Thinner Blue Line As More Stressed Police Leave Force
Daily Express|March 02, 2021
Police chiefs are battling a “steep and troubling” rise in officers quitting as the job drags down their mental and physical health.
Michael Knowles
Thinner Blue Line As More Stressed Police Leave Force

Researchers said those going “are ultimately frustrated by the perceived inability of the organisation to manage the demands upon them”.

The Government’s drive to recruit 20,000 additional officers by March 2023 is on target, with more than 7,000 successful applicants drafted in.

However, police chiefs predict that in half a decade 44 per cent will have been in the job less than three years.

This story is from the March 02, 2021 edition of Daily Express.

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