Non-operational Special Constables on a leave of absence, career break or suspension

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.023030

I note you seek access to the following information:

Of the 401 Special Constables that are non-operational (on a leave of absence, career break or suspended), how many are suspended or on a career break?”

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

The data changes daily, therefore as of the 28.03.2022 the data is as follows:

Status	Total
Active	1458
Leave of absence with no access to MPS systems or a warrant card, which includes Covid Self-Isolation.	185
Non Operational for various reasons (injury, vetting renewal, lapse of officer safety training). Most will be helping with non-public facing roles and must keep up their required hours if able	174
	1817

5 are suspended with no access to MPS systems.

No police systems can be accessed on a personally owned device.
Please note that to break down the categories above further would require a significant amount of work and exceed FOIA limits as governed by s.12 of the Freedom of Information Act governing costs.