Information on length of service for police officers is not available in the form requested. Available data are for police force area and are given in the following table. Length of service includes time spent in other police forces in England and Wales.
The requested data for police community support officers are not collected centrally.
31 March each year 2004 2005 2006 Less than six months 106 183 197 Six months to one year 131 85 73 One year to two years 240 217 225 Two years to three years 205 230 199 Three years to four years 169 203 202 Four years to five years 60 164 183 Five years to 10 years 450 427 484 10 years to 15 years 553 477 447 15 years to 20 years 478 535 553 20 years to 21 years 58 87 84 21 years to 22 years 57 57 77 22 years to 23 years 69 56 69 23 years to 24 years 63 65 66 24 years to 25 years 106 62 68 25 years to 26 years 101 92 63 26 years to 27 years 62 94 101 27 years to 28 years 75 57 93 28 years to 29 years 87 69 63 29 years to 30 years 62 82 72 30 years to 31 years 16 15 32 31 years to 32 years 8 9 5 32 years to 33 years 6 4 9 33 years to 34 years 1 6 4 34 years to 35 years 1 0 3 35 years and over 1 2 2