Over half of officers thought of quitting in past year, study finds

A study by Birmingham University found 54 per cent of officers considered quitting the police in the last year, with three quarters saying the pandemic has made their job more difficult.

A poll of 406 serving officers, mostly PCs, carried out last month found 76 per cent of those interviewed agreed that the pandemic has made policing more complicated and challenging and 54 percent of officers considered quitting the job in the...