OUGD505 PRODUCT, RANGE & DISTRIBUTION SECONDARY RESEARCH

• Pols suggest 31% of people in the UK do not trust the police
• Lowest police trust rate was 58% in 2005 
• These figures have rarely changed in the last 35 years
• New figures reveal that more than 12 British Transport Police officers a week are being assaulted, with many suffering serious injuries
• The new figures show that in the three years to October 2018 there were 1,939 reported assaults against BTP officers, resulting in more than 230 injuries
• According to the latest available figures there were 24,000 assaults on officers serving with the country’s other forces in 2016/17, with 8,973 resulting in injury
• A police officer in the UK gets attacked every 20 minutes
• 53% of police time in the UK is wasted on alcohol related incidents
• Police officers only earn between £19,000 - £23,000
• The police force are in strong support with the LGBT community, attending events and also in hiring officers with no discrimination
• Officers have been trained in suicide prevention to aid those who feel vulnerable
• West Yorkshire Police logged 19,519 calls containing the word suicide in 2016
• This is a link to a Durham constabulary police recruitment video, showing you what it's really like to be a police officer with no media portrayal and real footage of the job          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTuVLPPvCMQ&fbclid=IwAR23DvMQKCxyK4oppNVtdQqZL-HvPpTwdqdzkxdMADl7zhdIk9KKC50L7ec&app=desktop
• The media portrays the police in a negative light quite often and twists the truth, this image is an example of positive media portrayal towards the police

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