Officers dismissed - 973/18

Date Responded 12 October 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:

The number of Police officers have been dismissed in each of the following years 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

The reasons for the dismissals in each instance.

In Response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention.

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.

2013 x 3

Honesty and Integrity

Discreditable Conduct

2014 x2

Failure to fully investigate a criminal offence

Misuse of Force Systems

2015 x 5

Failure to fully investigate a criminal offence

Driving whilst over the alcohol limit

Misuse of Force Systems

2016 x 4

Discreditable Conduct

Improper exercise of police powers

Driving whilst over the alcohol level

2017 x 6

Misconduct in public office

Driving whilst over the alcohol level

Misuse of Force Systems

Discreditable Conduct

Driving whilst over the alcohol level

Discreditable Conduct

2018 (up to 041018) x 3

Driving whilst unfit due to drugs

Discreditable Conduct

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.

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