Police Officer Suspensions - 021/23

Date Responded 31 January 2023

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. As of 01.01.23 how many of your force's officers (not specials) were suspended on full pay? Please provide me with a breakdown showing the number of officers suspended in each rank of your force as of 01.01.23.

2. Please also provide me with a list showing the date (month/year) that each officer suspended as of 01.01.23 was first suspended from duty on full pay.

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 Finance and Professional Standards Departments 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 below.

Rank	Suspension Start Date
DC	June/2021
PC	April/2022
DC	November/2022
PC	March/2021
IN	June/2021
PC	August/2021
PC	June/2022
PC	July/2022
SG	August/2022
PC	October/2022
SG	December/2021
PC	December/2021
PC	December/2021
PC	May/2022
IN	November/2022
DC	September/2021
PC	December/2022
PC	October/2022
PC	July/2019
SG	May/2022
C/Supt	November/2022

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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