FOI 157597
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 157597
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 7th March 2022. Please find below the response to your request:
I would like to request information under the FOI act:
1) How many complaints have been received in the past five years in relation to alleged racial discrimination by officers/staff on other officers/staff ?
2) Have any been upheld? If so, how many?
3) Can you please provide details about each upheld complaint (ie the nature of complaint, date committed, number of officers involved , number of officers dismissed)?
4) In each case where a complaint was upheld, what action was taken against individuals concerned?
5) How many cases of racial discrimination have gone to an employment tribunal within the past 5 years?
Reply
1) How many complaints have been received in the past five years in relation to alleged racial discrimination by officers/staff on other officers/staff ? 2 (These are cases that have been recorded as conducts within Professional Standards. Complaints between members of staff are recorded as conducts)
2) Have any been upheld? If so, how many? 0
3) Can you please provide details about each upheld complaint (ie the nature of complaint, date committed, number of officers involved , number of officers dismissed)?
Not applicable
4) In each case where a complaint was upheld, what action was taken against individuals concerned?
Not applicable
5) How many cases of racial discrimination have gone to an employment tribunal within the past 5 years? The Force has received 4 claims which included a complaint of race discrimination between 2017 and 2022. None of these claims have gone to a final hearing but claims were issued against the force