Sexual Misconduct 2016
Date of request: 2 May 2021
Reference: 592/21
Request
- How many complaints of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape were made against officers, community support officers and special constables in 2016?
- What was the outcome of each complaint? An allegation outcome could be: case to answer, discontinuance, dispensation, no case to answer, ongoing, withdrawn.
- Where there was a case to answer, what disciplinary action was taken?
- Please specify the allegation of each complaint.
Response
Please find below the number of alleged sexual offences and alleged misconduct relevant to your request, reported as a complaint or referred as a conduct allegation, which hasn’t met the criminal threshold for sexual offences, for the year 2016.
| Complaints received | |
| Complaints | 1 |
| Allegations | 1 |
| Internal investigations | |
| Conducts | 7 |
| Allegations | 10 |
Please find attached a summary of the complaints and internal investigations which have been listed in the above table.
Please find below a breakdown of the outcomes of the complaints and internal investigations listed in the table in the response to question one.
| Outcomes | |
| De-recorded | 2 |
| No Case to answer | 4 |
| Case to answer | 5 |
| Action Taken | |
| No Action | 5 |
| Retired/ Resigned | 2 |