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flag Record number of UK police officers dismissed as force faces turnover and recruitment challenges.

flag Record numbers of police officers in England and Wales were dismissed or had their contracts terminated in the past year, with 426 officers let go, marking a 17% increase from the previous year and more than double the number fired a decade ago. flag The total number of full-time equivalent police officers dropped by almost 1% to 146,442, while 4,806 officers voluntarily left policing. flag Despite these figures, the government plans to recruit 13,000 more neighborhood policing officers by 2029, with 3,000 additional recruits expected by spring 2026.

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