wales is 27.0% compared with 16.1% in 1999.
- Women are under-represented in senior ranks (Chief
Inspector and above) (16.8%), compared with 29% of police constables.
TRAINING AND STANDARDS
- 26% of officers joining the
police are graduates.
- Police staff and PCSOs now represent 38% of the
police workforce in England and Wales.
- There are currently 36 serving officers deployed
overseas: 21 in Afghanistan; 9 in Kosovo; 1 in Sierra Leone; 1
in South Sudan; 1 in Liberia; 1 in Libya; one in Occupied Palestinian
Territories; and 1 in Yemen.
INTEGRITY AND DISCIPLINE
- The Home Office does not collect
details of compensation claims made by police officers and there
is currently no guidance on this matter.
- Ten ACPO-rank officers were under investigation
when we took evidence from Sir Hugh Orde.
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