Police officer misconduct
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007970/K
Version Date: 28/04/2025
The Professional Standards Department have provided the following information.
Data Range: 01/01/2022 – 25/03/2025
Data Source: CENTURION
-The total number of police officers accused of misconduct
321
-A breakdown in the gender and ethnicity of the accused officers
Gender:
Male - 255
Female - 66
Self-Classified Ethnicity:
- A1 – 1
- A2 – 1
- B1 – 1
- B2 – 1
- M1 – 2
- M3 – 3
- M9 – 3
- NS – 37
- O9 – 1
- U1 – 17
- W1 – 246
- W9 – 8
-A breakdown of the rank of the officer, including their salary bands at the time of the alleged misconduct
- PC – 226
- Special – 17
- SGT – 64
- Inspector or above - 14
Please see following links to view the pay scales:
Pay | Police Superintendents' Association
- A breakdown of the number that proceeded to a misconduct hearing
101
-The outcomes of cases that proceeded to a misconduct hearing
Please note that the following data is only cases that have been finalised and are not currently ‘live’.
|
Outcomes |
Count |
|
Dismissal |
15 |
|
Final Written Warning |
5 |
|
No Action |
4 |
|
Proceedings Discontinued |
6 |
|
Refer to AA for RPRP |
4 |
|
Would Have Been Dismissed |
38 |
|
Written Warning |
24 |
|
(blank) |
5 |
|
Total |
101 |
-A breakdown of the type of misconduct alleged, including but not limited to dishonesty, abuse of authority, discrimination, sexual abuse
|
Type Description |
Count |
|
Abuse of position for financial purpose |
3 |
|
Abuse of position for other purpose |
1 |
|
Abuse of position for sexual purpose |
2 |
|
Disclosure of information |
6 |
|
Discreditable conduct |
39 |
|
General level of service |
1 |
|
Handling of information |
1 |
|
Impolite language/tone |
3 |
|
Information |
1 |
|
Other policies and procedures |
1 |
|
Other sexual conduct |
11 |
|
Overbearing or harassing behaviours |
1 |
|
Police action following contact |
2 |
|
Race |
1 |
|
Sexual assault |
6 |
|
Sexual harassment |
2 |
|
Sexual Orientation |
1 |
|
Unprofessional attitude and disrespect |
3 |
|
Use of force |
4 |
|
Use of police systems |
11 |
|
Use of police vehicles |
1 |
|
Total |
101 |
-The outcomes of hearings for each type of misconduct.
|
Outcomes |
Gross Misconduct |
Misconduct |
Total |
|
Dismissal |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Final Written Warning |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
No Action |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Proceedings Discontinued |
6 |
6 |
|
|
Refer to AA for RPRP |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Would Have Been Dismissed |
38 |
38 |
|
|
Written Warning |
14 |
10 |
24 |
|
(blank) |
5 |
5 |
|
|
Total |
85 |
16 |
101 |
-The number of officers who resigned before the proceedings were completed
Please see table above for outcome of ‘Would Have Been Dismissed’.
-The number of officers placed on paid vetting leave while awaiting a misconduct hearing or retrial, and the average duration of this leave
No information held.
I would like this data for the last four years, including 2025. However, if this time frame is too broad, I am happy to refine the scope to three years.