The Conservatives made an election pledge to recruit thousands of police officers.
Have police numbers kept up with a growing population?
Ms Braverman told BBC News that in 2019 "we set that [20,000] target accounting for increases in population". We have asked the Home Office how they did this.In the year to March 2022, the number of full-time police officers leaving the force reached a 20-year high of 8,117.However, an increasing proportion resigned - about 40% in 2021-22, compared with a third the year before.
Currently, a third of all police officers in England and Wales have fewer than five years' experience where the length of service is known. This is more than double the number six years ago.
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