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White officers at Notts Police dramatically out-weigh ethnic minorities




Ethnic minority police officers are dramatically out-weighed by their white colleagues at Nottinghamshire Police.

Research has found there are nearly 1700% more white officers within Notts Police than colleagues from ethnic minority backgrounds.

As of May 2019, there were 1,858 white police officers on the pay roll. Ethnic minority officers totalled just 105.

Nottinghamshire Police (13339922)
Nottinghamshire Police (13339922)

Data released in a freedom of information request revealed that Notts Police categorised their police officers by ethnicity, showing there to be an imbalance in the diversity of its police force.

Results were as follows:

  • Asian/Asian British - 47
  • Black/Black British - 17
  • Chinese/Other - 5
  • Mixed - 36
  • Not known/stated - 27
  • White - 1858

The news comes after a report commissioned by the Notts police and crime commissioner, Paddy Tipping, suggested an extra 260 police officers are needed by 2023 at the cost of £19.2m to keep up with increased demand.

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And with core government police funding consistently decreasing after the introduction of the Conservative government in 2010, Paddy Tipping has previously said it is critical to "act now and boost our capacity" in respect to officers as "demand is already outstripping available resources".

Nottinghamshire police funding has slumped 5% since then, taking figures down from £80,684,996 in 2011-12, to £76,843,070 in 2018-19.

But despite the core cuts and low numbers of ethnic minority officers, Notts police have been recruiting for officers for the first time in years and say they continue to encourage and welcome more black, Asian and ethnic minority groups to join the force.

A spokesperson said: "The force is ambitious in their aims to attract, recruit, support and promote talented individuals who represent the diverse communities and groups that live in Nottinghamshire.

"The work includes hosting a number of seminar events to target local communities to engage with the force, which could lead to recruitment opportunities, as well as appointing a new volunteer police cadet engagement officer who engages with diverse communities."

Meanwhile, in addition to budget tightening, a police officer is attacked or assaulted every 20 minutes in England and Wales, making it more difficult than ever to get people interested in joining the police force.

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