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Reference: F-2023-00715

Request

Request 1
How many allegations of police misconduct against police officers and all other police staff (including PCSOs and Special constables) employed by your force, that have been made either by members of the public or that are internal complaints within your force, have there been in the last three calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022.


- Please include allegations recorded ONLY since your force started recording allegations in line with February 2020 IOPC statutory guidelines for the recording of complaints - https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/statutoryguidance/2020_statutory_guidance_english.pdf and
https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/statutoryguidance/Guidance_on_capturing_data_about_police_complaints_Jan2021.pdf.


- Please include ONLY the following categories of allegations below: G2 - Abuse of position for sexual purpose. J1 - Sexual assault. J2 - Sexual harassment.


J3 - Other sexual conduct. - Please include all allegations of police misconduct in the categories outlined above, including those that that have been referred by your force for investigation to the IOPC, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland or the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner for Scotland.


Request 1A
Please breakdown this number by type of misconduct allegations and year.

Request 1B
For allegations made against police officers only, please breakdown the number of allegations made, by the rank of the police officer that the allegation was made against.

Request 1C
For allegations made against police officers only, please disclose the outcome and any action taken against the officer that the allegation was made against (i.e. Dismissal, Written Warning, No Action). Please break this down by allegation type.

Request 1D
For allegations made against police staff employed by your force only (including PCSOs and Special constables) and who are not police officers, please disclose the outcome and any action taken against the member of police staff that the allegation was made against. Please break this down by allegation type.

Request 2
How many reports of domestic abuse alleged to have been perpetrated by a police officer or any member of police staff (including PCSO and Special constable) employed by your force, have been made in the last three calendar years 2020**, 2021 and 2022.

- *By ‘reports of domestic abuse’ I mean reports that have been recorded in-line with the ‘National Standard for Incident Recording Rules’ and where ‘Domestic Abuse’ has been recorded as a qualifier. Please use the definition of ‘Domestic Abuse’ as set out in the ‘National Incident Category List’ in this document on page 32 -

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/116658/count-nsir11.pdf
- ** Please only include reports from February 2020 onwards (so exclude January for the calendar year 2020).
- Please include all reports of this type that have been made, including those that may have been referred by your force for investigation to the IOPC, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland or the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner for Scotland.

Request 2A
Please break down the number of reports of domestic abuse by calendar year.

Request 2B
For reports where the alleged perpetrator was a police officer only, please disclose the outcome and any action taken against the officer that the allegation was made against (i.e. Dismissal, Written Warning, No Action).

Request 2C
For reports where the alleged perpetrator was a member of police staff only (including PCSOs and Special constable) and who are not police officers, please disclose the outcome and any action taken against the member of police staff that the allegation was made against.

Police Misconduct and Domestic Abuse Allegations