FOI 250169

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 250169

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19^th May 2023.  Please find below the response to your request:

1. The number of police officers who had complaints logged against them for their use of social media in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022.
2. For the combined five-year period please provide a breakdown of the ranks of the officers who had complaints brought against them.
3. Please provide a list of the complaints – that cannot be linked to the individual officers – which show (a) the social media platform they were using relating to the complaint, and (b) a one sentence explanation of the nature of the complaint.
4. Please state how many officers faced disciplinary sanctions as a result and what these sanctions were.

NOTE: I am interested in police officers, NOT PCSOs, civilian employees or special constables.

NOTE: By complaint I mean any complaint that has been logged by your force which may have come internally or from a member of the public.

Reply

1. The number of police officers who had complaints logged against them for their use of social media in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022.

2. For the combined five-year period please provide a breakdown of the ranks of the officers who had complaints brought against them.

3.Please provide a list of the complaints – that cannot be linked to the individual officers – which show (a) the social media platform they were using relating to the complaint, and (b) a one sentence explanation of the nature of the complaint.

Please see table below

4. Please state how many officers faced disciplinary sanctions as a result and what these sanctions were.

NOTE: I am interested in police officers, NOT PCSOs, civilian employees or special constables.

NOTE: By complaint I mean any complaint that has been logged by your force which may have come internally or from a member of the public.