Police Dog Bites 2017-2020
KEYWORDS
Police dog, Dog, Dog bites, Compensation, Payment
PUBLICATION NUMBER
PUB 1102
FOI REFERENCE NUMBER(S)
FOI 14843
REQUEST TITLE
Police Dog Bites 2017-2020
DATE RANGE
April 2017 – March 2020
INFORMATION REQUESTED
I would be grateful if you could please provide me with the following information about "police dog bite" incidents recorded by your force, for each of the following years:
(a) April 1st 2017-March 31st 2018
(b) April 1st 2018-March 31st 2019
(c) April 1st 2019-March 31st 2020
In each of the years listed above:
Q1 How many suspects were bitten by police dogs?
Q2 How many of those [bitten] suspects received compensation (damages, or out-of-court settlements)?
Q3 Please provide a breakdown of each payment (and whether liability was accepted)
Q4 If you are unable to answer Q3, then please state the total amount of payments to suspects for police dog bites
Q5 How many police officers were bitten by police dogs?
Q6 How many members of the public (other than suspects) were bitten by police dogs?
DISCLOSURE WITH EXEMPTIONS
Full Disclosure
INFORMATION CORRECT AS AT
29/09/2020
DATE OF DISCLOSURE
23/10/2020
RELATED DOCUMENTS
FOI 14843 RESPONSE
April 2017- March 2018
Q1 How many suspects were bitten by police dogs?
34
Q2 How many of those [bitten] suspects received compensation (damages, or out-of-court settlements)?
0
Q3 Please provide a breakdown of each payment (and whether liability was accepted) ( For Corporate Finance to review)
N/A
Q4 If you are unable to answer Q3, then please state the total amount of payments to suspects for police dog bites
N/A
Q5 How many police officers were bitten by police dogs?
0
Q6 How many members of the public (other than suspects) were bitten by police dogs?
0
April 2018- March 2019
Q1 How many suspects were bitten by police dogs?
38
Q2 How many of those [bitten] suspects received compensation (damages, or out-of-court settlements)?
2
Q3 Please provide a breakdown of each payment (and whether liability was accepted) ( For Corporate Finance to review)
£4,000 and £2,500 – Liability admitted in each case.
Q4 If you are unable to answer Q3, then please state the total amount of payments to suspects for police dog bites
£6,500 paid in damages in total
Q5 How many police officers were bitten by police dogs?
5
Q6 How many members of the public (other than suspects) were bitten by police dogs?
3
April 2019- March 2020
Q1 How many suspects were bitten by police dogs?
39
Q2 How many of those [bitten] suspects received compensation (damages, or out-of-court settlements)?
0
Q3 Please provide a breakdown of each payment (and whether liability was accepted) ( For Corporate Finance to review)
N/A
Q4 If you are unable to answer Q3, then please state the total amount of payments to suspects for police dog bites
N/A
Q5 How many police officers were bitten by police dogs?
2
Q6 How many members of the public (other than suspects) were bitten by police dogs?
0
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