The chair of the region's police federation says more needs to be done to stop officers leaving.
Steve Butler said police need more backing, amid figures that show 9,000 officers left policing in England and Wales in the year up to March 31.Of the 9,080 officers who left, 43 per cent – 3,964 – had less than five years’ service.
The leaver rate for police officer voluntary resignations was the highest on record at 3.4 per cent, and similar to the previous year – 3.3 per cent. In the past year, 9,479 officers joined the service, a decrease of 6,848 on the previous year when 16,328 officers joined. A total of 81 per cent said they were unhappy with their pay and remuneration, while 17 per cent reported never or almost never having enough money to cover their essentials.
Mr Butler said: “We’ve recruited people to policing in the Uplift programme but we’re losing new and experienced officers right across the service.
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