44It must, last, be stated that, according to the data submitted by the Academy, in 2009, that is, just before the introduction, in Decree 315/1994, of the age limit at issue in the main proceedings, the police forces of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country consisted of 8000 police officers. At that time, 59 of those police officers were between 60 and 65 years old and 1399 were between 50 and 59 years old. The Academy added that, according to forecasts made in 2009, in 2018, 1135 police officers will be between 60 and 65 years old, and 4660 police officers, in other words more than half of the staff, will be between 50 and 59 years old. In 2025 more than 50% of police officers will be between 55 and 65 years old. On the basis of that data it can accordingly be anticipated that the average age of staff of that police force will rise significantly.
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