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 arrested between 2015 and 2019, with figures broken down for each year.
- The number of police staff arrested between 2015 and 2019, with figures broken down for each year.
For each arrest, please provide:
3. The rank/role of the arrested person
4.Years in service
5.Date of arrest
6.Details of the offence the individual was arrested on suspicion of
7.The outcome of the criminal investigation, including the outcome of any prosecution where applicable
8. The outcome of any other investigation into the matter please specify who conducted the investigation (i.e. internal within the force, the IPCC, etc) and the end result of that investigation
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted only within the Professional Standards Department of Northumbria Police. Any other searches would have rendered this request exempt under Section 12 or burdensome under Section 14 due to additional search areas which would have required extensive research being carried out, ie of PNC records. In order to provide you with a response we have therefore limited any searches to the Professional Standards Department.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
The following information has been extracted from records maintained by Professional Standards Department.
- 2015 - 10
2016 - 3
2017 - 6
2018 - 6
2019 - 1 (up to 25/04/19)
2.
2015 - 5
2016 - 1
2017 - 0
2018 - 2
2019 - 0 (up to 25/04/19)
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
(question 4 years in service is from the original start date to the arrest date)
|
URN |
Rank / Role |
years in service |
date of arrest |
offence arrested on suspicion of |
outcome criminal investigation |
outcome misconduct investigation |
|
1 |
Police Constable |
21 |
Feb/2015 |
Drink Driving |
Fined and disqualified from driving for 17 months |
Dismissed without notice - Local Investigation |
|
2 |
Police Constable |
21 |
Jun/2015 |
Drink Driving |
120 hours unpaid work, disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 29 months and ordered to pay costs |
Resigned prior to misconduct proceedings - Local Investigation |
|
3 |
Police Constable |
Jan/2015 |
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
NFA |
No action - Local Investigation |
|
|
4 |
Police Sergeant |
2015 |
Criminal Damage / Breach of the Peace |
NFA |
No action - Local Investigation |
|
|
5 |
Police staff |
00 |
May/2015 |
Fraud |
Simple Caution |
Resigned prior to misconduct proceedings - Local Investigation |
|
6 |
Police staff |
09 |
Aug/2015 |
Drunk & Disorderly |
not applicable |
Resigned prior to misconduct proceedings - Local Investigation |
|
7 |
Police staff |
2015 |
Drink Driving |
Fined and disqualified from driving for 17 months |
Final written warning - Local Investigation |
|
|
8 |
Special Constable |
01 |
Jan/2015 |
Incite male under 13 engage in sexual act |
NFA |
Resigned prior to misconduct proceedings - Local Investigation |
|
9 |
Police Constable |
2015 |
Common Assault |
Case Dismissed |
Written warning - Local Investigation |
|
|
10 |
Police Constable |
13 |
Sep/2015 |
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
Community Order for a period of 12 months which included a two month curfew and order to pay compensation |
Dismissed without notice - Local Investigation |
|
11 |
Police Constable |
15 |
Oct/2015 |
Corrupt or other Improper Exercise of Police Powers |
255 hours unpaid work in the community and ordered to pay costs |
Dismissed without notice - Local Investigation |
|
12 |
Police Constable |
08 |
Oct/2015 |
Corrupt or other Improper Exercise of Police Powers |
120 hours unpaid work and pay costs |
Dismissed without notice - Local Investigation |
|
13 |
Police staff |
2015 |
Drink Driving |
Fined and disqualified from driving for 18 months |
Written warning - Local Investigation |
|
|
14 |
Police Constable |
2015 |
common assault by beating |
NFA |
No action - Local Investigation |
|
|
15 |
Police staff |
|
2015 |
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
NFA |
No action - Local Investigation |
|
16 |
Police Constable |
2018 |
Sexual Assault |
NFA |
No action - Local Investigation |
|
|
17 |
Police staff |
09 |
Aug/2016 |
Theft |
Case Dismissed |
Resigned prior to misconduct proceedings - Local Investigation |
|
18 |
Police Constable |
2016 |
Penetrate Sexually the vagina / anus of another without consent |
Not Guilty Not Proven |
No action - Local Investigation |
|
|
19 |
Police Sergeant |
|
2016 |
Assault |
NFA |
No action - |
|
20 |
Police Constable |
09 |
Mar/2017 |
Harassment |
18 month imprisonment - half the sentence to be served in custody, half on licence |
Dismissed without notice - local investigation |
|
21 |
Police Sergeant |
2017 |
Drunk & Disorderly |
Fixed penalty |
No action - local investigation |
|
|
22 |
Police Constable |
20 |
May/2017 |
Drink Driving |
Fined and disqualified from driving for 22 months |
Dismissed without notice - local investigation |
|
23 |
Police Constable |
14 |
Feb/2017 |
Drink Driving |
Fined and disqualified from driving for 25 months |
Dismissed without notice - local investigation |
|
24 |
Special Constable |
|
2017 |
Drunk & Disorderly |
not applicable |
Final written warning - local investigation |
|
25 |
Police staff |
2018 |
Drunk & Disorderly |
not applicable |
Written warning - local investigation |
|
|
26 |
Police Constable |
21 |
Apr/2018 |
Drug Driving |
Fined and disqualified from driving for 12 months |
Dismissed without notice - local investigation |
|
27 |
Police Constable |
21 |
Apr/2018 |
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, Criminal Damage and Burglary, |
Section 20 Assault GBH - GUILTY - two & half years sentence |
Dismissed without notice - local investigation |
|
28 |
Police staff |
09 |
Jul/2018 |
Drink Driving |
Fined and disqualified from driving for 12 months |
Resigned prior to misconduct proceedings - local investigation |
|
29 |
Police Constable |
2018 |
DV common assault |
NFA |
No action - local investigation |
|
|
30 |
Police Constable |
2018 |
S 39 |
NFA |
No action - local investigation |
|
|
31 |
Police Sergeant |
2018 |
Drink Driving |
Case dismissed |
No action - local investigation |
|
|
32 |
Police Constable |
2019 |
Affray |
NFA |
No action - local investigation |
To note – Section 40(2) has been applied to some of the information above where officers have not been dismissed.
Section 40(2) Personal Information:
This is an absolute exemption and therefore a Public Interest Test is not relevant. However, for clarity, I will explain my rationale for engaging this exemption.
Section 40(2) provides that information is exempt if it is the personal data of someone other than the applicant and disclosure would breach any of the data protection principles. The term ‘personal data’ means data that relates to a living individual who can be identified. This may take an obvious form of ‘personal’ such as a name but can also include information from which a person can be identified. Although not explicitly naming individuals, the cumulative effect of full disclosure may lead to the identification of those involved
A disclosure in this instance, because it is so specific, would infringe the first Data Protection Principle, in that it would be both unlawful and unfair
