Psychological surveillance in high risk roles

Your request details
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the use of
psychological surveillance or monitoring within your force, specifically in relation to high-risk roles,
(e.g., firearms officers, counter-terrorism units, custody officers).
Please provide responses to the following questions:
1. Does your force currently implement any form of psychological surveillance or monitoring
for officers in high-risk roles?
2. How does the force identify which roles pose a high enough risk to trigger monitoring?
3. Which roles have been identified as high risk, if any?
4. If yes, what methods or tools are used (e.g., regular psychological assessments, digital
monitoring, behavioural analytics)?
5. Are these measures mandatory for all officers in designated high-risk roles?
6. What percentage of officers in high-risk roles complete psychological questionnaires,
surveys, or assessments?
7. What steps are undertaken if an officer fails to comply with completing psychological
surveys or assessments?
8. How frequently are these questionnaires or assessments administered?
9. Which internal department or external provider is responsible for administering these
measures?
10. Should a psychological questionnaire suggest an officer is at risk of psychiatric injury, what measures/adjustments are available to the force take to mitigate that risk?

Response
I sourced your request to our Occupational Health team who have supplied the following information.
Question 1
Yes
Question 2
The force is currently reviewing this utilising psychological risk assessments as a tool.
Question 3
Please refer to College of Policing Psychological surveillance | Oscar Kilo which represents our area of focus, in addition to Firearms and Protecting Vulnerable People roles.
Question 4
Psychological screening questionnaires, structured interview assessments, psychological assessments.
Question 5
No
Question 6
Questionnaires were completed in 2025 - 74%
Question 7
Not applicable. For individuals who choose not to consent, they are provided signposting information surrounding management of their health and wellbeing in work.
Question 8
Annually
Question 9
College of Policing and Occupational Health.
Question 10
Management, specialist advice i.e., HR and Occupational Health.

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.

Police forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures for capturing the data. For these reasons this response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with responses you may receive from other police forces.