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Met Police achieves record female officer representation

October 31, 2022

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As of the end of September 2022, the Met had 10,386 full time equivalent female police officers, with strong female representation across all levels.

It aims to acheive 33% female representation by the 2023/24 financial year and wants 50% of all new recruits to be women. Since April 2022, 44.5% of all new officers have been female.

It suggested that some of its success in increasing female representation can be attributed to the introduction of part-time police officer roles in 2019, which attracted an applicant pool of 60% females. Returners, volunteering and transfer routes have also proved popular among women, the Met claimed.

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