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Dear West Midlands Police,

Please advise as of today’s date how many detective constables under or over strength you are compared to your workforce plans.

Yours faithfully,

J Smith

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FOI Request Reference: 516A/21

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 27 March 2021.

 

REQUEST

 

Please advise as of today’s date how many detective constables under or
over strength you are compared to your workforce plans.

 

RESPONSE

 

As at 31st March, 844 FTE of posts labelled as Detectives existed while
the force has a total of 1,448 accredited detectives. The reason for this
discrepancy is that a number of areas do not label their posts as
Detective although there is a requirement for some or all of the officers
to be accredited detectives.

 

We are currently working through a new model of establishment
identification in order to be able to address this and report a more
complete picture but this work is not yet complete.

 

 

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