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Drug testing - 1124/18

Date Responded 21 December 2018

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

 

  1. How many police officers have tested positive for drugs in the last three years?
  2. How many police officers have been suspended after testing positive for drugs in the last three years?
  3. How many police officers have lost their job as a result of testing positive for drugs in the last three years?
  4. Which drugs have police officers tested positive for in the last three years?

Please provide answers in a yearly breakdown for the last three years (2015, 2016 and 2017). Here police officers includes PCSOs

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Professional Standards Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

  1. During the last three years (2015, 2016 & 2017) through random, with cause, or criminal investigations, no Officers or PCSO’s have tested positive for drugs.
  2. N/A
  3. N/A
  4. N/A

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

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