The number of those kicked out and barred from returning to the job was a 50% increase on the 394 officers sacked in the previous 12 months, the College of Policing said.
Some 593 police officers were sacked in the year to April 2024, figures show. They were from a workforce of more than 147,000 officers across the 43 police forces in England and Wales. It comes after concerns over the culture in areas of policing following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer in 2021 and the unmasking of then-Met Police sergeant David Carrick as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders.
Some 30 specials - volunteer officers - were also added to the Police Barred List in the year up to 31 March 2024, as were 233 police staff. Of the 623 officers and specials sacked, 79 were from a black or ethnic minority background, accounting for 12.7% of the total dismissed - workforce data shows 8% of officers said they are from a BAME background as of March 31 2024. Meanwhile, 530 were white and ethnicity was not recorded in the remaining 14 cases.
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