🧵on police officer leavers since 2006/7...

The Home Office publish data on how many officers leave policing & for what reason. Few know about it, fewer still use the data (Fed & forces alike). But it's fascinating.

Here's the overall rate per year ending 31/3...

1/12 Here's the total number of leavers.

2021/22 was a record high year, following on from a record low during 2020/21. Though the leaver rate was the same or higher between 2016/17 - 2019/20, as overall officer numbers were lower.

2006/7 also seems unusually high...

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