Last year, the number of applicants to join the Scottish Police was halved amid concerns that low wages and poor conditions could keep people away from their profession.
Today's numbers show that 2021/22had2,237 applications, down from 5,611 in the previous year. In 2019/20, when 4,228 people applied, the number has decreased significantly. The findings are in the midst of a wage dispute that saw Scottish officerswithdraw their "good intentions".
Police officers are legally banned from attacking, but they do not start shifts early or take wireless devices home when the mission is complete. Further talks between the Federal and Scottish governments will take place on Monday.
The decline in the number of applications was revealed in the 1919 social affairs magazine's request for freedom of information.
Calum Steele, Secretary-General of the Scottish Police Federation, said: Attractive as a career choice. This can result in issues related to reduced numbers of officers who put more burden on salaries, funding, and available resources.
"We are aware that the UK currently has a very vibrant employment market and that police services are competing with a variety of other professions and industries. Obviously, salaries and rewards, We are experiencing flexibility issues. We are participating in a reduction in the number of applications. ”
Scottish police director Simon Wright urges interested people to pursue a police career. I did.
He states: Recruitment and training have been restricted for a period of time for the past two years, but despite the outbreak, we continue to recruit people in hopes of committing to the Scottish police and, importantly, all recruitment. Successful acceptance.
"Since the beginning of 2022, we have received 1,755 new applications, increased recruitment of police officers by 50%, and now about 300 new police officers join the police on all intakes. This is expected to continue throughout 2022, and this summer we will launch a recruitment campaign aimed at encouraging and further supporting new applicants across Scotland. "
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: In England and Wales.
"The number of officers usually fluctuates, and the current numbers are the use of the Scottish Police Training University as a base for British officers in Cop26 and the corona virus limit.
} "Despite the rigor of the British government, we have increased our funding to the police year-on-year since 2016/17 and have invested more than £ 10 billion in police since the Scottish Police was founded in 2013.
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