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Hundreds of police officers convicted in past three years
At least 309 police officers and police community support officers in the UK have been convicted of offences in the last three years, figures show.
The offences that led to convictions include sex crimes, assaults and possessing indecent images of children.
However, only 25 of the 45 forces gave figures to the Press Association after a Freedom of Information request.
A Home Office spokesman said measures had been introduced to improve standards of behaviour in the police.
The 20 forces that did not provide information either said they could not reveal the number of convictions because of the cost of retrieving the information, or did not respond to the request.
Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland were among those not to provide the information.
Separate figures obtained from 18 forces showed that there are at least 295 officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) with convictions who are currently serving with the police.
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