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. The number of serving police officers who were accused of sexual harassment in 2019, 2020 and 2021
2. The number of these officers who were suspended or fired each year
3. The number of these officers who still serve in the Northumbria Police
4. The number of serving police officers who were accused of sexual assault in 2019, 2020 and 2021
5. The number of these officers who were suspended or fired each year
6. The number of these officers who still serve in the Northumbria Police
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 with the caveats below noted:
• Data has been checked for incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault which have been recorded on a live system and may be subject to change after the initial extraction of data used for the purposes of this report.
• Results include allegations made against serving Northumbria Police Officers, and may contain historical allegations which have been reported and recorded during the time frame of this request, not necessarily the time of the incident, all alleged reports have been counted regardless of the outcome of any investigation and include cases that have been subsequently withdrawn by the complainant or where the disapplication process has been applied.
1.
|
Year |
No Of Officers |
|
2019 |
2 |
|
2020 |
7 |
|
2021 |
3 |
2.
|
Year |
No Of Officers |
|
2019 |
1 |
|
2020 |
1 |
|
2021 |
0 |
3.
|
Year |
No Of Officers |
|
2019 |
1 |
|
2020 |
6 |
|
2021 |
3 |
4.
|
Year |
No Of Officers |
|
2019 |
4 |
|
2020 |
4 |
|
2021 |
6 |
5.
|
Year |
No Of Officers |
|
2019 |
0 |
|
2020 |
1 |
|
2021 |
6 (Suspended) |
6.
|
Year |
No Of Officers |
|
2019 |
4 |
|
2020 |
3 |
|
2021 |
6 (Suspended) |
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
