Police: Disciplinary Proceedings

(asked on 5th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months due to alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.


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Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 10th June 2019

The Home Office publishes data on misconduct/gross misconduct investigations involving officers and staff annually for the 43 police forces in England and Wales, including outcomes following those investigations. The latest statistics can be found in the misconduct section of the “Police workforce, England and Wales” statistical bulletin: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2018

Equivalent data are available for the past 2 years. Data for previous years are not held.

The Home Office does not hold information on the length of misconduct investigations, the length of suspensions, the outcome of suspensions, or the public cost of such suspensions.

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