Government of Jersey

States of Jersey Police staffing (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 16 May 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

Please provide a headcount of the total staff at States of Jersey Police broken down by year from 2018 to 2022. Please break this down by officers and other staff.

For 2021 and 2022, please provide officer headcount on a monthly basis.

Broken down by year across 2020, 2021 and 2022, please provide the number of officer resignations.

D

For 2020, 2021 and 2022, please provide the number of officers that were recruited. Of these, please provide the number that i) decided not to take up post after the offer, ii) failed to pass their probation.

Please provide the number of vacancies in the Force broken down by month for 2021 and 2022.

How much has been spent on recruitment each year from 2018 to 2022?

Response

Total Headcount within the States of Jersey Police (¹)
Year	2018	2019	2020
Police Officers	196	188	217
Other staff	111	123	127

(¹) The headcounts for 2021 and 2022 are provided in response to Question B.

For 2021 and 2022, please provide officer headcount on a monthly basis.

Total staff headcount within the States of Jersey Police
Year	2021
Month	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Police Officers	217	217	217	214	209	207	203	202	207	217	215	214
Other Staff	119	120	121	122	124	124	120	124	127	120	122	122

Total staff headcount within the States of Jersey Police
Year	2022
Month	1	2
Police Officers	210	208
Other Staff	121	124

Broken down by year across 2020, 2021 and 2022, please provide the number of officer resignations.

Total police officer resignations
Year	2020	2021	2022 (2)
Police officers	10	13	0

(2) Data is accurate up to the end of March 2022.

Police officers	New recruits	Transferees or returnees	Total recruits
2020	30	1	31
2021	10	6	16
2022	8		8

Data regarding the number of individuals who decide not to take up a post after receipt of an offer is not maintained. As the requested information is not held, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Number of police officers who left before the completion of their two-year probation period, including those who chose to leave of their own accord
2020	2021	2022
2	6	1

Please provide the number of vacancies in the Force broken down by month for 2021 and 2022.

After a review of the available data, it is not possible provide the current vacancy levels or the requested breakdown of vacancies at the present time. To provide an accurate answer to this request would require manipulation of data. The Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 does not require a Scheduled Public Authority to manipulate data to provide a response. Therefore, this information is not held. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. The Integrated Technology Solution (ITS) Programme currently being rolled out will provide the Government of Jersey with better quality data relating to budgeting and staffing.

How much has been spent on recruitment each year from 2018 to 2022?

Cost of recruitment of police officers and staff (3)
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
£30,301.26	£55,515.17	£23,923.94	£31,406.92	£4,037.76

(3) Includes costs of advertising, eye tests, vaccinations and relocation, but in line with the applicant's instructions, does not include the cost of initial training at Norfolk Police.

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