Police officers who left the MPS from 2016 to 2022
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026359
I note you seek access to the following information:
1. Please provide the number of police officers who left the force by year from 2016 to 2022, up to the most recent time to which you hold records.
2. Please specify whether these were resignations, transfers, sackings or any other reason for leaving, in a table format.
3. Please also provide the total number of officers in the force and the number who joined the force by year, with a net total for each year.
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I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Q1 - Please provide the number of police officers who left the force by year from 2016 to 2022, up to the most recent time to which you hold records.
Q2 - Please specify whether these were resignations, transfers, sackings or any other reason for leaving, in a table format.
| Leaving Reason | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Death in Service | 15 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 13 |
| Death on Duty | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dismissed | 62 | 55 | 40 | 45 | 32 | 41 | 32 |
| Employee Transfer | 4 | 1 | |||||
| End of contract | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 74 | |
| Failure to Meet Probationary Standards | 1 | ||||||
| Gross Misconduct | 1 | ||||||
| Joining another police force | 224 | 389 | 310 | 332 | 291 | 202 | 211 |
| Joining Police Service | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Medical retirement | 46 | 49 | 56 | 61 | 28 | 33 | 16 |
| MPV Exit - Joined another organisation as Volunteer | 1 | ||||||
| MPV Exit - Medical | 1 | ||||||
| Non-Starter | 12 | 31 | 10 | 37 | |||
| Normal Retirement | 1 | 21 | 2 | ||||
| Ordinary Retirement - MOPC | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ordinary Retirement - Police Officer | 1017 | 1105 | 1044 | 1010 | 740 | 741 | 706 |
| Retirement to Join 30+ Scheme | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Services dispensed with (Police Probationers only) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Transferred to another Public Body | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Unspecified | 2 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Voluntary resignation | 623 | 682 | 693 | 713 | 678 | 699 | 746 |
| Voluntary Resignation - After Retiring to Join 30+Scheme | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Voluntary Resignation - Welfare (Police Recruits Only) | 1 | ||||||
| Grand Total | 1994 | 2303 | 2226 | 2249 | 1843 | 1771 | 1839 |
Q3 - Please also provide the total number of officers in the force
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| 31720 | 31048 | 29924 | 29978 | 31745 | 32531 | 33567 |
Q4 - and the number who joined the force by year, with a net total for each year.
| Year Officers | Joined | Leavers | Difference |
| 2016 | 1503 | 1994 | -491 |
| 2017 | 1233 | 2303 | -1070 |
| 2018 | 1831 | 2226 | -395 |
| 2019 | 3581 | 2249 | +1332 |
| 2020 | 3196 | 1843 | +1353 |
| 2021 | 2509 | 1771 | +738 |
| 2022 | 2968 | 1839 | +1129 |