How many of your officers faced internal disciplinary proceedings for alleged sexual misconduct 2021 - 2025

Your request details
For the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 calendar years, please state the following:
How many of your officers faced internal disciplinary proceedings for alleged sexual misconduct?
How many of these officers were suspended?
How many of these officers were placed on restricted duties?
How many of these officers were dismissed?

Response
I approached our Professional Standards and Discipline (PSD) department with your request. An analyst has provided the following:

For the years 2021-2025:
Question 1
14 officers

Question 2
13 officers were suspended during their investigation period

Question 3
1 officer was on restricted duties during their investigation period

Question 4
3 officers were dismissed. A further 5 would have resulted in dismissal if not for resigning prior to a hearing.

Please note, every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that data has been extracted from data sources used by this force for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording systems and information assets.

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/data for any requests may have limitations, and this should be taken into account when those data sets are used.

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