Angiolini Recommendation 6

Your request details

Could you please provide the following information relating to Angiolini Recommendation 6: By September 2024, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, in collaboration with all force vetting units, and building on the results of the recent data-washing exercise, should conduct a review of the circumstances of all allegations of indecent exposure and other sexual offences recorded on the Police National Database and the Police National Computer against serving officers. This is to identify, investigate and ultimately remove those officers found to have committed sexual offences from all police forces.

1. Could you confirm whether or not the force has conducted the review outlined above?

Could you please provide the full results of the review, including:

2. How many allegations of indecent exposure were found on the Police National Database and the Police National Computer against serving officers?

3. How many allegations of other sexual offences were found on the Police National Database and the Police National Computer against serving officers?

4. What other sexual offences were they - e.g. rape, sexual assault etc.

5. How many officers did the allegations of indecent exposure and other sexual offences relate to?

6. Please provide details of what happened to each officer identified in this review – e.g. disciplinary action, criminal charges, dismissed, still serving.

Response

We approached our Vetting team with your request. They have provided the following:

Question 1
Yes

Question 2
None (0)

Question 3
19

Question 4
Indecent images of children
Rape
Sexual assault by penetration
Sexual Communication with a child
Sexual Touching (non penetration)
Sexual Touching (non penetration) on a child

Question 5
18

Question 6
Please note we have listed the below by alleged offence, citing “pre-employment” for
Each bullet point refers to an individual officer.

*Pre-employment = alleged offence occurred before employment with South Yorkshire Police commenced.
During employment = alleged offence occurs whilst in employment with South Yorkshire Police.
NFA = No Further Action.

Indecent images of children
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police

Rape
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police
- During employment – NFA by Police for both criminal and misconduct (alleged offence occurred pre-employment so misconduct regs do not apply)
- Pre-employment – Found not guilty at Crown Court
- During employment – NFA by Police for both criminal and misconduct
- During employment – NFA by Police for both criminal and misconduct
- During employment – NFA by Police for both criminal and misconduct
- During employment – NFA by Police for both criminal and misconduct

Sexual assault by penetration
- Pre-employment – offence NFA by CPS
- During employment – NFA by Police for both criminal and misconduct
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police

Sexual Communication with a child
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police and CPS
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police

Sexual Touching (non penetration)
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police
- During employment – NFA by Police for both criminal and misconduct
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police (dealt with by school)
- During employment – NFA by Crown Prosecution Service; Disciplinary hearing – No Case to Answer finding

Sexual Touching (non penetration) on a child
- Pre-employment – NFA by Police (both parties under 10)

All 18 officers are still serving.

Our Professional Standards and Discipline (PSD) department have also added that all the above allegations have been subject to further review by our PSD team with a view to determining whether there are grounds for reinvestigation. This response is an accurate reflection of our position for the Angiolini Recommendation.