Two members of staff at Greater Manchester Police will be tasked with stopping civilian workers with itchy feet from leaving the force - after bosses convinced cops not to go with the same tactics. The pair will conduct 'stay' interviews with civvies thinking of jumping ship.
They will be part of a 'retention and insight' team. That squad was put together last year and was successful in persuading officers looking elsewhere not to go, bosses say.
The project, which started in the summer of 2022, has a 71 per cent success rate, it is claimed. Around 40 pc of the officers who approached the team are new, while roughly 40pc have served the force for up to 10 years. Around 20pc have been at GMP for more than a decade.
