Firearms officers by gender 455/2022

FOI Reference: 455/2022

Request:

Please can you let me know the gender breakdown of your firearms officers for my dissertation project. I appreciate specific numbers may be sensitive so I would be happy with this being in percentage form e.g. 40% are female and 60% are male.

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

The breakdown of Dyfed-Powys Police firearms officers is follows:

89% male and 11% female

Please note: Information correct as at 16/06/2022.

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 30/06/2022)