Officer Misconduct (429A/23)

29 June 2023 | Discipline, Complaints and Legal

Request

Response

Please note that due to regulation changes in February 2020 along with changes in how we record information, data prior to 2020 is to be considered unreliable.

This request asks for number of allegations and not number of complaints/conducts matters or number of officers, so please bear in mind that one complaint/conduct matter or officer can have multiple allegations attached.

This response covers ‘both internally and externally’ as complaints and conduct.

Please disclose details of sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct charges brought against members of the police force that falls under your remit, both internally and externally, year by year from 2019-2023. Specifically:

1) How many accusations were made against serving officers

Please note that the below answers include any ongoing matters, but Q2 and Q3 do not.

Year	Allegation	Count (Total)
2019	Other sexual conduct	11
2020	Sexual assault	17
	Sexual harassment	30
	Other sexual conduct	4
2021	Sexual assault	22
	Sexual harassment	1
	Other sexual conduct	3
2022	Sexual assault	20
	Sexual harassment	19
	Other sexual conduct	8
2023	Sexual assault	7
	Sexual harassment	7
	Other sexual conduct	12

2) How many of these allegations were upheld and which ones

Please note that live and ongoing matters are not included in these counts as the result is not yet determined

Year	Upheld	Count (Total)
2019	Yes	1
	No	10
2020	Yes	14
	No	33
2021	Yes	1
	No	20
2022	Yes	0
	No	24
2023	Yes	0
	No	0

 

3) How many of these upheld charges resulted in disciplinary action, and what the actions were

Please note that live and ongoing matters are not included in these counts as the result is not yet determined. This count is for number of officers dismissed.

 

Year	Disciplinary Action (Misconduct/Gross Misconduct)	Count (Total)
2019	Would Have Been Dismissed	1
2020	Would Have Been Dismissed	1
	RPRP (Reflective Practice)	3
2021	Final Written Warning	1
2022	RPRP (Reflective Practice)	1
2023	No formal action found	0

 

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting those data.

 

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.

 

We want our officers to uphold the highest of standards so the public has the utmost confidence in them.

 

Sexual harassment and abuse are simply unacceptable but when it is done by a police officer – who holds a position of power and someone the public should trust – it must be rooted out and eliminated.

We must do everything we can to maintain public confidence and trust in policing.

This will provide reassurance to the public that we mean it when we say we’ll do all we can to preserve and rebuild trust.

 

 

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