Police Officer Sexual Assault Complaints

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007776/K

 Version Date: 12/03/2025

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, can you please for each calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, how many complaints of sexual assault were made against serving police officers at
the force (complaints against police officers serving the force at the time of complaint)?

For each complaint, please provide the rank of police officer facing complaint, the police officer's sex, if the complainant was a member of the public or a colleague, and the outcome (ie No further action, management action, charged, under investigation etc).

eg

2023
1 - sgt - male - member of public - no further action
2 - PC - male -  member of public - management action
3 - PC - female - colleague - no further action
2024
1 - sgt - male -member of public - no further action
2 - insp - female - member of public - charged with sexual assault

The Professional Standards Department have provided the following information.

Searches were completed on Centurion for complaints and conduct with a type description of ‘Sexual Assault’.

2020

• Rank and gender listed as “Unknown” – Member of Public – No Further Action
• PC – Male – Member of Public – No Further Action
• Rank and gender listed as “Unknown” – Member of Public – No Further Action
• PC – Male – Member of Public – No Further Action
• SGT – Male – Colleague – Resigned during Investigation

2021

• SGT – Male – Member of Public – Explanation provided; no action taken
• PC – Male – Member of Public - Explanation provided; no action taken
• PC – Male – Member of Public - Explanation provided; no action taken
• PC - Male – Member of public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Colleague – No Further Action

2022

• PC – Male – Member of Public - Explanation provided; no action taken
• SC (Special Constable) – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Member of Public – No Further Action
• SC (Special Constable) – Male – Domestic – No Further Action
• PC – Male – Colleague – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Colleague – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Domestic – Case to answer
• PC – Male – Colleague – Case to answer
• PC – Male – Domestic – Case to answer
• PC – Male – Colleague – No Further Action
• PC – Male – Member of Public – No Further Action

2023

• Rank and gender listed as “Unknown” – Member of Public – No Further Action
• Rank and gender listed as “Unknown” – Member of Public – No Further Action
• Rank and gender listed as “Unknown” – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Member of public – No further Action
• Rank and gender listed as “Unknown” – Member of Public – No Further Action
• PC – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• SC (Special Constable) – Male – Domestic – Under Investigation
• Insp – Male – Colleague – No case to answer
• PC – Male – Member of Public – Case to Answer
• PC – Male – Colleague – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Domestic – No further action
• SGT – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• SGT – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Female – Colleague – Case to answer
• PC – Male – Member of public – Under investigation
• PC – Male – Member of public – Under Investigation

2024

• PC – Male – Member of Public – IOPC Review
• PC – Male – Member of Public – IOPC Review
• SGT – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Member of Public – IOPC Review
• PC – Female – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• SGT – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• Insp – Male – Member of public – No further action
• PC – Male – Colleague – Under Investigation
• PC – Male -Domestic – Under Investigation
• PC – Male -Member of public – No further action
• SC (Special Constable) – Male – Member of Public – Under Investigation
• PC – Male – Member of Public – No further action
• SC – Male – Domestic – Under Investigation