Published items

Provided the annual numbers of recorded dog attack incidents and dog attack incidents resulting in injury between January 2018 and April 2023. Also provided the numbers of recorded reports of dogs causing injury to people with outcome by financial year from 2017/18 up to November 2022.

Provided the monthly numbers of recorded dog attack incidents and the numbers of dogs euthanised between January 2022 and April 2023.

Gave the numbers of Police Officers and Staff working in the Professional Standards Department in June 2023 and reported that none of these are subject to current or previous disciplinary proceedings.

Numbers of strip searches carried out by Essex Police between 2015 and August 2022. Broken down by Age group, Gender, Ethnicity and whether an Appropriate Adult was required to attend.

Force Business Plan 2023

Provided data on the number of times a Taser has been fired between 2019 and 2022 and breakdowns of the ethnicity, gender and age of the suspects involved. Also provided links to published Home Office statistics on use of Tasers.

Provided details of the number of complaints received where it was alleged that an appropriate adult was not present during strip searches of a juvenile or a child between 2018 and 2022.

Confirmed that as of 14 April 2023, there are Zero (0) serving Essex Police officers or staff on the sex offenders register.

Provided information on the use of Body Worn Video (BWV) by Essex Police officers for the purposes of gathering evidence. Also provided information on the retention of BWV footage and the use of BWV in relation to missing person cases and persons under 18.

Provided the number of recorded vehicle only and combined (person and vehicle) stops between July 2021 and January 2023 by the ethnicity of the vehicle occupant or occupants.