Research Report R001/2024 - Pay and Morale Survey

• The treatment of the police by the government and the public are the biggest causes of low morale o 95 per cent said that how the Police are treated by the government had a negative impact on their morale, 86 per cent said the same for the public. [...] In essence, the margin of error measures the maximum amount by which the results from the sample are expected to differ from those of the actual population and is calculated using the sample size (the number of responses from federated rank officers in England and Wales), the population size (the total number of federated rank officers in England and Wales) and the confidence level. [...] For example: If 60 per cent of respondents answered ‘Yes’ to one of the survey questions and the margin of error is 5 per cent, we can estimate that 55 per cent - 65 per cent of the whole population would answer the same if asked. [...] The majority of respondents were Constables (73 per cent) with 19 per cent of respondents at the rank of Sergeant, 7 per cent at the rank of Inspector and 2 per cent at the rank of Chief Inspector. [...] This section of the report presents the findings relating to morale, from the morale of the respondents themselves, to that of their force and the Police service in general.