Report Summary
Issued 21 January 2025, this FOI review response provides information held by the Authority on police officer workforce and wellbeing statistics over a 10-year period. Advice is provided that Police Scotland may hold fuller information.
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Career Length
- What is the average length of service for police officers retiring or resigning from your force in the past ten years? - Please list the years separately.
- How many police officers have retired or resigned from the force each year over the past ten years?
Resignations and Retirements
- How many police officers have left the force (not including retirements) within the first five years of service, broken down by year, over the past ten years?
- What is the average length of service for officers who resign (as opposed to retire) from the force?
Reasons for Leaving
- What reasons have been recorded for officers resigning from the force over the past ten years? (e.g., career change, stress, mental health, public abuse)
- How many officers have specifically cited mental health, PTSD, or stress as reasons for leaving in exit interviews or other documentation over the past ten years?
Mental Health and Abuse
- How many serving officers have taken sick leave citing stress, PTSD, or other mental health conditions, broken down by year, over the past ten years?
- How many complaints or reports of public abuse (e.g., verbal, physical) against officers have been recorded in the past ten years?
Recruitment and Retention
- What is the average length of service for new recruits joining the force in the past ten years?
- How many new recruits left the force within their probationary period in each of the last ten years?
Optional Data Points
- What initiatives or programs are in place to support officers’ mental health and retention?
- What is the force’s current officer retention rate, and how has this changed over the past ten years?
