Sexual Misconduct Police Officers (FOI Ref:51/26)
Request
For the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 calendar years, please state the following:
- How many of your officers faced internal disciplinary proceedings for alleged sexual misconduct?
- How many of these officers were suspended?
- How many of these officers were placed on restricted duties?
- How many of these officers were dismissed?
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
How many of your officers faced internal disciplinary proceedings for alleged sexual misconduct?
2021 - 1
2022 - 1
2023 - 5
2024 - 5
2025 - 7
How many of these officers were suspended?
2021 - 0
2022 - 0
2023 - 3
2024 - 2
2025 - 4
How many of these officers were placed on restricted duties?
2021 - 1
2022 - 0
2023 - 2
2024 - 3
2025 - 3
How many of these officers were dismissed?
2021 - 1
2022 - 1 (1 Would Have Been Dismissed)
2023 - 5 (2 Dismissed, 3 Would Have Been Dismissed)
2024 - 3 (3 Dismissed)
2025 - 6 (5 Dismissed, 1 Would Have Been Dismissed)
It is important to note the force operates under the Police Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Behaviour. This includes challenging any inappropriate behaviour or action which would discredit the police service or undermine public confidence in policing. Our Professional Standards department, take a robust stance and are committed to rooting out abuse of power, criminality and corruption whenever we find evidence of it. This is done by carrying out thorough investigations, offering support and dealing appropriately with anyone found to be acting in an inappropriate manner.
Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. Consequently, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance 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.
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