FOI 366/25 Officer Misconduct
Enquiry Reference: 366- 25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
- The total number of police officers accused of misconduct -A breakdown in the gender and ethnicity of the accused officers -A breakdown of the rank of the officer, including their salary bands at the time of the alleged misconduct.
Answer
|
Year |
Officers |
Male |
Female |
PC |
DC |
Sgt |
Insp |
Unknown Rank |
SC |
CI |
|
2022 |
78 |
66 |
12 |
58 |
2 |
13 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
2023 |
76 |
59 |
17 |
57 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
2024 |
57 |
42 |
15 |
48 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Jan 25 - Mar 25 |
15 |
13 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- A breakdown of the number that proceeded to a misconduct hearing -The outcomes of cases that proceeded to a misconduct hearing -A breakdown of the type of misconduct alleged, including but not limited to dishonesty, abuse of authority, discrimination, sexual abuse -The outcomes of hearings for each type of misconduct.
Answer
2022:- 9 to hearing, 5 resigned, 1 other, 2 dismissed, 1 Final written warning.
Confidentiality
Honesty and Integrity
Discreditable conduct
Challenging and reporting improper conduct
Orders and Instructions
Authority, Respect & Courtesy
duties and responsibilities
2023:- 4 to hearing, 2 resigned before hearing, 1 dismissed. 1 discontinuance – not proven.
Discreditable Conduct
Authority Respect and Courtesy
Equality and Diversity
Orders and Instructions
Honesty and Integrity
2024:- 3 to hearing, 1 dismissed, 1 resigned, 1 Final written warning
Discreditable conduct
Honesty and Integrity
Confidentiality
2025:- no data yet
- The number of officers who resigned before the proceedings were completed -The number of officers placed on paid vetting leave while awaiting a misconduct hearing or retrial, and the average duration of this leave.
2022 – 5 resigned, 5 suspended average days suspended 210 days
2023 - 2 resigned. 2 suspended average days suspended 127.5
2024 –1 resigned, 3 suspended average days suspended 173 days
2025 none completed.
For anything else we would rely on the following;
We have looked at the content of your request and must advise you that we consider the Freedom of information Act 2000 Exemption 21 (Information Accessible by other means) is engaged in relation to this request this is a class based and absolute exemption, requiring no prejudice or public interest to be considered.
If you visit the Cleveland Police website, https://www.cleveland.police.uk/ or follow the below links it will open a page with the information.
www.cleveland.police.uk/foi-ai/af/accessing-information/published-items/?q=&dt=Misconduct+outcome
www.polfed.org/resources/pay-scales/
Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1) (a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Section 1(1) (b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are relied upon, Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act requires that I provide the applicant with a notice which: a) states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) state (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Cleveland Police can confirm that we hold information pertinent to this request as the duty in Section 1(1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not apply, by virtue of the following exemption:
Section 40(2) Personal Information
Section 40(2) is an absolute exemption which does not require me to evidence the harm that disclosure would cause and does not require consideration of a public interest test in justification of its use.
This exemption is engaged where disclosure of information could lead to the identification of an individual, either from that information alone or combined with other information from within the Police Service or public domain. In this case, releasing the ethnicity of the persons are highly likely to identify the individuals concerned. Such a disclosure would breach an individual's rights to privacy.
- Personal data shall be:
“1. processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject ('lawfulness, fairness, transparency')"
To be considered exempt personal information, the information must satisfy one of two below conditions.
Principle 1: Lawful, Fair and Transparent
- Disclosure must not breach any statute, law, or regulation
- Disclosure should be reasonably expected by the data subject and not cause adverse impact on the data subject
Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.
If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The Freedom of Information Code of Practice (see below link) states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced. Public authorities are not obliged to accept internal reviews after this date.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-code-of-practice
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker