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The 2024 police workforce in England and Wales: The changes and challenges around diversity, age, rank and ill-health

SUBSCRIBE 29th October 2024Ian Wiggett - Policing Insight
The latest police workforce data for England and Wales shows the roller coaster ride for resources during the 2010 to 2024 Conservative-led governments, with numbers dropping sharply followed by a rapid but partial with the Uplift after 2019; in this last of three articles, Ian Wiggett looks at changing trends in workforce profile across England and Wales, and how this may affect resource management.

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