November 03, 2022 | Police/Staff Misconduct and Complaints
Reference: F-2022-02203
Request
Request 1a
How much did your force spend on settlements or pay outs and the associated legal costs (your own and/or contributions to the claimant's costs) for civil claims filed by or on behalf of members of the public and arising partly or wholly from alleged officer misconduct from 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2021?
Request 1b
How much of this total was legal costs?
Request 2
Are settlements or pay outs for such civil claims handled by your legal department, rather than by your professional standards department?
Request 3a
Does your force monitor and keep a record on each officer's file of every time the force settles or pays out in a civil case wholly or partly arising from that officer's alleged misconduct? If so, which department monitors this?
Request 3b
If the answer to 2 is no, why not?
Request 3c
If the answer to 2 is yes, please can you tell me how many officers working for your force have more than one settlement or pay out on their record?
Request 4
For each of the officers in Question 3c, can you provide:
a) how many separate claims that led to a settlement or pay out are on their record.
b) the total cost of the settlements/pay outs (including legal costs) of the claims on their record.
c) if that officer is still working for your force.