70% of Leicestershire Police officers too fatigued for duties

Summarised from Leicestershire Live's report · Updated 5 Nov, 18:17 · Archive

A survey found 70 per cent of Leicestershire Police officers are too fatigued to carry out their duties.

Leicestershire Live reports that a survey of 248 Leicestershire Police officers found 70 per cent too fatigued to carry out their duties, and 67 per cent would not recommend joining the service. The survey also found 73 per cent said their workload was too high or much too high.

An anonymous current officer said the findings were unsurprising. 'We're either fatigued in terms of actual hours worked because overtime is a massive issue at the moment or we are mentally fatigued from the mental stresses at the job,' the officer said, adding that stress came from the quantity of work rather than its nature. The officer attributed high workloads to insufficient resources, noting that departing officers were often not replaced or replaced with inexperienced staff, whilst incoming work continued to increase.

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• Tired, stressed and undervalued officers would not recommend joining Leicestershire PoliceA survey found that 70 per cent of Leicestershire Police officers are too fatigued to carry out their dutiesLeicestershire Live · 5 Nov, 13:54

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