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FOI 384871

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 384871

 

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17th January 2025.  Please find below the response to your request:

 

Please could you provide the following information:

 

 

  1. The total number of police officers accused of misconduct
  2. A breakdown of the number that proceeded to a misconduct hearing
  3. A breakdown of the outcomes in each case that proceeded to a misconduct hearing
  4. A breakdown of the type of misconduct alleged (e.g. Dishonesty, abuse of authority, discrimination)
  5. Please provide copies of summaries of the Modus Operandi (MO) sections for incident reports relating to misconduct cases that went to a hearing ensuring that all personal data is redacted to align with privacy regulation.
  6. The outcome of the above hearings
  7. How many officers resigned before the proceedings were completed

 

I would like to request this information for the last 4 years. If this time frame is too broad I am happy to refine the scope to 3 years.

 

 

Reply

 

Please be advised that your request has been considered and I am not obliged to supply all the information you have requested. Information that can be disclosed is as follows:

 

 

  1. The total number of police officers accused of misconduct.

 

Currently we have 110 live Conduct cases that are being investigated involving 128 officers, not all of these will progress through to formal disciplinary proceedings.

 

Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires West Mercia Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:   (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

 

The exemption applicable to the information is:

Sec 21(1) Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means

This is an Absolute, class based exemption.

All of the results for our hearings are published via the Internet. The information that you require is already available Published items | West Mercia Police.