We examine ill-health retirement of police officers in England and Wales between 2002-3 and 2009-10. Differences in ill …-health retirement rates across forces are statistically related to area-specific stresses of policing and force-specific differences in …-health retirement from central government to local police authorities- impacted on the level of ill-health retirement, especially among …

We examine the ill-health retirement of police officers in the forces of England and Wales between 2002-03 and 2009 …-10. Differences in ill-health retirement rates across forces are statistically related to area-specific stresses of policing and force …-health retirement from central government to local police authorities - occurred in the mid-2000s. We show these measures impacted on …