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The numbers of officers voluntarily resigning or dismissed from each force with less than two years service are given in the following tables.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Avon and Somerset 39 32 30 15 8 18 Bedfordshire 17 21 30 16 11 15 Cambridgeshire 16 10 12 10 12 5 Cheshire 6 10 16 7 16 6 Cleveland 2 9 13 7 15 12 Cumbria 5 3 8 5 7 7 Derbyshire 7 13 5 4 9 17 Devon and Cornwall 20 10 18 23 20 7 Dorset 13 14 13 15 13 8 Durham 6 8 13 12 8 1 Dyfed-Powys 5 5 10 4 3 4 Essex 19 15 34 38 41 27 Gloucestershire 13 9 11 4 3 3 Greater Manchester 54 64 54 42 20 22 Gwent 2 3 4 10 8 5 Hampshire 26 45 34 32 22 16 Hertfordshire 30 40 37 29 28 24 Humberside 17 18 11 17 15 23 Kent 38 44 27 20 14 12 Lancashire n/a 18 20 12 14 7 Leicestershire 8 16 n/a 19 6 10 Lincolnshire 10 7 11 11 3 4 London, City of 11 5 6 3 2 2 Merseyside 9 14 19 18 33 13 Metropolitan Police 392 383 207 95 76 44 Norfolk 12 6 7 11 12 5 Northamptonshire 8 6 5 10 10 14 Northumbria 20 20 19 13 13 8 North Wales 8 7 10 5 5 5 North Yorkshire 8 7 13 2 12 14 Nottinghamshire 8 8 11 3 6 4 South Wales 24 7 11 13 9 11 South Yorkshire 22 20 29 20 20 13 Staffordshire 12 12 28 12 12 7 Suffolk 11 19 13 10 3 5 Surrey 24 29 19 17 22 22 Sussex 44 86 81 48 37 25 Thames Valley 40 32 61 40 28 22 Warwickshire 12 7 3 5 6 13 West Mercia 11 21 9 9 8 13 West Midlands 84 7 68 54 44 45 West Yorkshire 29 31 37 61 33 30 Wiltshire 10 11 11 12 3 6 n/a = data not available 1 Full-time equivalent figures rounded to the nearest whole number. Provisional data that have not been verified by individual forces, based on published data taken from annual Police Service Strength bulletins. 2 Data collected from 2002-03 onwards.
Percentage 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Avon and Somerset 62 55 56 29 21 35 Bedfordshire 53 54 77 62 37 44 Cambridgeshire 52 42 32 38 40 28 Cheshire 46 42 76 16 48 30 Cleveland 29 38 42 24 60 46 Cumbria 42 23 53 38 37 37 Derbyshire 29 48 25 17 20 36 Devon and Cornwall 54 37 47 56 48 17 Dorset 62 70 57 60 54 30 Durham 50 47 65 67 50 5 Dyfed-Powys 38 71 45 29 43 29 Essex 41 36 54 58 22 38 Gloucestershire 59 47 69 19 13 16 Greater Manchester 47 47 40 20 12 15 Gwent 17 21 21 43 47 17 Hampshire 53 60 54 50 39 29 Hertfordshire 58 67 64 48 42 43 Humberside 49 58 32 49 43 53 Kent 70 68 44 29 26 19 Lancashire 41 51 41 35 16 Leicestershire 30 44 41 20 16 Lincolnshire 67 41 65 55 17 25 London, City of 55 42 43 30 17 11 Merseyside 28 33 39 19 46 24 Metropolitan Police 62 65 44 25 18 11 Norfolk 67 46 47 44 52 29 Northamptonshire 67 21 17 40 45 50 Northumbria 50 33 45 35 24 15 North Wales 42 16 56 22 22 29 North Yorkshire 62 33 50 11 38 40 Nottinghamshire 17 50 39 20 21 17 South Wales 62 28 52 41 21 13 South Yorkshire 46 42 54 45 47 28 Staffordshire 36 36 60 60 39 21 Suffolk 55 63 45 56 20 22 Surrey 67 66 56 40 38 39 Sussex 56 65 69 53 45 31 Thames Valley 47 43 60 28 30 26 Warwickshire 63 33 17 36 35 59 West Mercia 50 54 38 28 20 35 West Midlands 60 4 49 37 32 37 West Yorkshire 51 41 49 62 47 31 Wiltshire 27 58 33 38 14 19 n/a = data not available 1 Full-time equivalent figures rounded to the nearest whole number. Provisional data that have not been verified by individual forces, based on published data taken from annual Police Service Strength bulletins. 2 Data collected from 2002-03 onwards.