Where Are All The Police? – An Analysis of Police Resources
HMIC reviewed the visible availability of officers and PCSOs in five sample forces at three periods during the week: Friday night (with a night-time economy), Monday morning (regarded as a quiet time) and Wednesday evening (a potential time for anti-social behaviour). Figure 10 shows the percentage of uniformed staff available to the public in the larger forces sampled and Figure 11 the percentage in the smaller forces sampled. They shows the reduction of police resource from 100% (the total ‘establishment’, or workforce) to the relatively small percentage available for front-line publicly visible duties, as the result of: the organisation of resources (workforce allocated to functions other than response and neighbourhood, for example, investigation and intelligence); shift systems to meet 24/7 needs; and the inevitable attrition through annual leave, sickness absence, restricted duties, court attendance and training arrangements.
“Thousands of officers who could and should be on the streets deterring and nicking criminals are employed behind desks ‘auditing’ crime reports and managing
detection figures. I am concerned that our insane obsession with largely irrelevant
targets will eventually cost lives. It probably already has”.
Inspector Gadget – Perverting The Course of Justice
Figure 10 Combined percentage of officers and PCSOs visibly available to the public in two larger forces sampled
The percentages revealed here in Figures 10 and 11 by HMIC were taken and individually applied to the warranted officer numbers of each of the 43 police forces of England & Wales. This enables us the arrive at the approximate number of “visible” officers on duty for the three chosen tours of duty. In turn this enabled us to calculate the average number of officers on duty during an 8 hour shift and then, to calculate the approximate number of total and force officers assigned to “visible” duties.
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