Injury on duty (FOI ref: 1861A/24)
Request
How many warranted officers were recorded as injured on duty for each month from October 2023 until October 2024.
How many warranted officers were recorded as injured on duty for each month from October 2003 until October 2004.
For 2003 and 2023, how many Health and Safety officers did West Midlands Police have in their employment?
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
How many warranted officers were recorded as injured on duty for each month from October 2023 until October 2024.
The table below is the number of officers recorded as injured on duty (for all). This represents those that went off sick / and did not go off sick.
|
Month |
No. Injured |
|
Oct-23 |
136 |
|
Nov-23 |
159 |
|
Dec-23 |
181 |
|
Jan-24 |
135 |
|
Feb-24 |
162 |
|
Mar-24 |
147 |
|
Apr-24 |
158 |
|
May-24 |
193 |
|
Jun-24 |
197 |
|
Jul-24 |
144 |
|
Aug-24 |
203 |
|
Sep-24 |
179 |
|
Total |
1994 |
How many warranted officers were recorded as injured on duty for each month from October 2003 until October 2004.
This information is not held as during these years due to the systems used at the time and the way absences were recorded on the system - it did not specify if on duty or off duty.
For 2003 and 2023, how many Health and Safety officers did West Midlands Police have in their employment?
October 2003, the Health and Safety Team consisted of 2 x SGT’s, 1 Senior H&S Advisor and 3 x H&S Advisors.
October 2023, the Health and Safety Team consisted of 1 Head of H&S, 3 x H&S Advisors and 1 x H&S Coordinator.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
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