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<p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the police workforce on a
biannual basis. The latest statistical releases are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>The
annual “as at March” release contains information on the ethnicity of officers by
rank. The rank of ‘Chief Officer’ includes all ranks above Chief Superintendent, and
the latest information shows that as at 31 March 2019, 2.6% of Chief Officers were
BAME.</p><p>Data on promotions can also be found in the “as at March” edition of this
release. However, as the rank of ‘Chief Officer’ includes all ranks above Chief Superintendent,
promotions within Chief Officer ranks are not collected and we are therefore unable
to say how many Chief Constables were promoted from the rank of Deputy Chief Constable
or equivalent.</p><p>The releases also contain information on how many officers are
on secondment, however, data are not collected on the location of those secondments.</p><p>Information
on whether officers are university graduates, or whether they served at the same rank
in another force are not collected.</p>
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