by More than 2,000 cities police officers were signed last year due to stress, depression, anxiety or post -traumatic stress disorders.
The figures were described by a police leader as “outrageous”, which must be done more to support those who have to deal with poor mental health.
Paula Dodds, Chair of Met Police Federation, who represents 30,000 ranking officers in London, added: “To be honest, the support that civil servants received is not good enough.
“The current provisions do not help the officials-we see an average of 400-600 traumatic events in our career, and that gives no support for it.
“Chief Officers have to be held accountable and they have to do more.
“They rely on the Federation or the NHS to support civil servants and bring them through their waiting lists. And it is simply not acceptable.
“Officers need screening regularly to ensure that they are mentally in a good place.
“There must also be trauma training so that every officer can see whether his colleagues suffer and where he can be signposted. Because what we cannot have is officers who think about suicide. It is unacceptable.
“Officers leave the police because they can no longer stand it.
“What then means that the remaining officials have more workload and experience more trauma.”
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley was forced to “considerable difficult decisions” despite the funding increases by the central and local government.
In the midst of an epidemic of violent crime, mobile phone versions and shoplifting throughout London, high -ranking civil servants warn that the “rapidly shrinking meter” must reduce the services in order to react to one million crimes annually.
The forces are awarded 1,700 police, personnel and community supply officers.
Units that protect eight royal parks were dissolved, despite the violent opposition of councilors and victims, 371 safer school officers, as well as cuts in forensics, the mounted police and the flying squad.
Over Great Britain, 17,700 police officers were signed in the 2024-25 fiscal year for psychological reasons. This has risen by 22% in 12 months and since the first survey in 2013 a large increase of 182%.
Of the 45 forces delivered to the Oracle police, 33 reported an increased number of officials who were signed for poor mental health.
Other powers that report particularly high numbers are Police Heaved (1,203), the police from Greater Manchester (1,050) and the police from West Midlands (1,162).
The data is supported by the fact that 81% of the respondents of the latest police association in England and Wales Pay and Moral Survey had told that they had experienced feelings of stress, low mood, fear or other difficulties last year.
Of these people, 93%stated that this had been caused or worsened by work, “the workload is too high” (60%) and “a bad work/life balance” (51%) as the most common reason.
