FOI 144713
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 144713
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 10th January 2022. Please find below the response to your request:
1) Firstly, I understand that you are offering new recruits the PCDA/DHEP route – please confirm the date from which you, as a force offered the PCDA/DHEP course to new recruits.
2) Secondly in regards to complaints received by the force regarding conduct of officers;
- how many complaints in total were received in the following financial years: 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 (2021-date) and if they were upheld.
- A breakdown of the outcome of those complaints.
Reply:-
1)
PCDA: First intake 27-Jan 2020
DHEP: First intake 27-Jul 2020
2) a.
|
Year |
Number of cases |
Number of allegations |
|
2018 |
675 |
862 |
|
2019 |
609 |
715 |
|
2020** |
1160 |
1346 |
|
2021 |
1260 |
1601 |
|
Grand Total |
3704 |
4524 |
**Please note that the new Police Complaints and Misconduct Regulations 2020 came into effect in February 2020 and thus the recording practices changed, hence the increase in recorded complaints from 2020 onwards
3) b.
|
Allegation Determination |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Grand Total |
|
Allegations Finalised |
1160 |
994 |
1627 |
1321 |
5102 |
|
Of Allegations Finalised - |
85 |
114 |
94 |
17 |
310 |
|
Allegation Outcome |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Grand Total |
|
No Action |
61 |
91 |
40 |
1 |
193 |
|
Management Action |
22 |
21 |
1 |
44 |
|
|
Learning from Reflection |
21 |
9 |
30 |
||
|
Reflective Practice |
29 |
5 |
22 |
||
|
Referral to Proceedings |
3 |
3 |
|||
|
Organisational Learning |
2 |
2 |
|||
|
Retired/Resigned |
2 |
2 |
|||
|
Unsatisfactory Performance |
2 |
2 |
|||
|
Grand Total |
85 |
114 |
94 |
17 |
310 |