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Reference: F-2022-02964

Request

Request 1
How many serving officers in your force have been investigated for sending grossly offensive messages contrary to section 127 of the communications act between January 1, 2017, and October 21, 2022? Please break down the figures by calendar year.

Request 2
If any serving officers have been investigated for sending grossly offensive messages in the manner specified above, how many were on duty at the time the messages were allegedly sent? Please break down the figures by calendar year.

Request 3
If any serving officers have been investigated for sending grossly offensive messages in the manner specified above, how many were alleged to have sent the grossly offensive messages to serving colleagues? Please break down the figures by calendar year.

Request 4
If any serving officers have been investigated for sending grossly offensive messages in the manner specified above, what was the outcome of the investigations? Please break down the outcomes by calendar year.

If the answers to any of the component parts of my request are not available to be released, I would be grateful if you could still nonetheless provide as much information as possible in accordance with the rest of my request, rather than rejecting it wholesale.