2021/24754 - Police officers accused of sexual misconduct

REQUEST

Please disclose details of official complaints in the following categories, made against serving police officers in the force under your remit in 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 so far:

- Sexual assault

- Sexual harassment

- Rape

- Child sex offences

- Other sexual misconduct

Specifically, for each category, please disclose:

1) How many accusations were made against serving police officers

2) How many allegations were upheld

3) How many of these upheld charges resulted in formal disciplinary action, and what actions they were

4) Please also break this down by a) the sex of the accused, b) the seniority of the accused

5) Please say whether the complaint was made by a) member of the public b) police officer/ member of police staff

RESPONSE