Quarterly Report

Key Findings

Officer Numbers have fallen this quarter in comparison to last quarter by -23.77 FTE. However, with the exceptions of LP West & P&A all other divisions/local policing areas recorded a decrease in FTE.
In terms of workforce proportion LP West had the most significant increase with +0.19%, CSD had the most significant decrease with -0.08%.
Staff numbers have increased by 44.09 FTE (incl. SPA) in comparison to last quarter and total FTE is now 5,864.2
The biggest increases in workforce proportion are recorded in C3 (+0.39%) & P&A (+0.15%). LP North & West recorded a decrease in workforce proportion & FTE with LP East recording an increase of +0.06%. CSD recorded the highest percentage decrease with -0.19%%.

Turnover
Key Findings

Officer Leavers up 2.62% (235) in comparison to Q3. Highest levels of turnover are attributed to Retirements for officers and highest number of leavers are found in LP West. Turnover for category Retirement – 25-30 Years has decreased 0.08% in comparison to last quarter which represents the largest monthly variation.
Forcewide officer turnover rate has increased 0.04% since last quarter. Turnover rates broken down by sex shows higher rates of male turnover in comparison to females.
Staff Leavers are up 16.16% (16) in comparison to last quarter. The majority of these leavers within CSD.
Turnover rate for staff this quarter is 1.82%, an increase of 0.26% on Q3. Male staff turnover rates are higher than the female staff turnover rate this quarter.

Sickness absence
Key Findings

Officer absence is down 0.94% on previous quarter, absence rate was at its lowest in February/March currently remains at 5.83%
Staff absence is also down 0.92% on previous quarter, staff absence rate was at its lowest in February and is currently at 6.9% at end March.
The AWDL for officers (3.4) and staff (3.9) has fallen for Q4 in comparison to Q3. The YE AWDL for 2022/23 are 14.8 for PO and 17.1 for PS.
Psychological Disorders are the highest cause of sickness absence for officers and police staff.

Availability
Key Findings

TOIL for officers and staff is down 12.4% from previous quarter and is 36,689hrs, (8,045 hours for officers and 28,644 for staff)
RRRD for Officers and staff are down 7.9% from the previous quarter and total 70,498 days (69,703 RRRD for officers and 795 for staff).
For Officers the highest TOIL balance is within OSD at 2,830.1 hours. The largest negative is within E Division where officers appear to owe 566.3 hours, which is an increase of 79.88 hours from Q3.
AL is currently 0.27 % under-utilised to date. It should be noted that the dashboard records the end of the leave year as 15 April which is why this report does not record 31 March 2023 as 100% of year complete.