FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0102-2015
In reply to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, dated 02/02/2015
1. How many staff are currently employed within Cambridgeshire Police as:
1. police officers
2. police constables?
3. other persons with the remit of the prevention of crime?
1. How many police officers, police constables, or other persons with the remit of the prevention
of crime within the Cambridgeshire Police are currently under investigation, internally or
externally, for:
2. assault?
3. sexual misconduct?
4. theft?
5. gross misconduct?
6. other offences?
1. How many police officers, police constables, or other persons with the remit of the prevention
of crime within Cambridgeshire Police have been investigated, between 2010 and today,
internally or externally, for:
2. assault?
3. sexual misconduct?
4. theft?
5. gross misconduct?
6. other offences?
1. How many police officers, police constables, or other persons with the remit of the prevention
of crime within the Cambridgeshire Police have been convicted, between 2010 and today,
internally or externally, for:
2. assault?
3. sexual misconduct?
4. theft?
5. gross misconduct?
6. other offences?
1. How many police officers, police constables, or other persons with the remit of the prevention
of crime within the Cambridgeshire Police have been dismissed or have resigned, between
2010 and today, internally or externally, for:
2. assault?
3. sexual misconduct?
4. theft?
5. gross misconduct?
6. offences?
6. Have any members of the Cambridgeshire Police force been investigated for sexual conduct with
children aged:
a. under 12?
b. 12?
c. 13?
d. 14?
e. 15?
f. 16?
g. 17
Your request was clarified on 03/02/2015:Revised questions are:
1.
How many staff are currently employed within Cambridgeshire Police as:
a)
police officers
b)
police constables?
c)
Police Community Support Officers
2. How many police officers, police constables, or PCSOs within the Cambridgeshire Police are
currently under investigation, internally or externally, for:
a)
assault?
b)
sexual misconduct?
c)
theft?
d)
gross misconduct?
e)
other offences?
3. How many police officers, police constables, or PCSOs within Cambridgeshire Police have been
investigated, between 2010 and today, internally or externally, for:
a)
assault?
b)
sexual misconduct?
c)
theft?
d)
gross misconduct?
e)
other offences?
4. How many police officers, police constables, or PCSOs within the Cambridgeshire Police have
been convicted, between 2010 and today, for:
a)
assault?
b)
sexual misconduct?
c)
theft?
d)
gross misconduct?
e)
other offences?
5. How many police officers, police constables, or PCSOs within the Cambridgeshire Police have
been dismissed or have resigned, between 2010 and today, for:
a)
assault?
b)
sexual misconduct?
c)
theft?
d)
gross misconduct?
e)
offences?
6. Between 2010 and today, have any members of the Cambridgeshire Police force been
investigated for sexual conduct with children aged:
a)
under 12?
b)
12?
c)
13?
d)
14?
e)
15?
f)
16?
g)
17?
Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act states that a public authority is not obliged to comply
with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request
would exceed the “appropriate limit”. For Police forces in the UK, the "appropriate limit" is considered
to be up to 18 hours of work on one request. This information is given in the Freedom of Information
(Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
It is estimated that it will take more than 31 hours to provide an answer to this request.
To provide you with information in response to your questions concerning ‘gross misconduct’ we would
have to manually read through each individual case file that we hold. We have 188 case files and it is
estimated that it would take a minimum of 7 minutes to read an individual case file. This time is added
to a period of 10 hours work that has already been spent on researching other parts of your request.
188 case files x 7 minutes = 1,316 minutes (21.9 hours)
I am not able to suggest any method by which your request could be pared down to allow us to provide
information to this part of your request that is within the cost limits allowed under the Freedom of
Information Act.
Although excess cost removes the force’s obligation under the Freedom of Information Act, as a
gesture of goodwill, I have supplied information, relative to your request, that was retrieved or
available before it was realised that the fees limit would be exceeded. I trust this is helpful, but it does
not affect our legal right to rely on the fees regulations for the remainder of the request.
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Q1. How many staff are currently employed within Cambridgeshire Police as:
a) Police Officers 1362
b) Police Constables 1018
c) Police Community Support Officers 155 (These figures are for 24/02/2015)
Q3 How many police officers, police constables, or PCSOs within Cambridgeshire Police have been
investigated, between 2010 and today, internally or externally, for:
Data extracted for cases finalised 1/1/2010 to 31/12/2014
Type
Number of Officers / PCSO’s
Assault
7
Sexual Misconduct
14
Theft
1
Gross Misconduct
N/A See above
Other offences
122
1 case involving 3 officers investigated externally by IPCC.
Q4. How many police officers, police constables, or PCSOs within the Cambridgeshire Police have
been convicted, between 2010 and today for:
Data only concerns those who have been convicted whilst serving and continue to serve.
Data does not include cautions or FPN’s.
No officers or PCSO’s have been convicted of an offence since 2010 and continue to serve.
Q5. How many police officers, police constables, or PCSOs within the Cambridgeshire Police have
been dismissed or have resigned, between 2010 and today, for:
Type
Number of Officers / PCSO’s
Assault
1 Resigned
Sexual Misconduct
2 dismissed 3 resigned
Theft
None
Gross Misconduct
N/A see above
Other offences
8 dismissed 9 resigned
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