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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities:
Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.
The second duty (at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.
However, where exemptions are relied upon (Section 17 of FOIA), there is a requirement to provide the applicant with an explanation either:
Information Request - which has been numbered to assist in this disclosure:
Please disclose details of all official complaints in the following categories, made against serving police officers within Essex Police in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 (so far):
For each category, please disclose:
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your request.
Second Duty – See below
Fact – Professional Standards data is held on the Centurion database. The system used to manage complaints and investigations is designed to follow the national guidelines regarding reporting. Statistics, therefore, follow the published guidelines based on the set 11 Complaint Categories A-L with 45 sub-categories and Misconduct Categories. Complaint and misconduct data are recorded pre strand in a case. It does not cover each Officer allegation within a separate complaint. Each complaint or misconduct case is likely to have more than one complaint/misconduct strand or category and could include multiple Officers subject to a complaint strand. The following may assist: IOPC Guidance on Capturing Data About Complaints:
Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 10/3/2023.
Question 1: Abuse of position for sexual purpose (G2)
Conduct only cases have not been included in this data return only public complaints
Categories |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
a |
How many accusations were made against serving police officers |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
b |
How many allegations were upheld |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
c |
How many of these upheld charges resulted in formal disciplinary action, |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
d |
Please break this down by |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
e |
Please say whether the complainant was made by |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Question 2: Sexual assault (J1)
Categories |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
a |
How many accusations were made against serving police officers |
0 |
8 |
14 |
11 |
0 |
b |
How many allegations were upheld |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
c |
How many of these upheld charges resulted in formal disciplinary action, |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
d |
Please break this down by |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
e |
Please say whether the complainant was made by |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Question 3: Sexual harassment (J2)
Categories |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
a |
How many accusations were made against serving police officers |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
b |
How many allegations were upheld |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
c |
How many of these upheld charges resulted in formal disciplinary action, |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
d |
Please break this down by |
0 |
A = Male
B = PC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
e |
Please say whether the complainant was made by |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Question 4: Other sexual conduct (J3)
Categories |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
a |
How many accusations were made against serving police officers |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
b |
How many allegations were upheld |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
c |
How many of these upheld charges resulted in formal disciplinary action, |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
d |
Please break this down by |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
e |
Please say whether the complainant was made by |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete.
However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
The conduct of a Police Officer or a Police Staff member is an important issue and Essex Police regularly receive FOI requests regarding misconduct and complaints both the PFCC and the Police Service need to be accountable and transparent regarding this issue, therefore the following links have been provided to guide you to other sources of information published through OPFCC, NPCC, IOPC and on the Essex Police Website.
There is an expectation that management and staff at all levels will lead by example, consistently displaying behaviour in line with the Code of Ethics | College of Policing and ensuring adherence to legal requirements and to all Essex Police policies, procedures and practices.
The Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) holds the Police Force to account and has the legal power to hold the Chief Constable to account. Through Prevention, Intelligence, Enforcement, Communication and Engagement, Essex Police is committed to making sure the opportunity for corruption is reduced to the lowest possible risk. Where corruption is identified the organisation will deal with it proportionately and effectively.
Data is regularly published via quarterly reports including strand splits and summary of outcomes , please click on the following link: Conduct & Professional Standards - Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner (pfcc.police.uk)
Misconduct hearings and upcoming hearing: https://www.essex.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/mis/misconduct-hearings/
In respect of violence against women girls (VAWG), the PFCC have been working with the National VAWG multi-agency to analyse our data, the following article provides more context and information
Policing violence against women and girls - National framework for delivery: Year 1 (npcc.police.uk)
FOI Publications: https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/accessing-information/published-items?q=misconduct
Additional mandatory referrals and requested reviews can also be viewed via the IOPC web site. Investigations | Independent Office for Police Conduct Search | Independent Office for Police Conduct
Where an individual has been dismissed, the force will send a report, containing information set out in Regulations, to the College of Policing who will then update the barred list with those details. The same process will be used for the advisory list.
The College will make decisions on whether it is appropriate to publish the information on the barred list, taking into account national security, other ongoing investigations and any significant harm which may be caused to the individual or others. In the vast majority of cases, we expect that the information will be published. Barred list | College of Policing
Essex Police trusts that the links and information provided is of assistance. Thank you for your interest in Essex Police.
Please note the above request will be included within our Publication Scheme.