Police officers & Political Activity (883A/21)
Request
1: How many complaints has your force received over allegations that police officers or members of police staff have been involved in political activity that is likely to interfere with the impartial discharge of their duty.
This includes allegations of inappropriate comments made on social media.
2: How many police officers or police staff with your force have been investigated over complaints of involvement in political activity that is likely to interfere with the impartial discharge of their duty.
This includes allegations of inappropriate comments made on social media.
Please could you provide the information broken down on a calendar yearly basis for the past five years up to the latest data available? 2016 – 2021 inclusive
Response
I am writing to inform you that we have searched our records and there is no specific data held. West Midlands Police do not have a separate category for this to be recorded. However we have completed a free word search, which has identified just one complaint, where officers were pictured with a politician 2021.
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