Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
- The number of community police officers in your police force in each of the following years: With regard to ‘community police’, I mean PCSOs.
(i) 2015
(ii) 2016
(iii) 2017
(iv) 2018
(v) 2019
2 How many sick days have been taken by police officers due to stress in each of the following years:
(i) 2015
(ii) 2016
(iii) 2017
(iv) 2018
(v) 2019
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Peoples Service Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
1 (i) 223.18 FTE
(ii) 191.05 FTE
(iii) 165.63 FTE
(iv) 142.19 FTE
(v) 172.81 FTE
2 (i) 4331 days
(ii) 4705 days
(iii) 3820 days
(iv) 4413 days
(v) 4889 days
To note - that the days lost is for all police officers so cannot be compared with the PCSO FTE data requested.