Version Date: 03/06/2015
Devon & Cornwall Police
Record 1
Freedom of Information Act Request No: 2496/15
a. Under the FOI Act I wish to request figures showing how many serving police
officers have been investigated for allegedly committing sexual offences in each of
the following calendar years:
i. 2012
ii. 2013
iii. 2014
For each case in each year please state
b. the rank of the officer
c. the nature of the alleged offence eg. sexual assault, rape, misconduct in public
office relating to inappropriate sexual behaviour etc
d. the outcome of the investigation
e. the number of investigations that involved victims of crime in each of the
calendar years stated above.
Please only provide this information if you are able to supply it within the statutory
cost limits.
The Professional Standards Department have provided the following information:
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The data below excludes investigations for only comments/behaviour e.g. flirting.
The data below does not include members of the special constabulary.
a. Under the FOI Act I wish to request figures showing how many serving police
officers have been investigated for allegedly committing sexual offences in each of
the following calendar years:
i. 2012
ii. 2013
iii. 2014
Please see the table below which shows the number of serving officers investigated for
sexual offences.
Please note that the year the case was reported it not necessarily the year the alleged
offence occurred.
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No. of officers
2012
13
2013
11
2014
7
No. involving victims of crime
1
0
1
Please note that for 2012 the rank of one of the officers was unknown as no officer was
identified.
Please note that for 2014 there were 3 officers that were accused for one investigation.
b. the rank of the officer
Constable
Sergeant
Inspector
Not known
2012
8
3
1
1
2013
10
1
0
0
2014
6
1
0
0
Please note that for 2014 there were 3 officers that were accused for one investigation.
Please note that the year the case was reported is not necessarily the year the alleged
offence occurred.
c. the nature of the alleged offence eg. sexual assault, rape, misconduct in public
office relating to inappropriate sexual behaviour etc
Sexual Assault
Voyerism
Sexual Assault/Rape
Sexual contact in public place
Rape
Indecent exposure
Inappropriate sexual contact
Inappropriate sexual relationship
Inappropriate sexual conduct
2012
6
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
2013
4
0
0
1
1
0
1
3
1
2014
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
Please note that the year the case was reported is not necessarily the year the alleged
offence occurred.
d. the outcome of the investigation
The table below which shows the Professional Standards Investigation outcomes, broken
down year.
Please be aware that the years shown below are the dates the case was recorded and
therefore the outcome of the investigation may not occur in the same year. For example,
there was one case that was recorded in 2012 that had a disapplication outcome;
however, this outcome may not have occurred in the same year the case was recorded.
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Disapplication
Dismissed without notice
Dispensation
Final Written Warning
Management Action – Misconduct
Misconduct Meeting resulted in No Action
No Case to Answer
Ongoing
Resignation accepted
Withdrawn by complainant
2012
1
1
1
0
1
2
5
0
1
1
2013
0
3
0
1
1
0
4
1
1
0
2014
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
Please note that the year the case was reported is not necessarily the year the alleged
offence occurred.
e. the number of investigations that involved victims of crime in each of the
calendar years stated above.
For 2012 there was one investigation that involved a victim of crime.
For 2014 there was one investigation that involved a victim of crime.
Please note that the year the case was reported is not necessarily the year the alleged
offence occurred.
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