Sentence examples for police workforce from inspiring English sources

That brings the total fall in the police workforce since September 2009 to just over 30,000.

The total police workforce appears to have fallen by just over 30,000 during the same period.

Acpo's estimate that 34,000 jobs out of a total police workforce of 205,000 could disappear within three years may yet prove to be too cautious.

The latest batch of Home Office police workforce statistics show that total officer numbers in England and Wales fell in the 12 months to September by 2.6%, or 3,488, to 128,351 or their full-time equivalents.

Just as health and education have already done, the police workforce needs to be tiered to create a greater consistency between the task required and the skills, knowledge and cost of the member of staff involved.

Ben Priestley, Unison spokesperson for police and justice staff, says PCSO numbers have been cut "much more than any other part of the police workforce, 30% of PCSOs have been lost since 2010".

The impact of the cuts on the police staff workforce has been particularly savage, with 15,000 jobs being cut across forces between 2010 and 2014.

But the paper adds that they want to go further and explore new ideas to "unlock the potential of police volunteers in the workforce, for example, as police "reservists".

The Association of Chief Police Officers lead on workforce development, the chief constable Sir Peter Fahy, said: "With 80% of police budgets used on human resources and substantial cuts to policing budgets, it is not surprising that numbers of officers and staff have reduced.

Some of its poorest and most crime-ridden cities -- like Camden -- have been forced to lay off a significant part of their local workforce, including police officers.

The second is to ensure that police chiefs can manage workforces which are professional, flexible and incentivised to do their job - fighting crime.