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Nottinghamshire Police have seen a significant increase in the number of Freedom of Information requests requesting information in relation to Police Perpetrated Domestic Abuse, including data on complaints made by members of the public and police employees against serving police officers and staff members.
This report is designed to provide information and statistics in relation to the reporting and findings of allegations of Police Perpetrated Domestic Abuse to improve confidence in reporting these matters.
The data set in this report is from 01/01/2018 to 31/05/2023.
The definition of Police Perpetrated domestic abuse used in this report is defined as:
Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence, or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.
Domestic abuse committed by a police workforce member.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) Statutory Guidance on the Police Complaints System Chapters 10 to 13 define when a complaint must be investigated and when a complaint is appropriate for it to be handled ‘otherwise than by investigation’.
When a complaint is handled other than by way of investigation, there are only 3 Outcomes available to the Appropriate Authority. They are:
When a complaint is formally investigated there are an additional two outcomes of:
Chapter 16 of the Statutory Guidance advises when a complaint is withdrawn.
This report will discuss the number of cases, number of allegations and the number of officers. Whilst this is in accordance with the IOPC Statutory Guidance on Police Complaints it may appear confusing as the numbers may appear skewed, but this is not the case. It is quite common that within one complaint there are several distinct aspects to it and these aspects may then form several allegations against individuals or the organisation. Then each individual allegation may have more than one officer involved (eg,1 complaint has 5 allegations, and each allegation involves 2 different officers).
There are also two strands to the reporting:
All PPDA public complaints will fall inside Schedule 3 of the Police Reform Act 2002. This means that the complainant has a right to review by the relevant reviewing body at the end of the investigation.
Included in this report are officers and staff that have received sanctions for conduct related to PPDA cases even though the actual allegation of PPDA was no case to answer (PPDA assault for example) however they have received a sanction for their conduct to investigative officers upon officer attendance (abusive, obstructive attitude for example).
The number of Police Officers has risen from 1917 full time equivalent officers to 2390 FTE Police Officers as of 30th June 2023. This is a rise of 24.7%
The number of police staff has risen from 1227 Full time equivalent staff to 1468 FTE staff. This is an increase of 17.5% increase.
Since 1st January 2018 to 31st May 2023 Nottinghamshire Police have had a total of 38 cases of PPDA. Of significance 2020 and 2022 had the highest reported numbers of 10 & 12 cases respectively.
In the 38 cases reported there were a total of 50 allegations.
The most common category being assault, with 27 allegations (54%), with the second category being harassment / stalking, with 10 Allegations (20%)
The breakdown of outcomes in relation to the allegation for the period is as follows:
7 allegations are still being investigated (14%)
15 allegations were finalised as “case to answer” (30%)
21 allegations were finalised as “no case to answer” (42%)
3 allegations were finalised as “Service Acceptable” (6%).
3 allegations were finalised as “service could not be determined” (6%)
1 allegation was discontinued “(2%)
The gender split of officers / staff accused of PPDA is:
Male 26 (68%)
Female 12 (32%).
The number of officers, former officers, and staff who have been disciplined in relation to incidents of PPDA in this period was 10. The findings ranging from Written Warnings to Dismissals in relation to matters relating to PPDA.
Of these, 1 serving officer has been dismissed, 3 former officers have been categorised as ‘would have been dismissed if serving’, and 1 former staff ‘would have been dismissed’. All of these cases resulted in the individual being placed on the College of Policing Barred List.
From the remaining 5 officers/staff, all received written warnings for their conduct to the investigation.
The breakdown of gender of the officer / staff member disciplined is as follows:
7 officers / staff disciplined were male.
3 officers / staff disciplined were female.
Between 1st January 2018 and 31st May 2023, the report will answer the following points:
The numbers of Full time Equivalent Police Officers and Staff for the years 2018- 30th June 2023
The number of public complaints of PPDA
The number of conduct investigations into PPDA
The number of officers / staff that have been / are being investigated for PPDA
The allegation breakdown
The outcomes breakdown for allegations
The number of officers disciplined and the outcome.
The number of police staff disciplined and the outcome – from 01/02/2020 onwards.
The gender of the officers/staff members disciplined.
The number of full-time equivalent police officers and staff
2017 / 2018 | Full Time Equivalent |
---|---|
Officers | 1917.21 |
PCSO | 185.32 |
Staff (excludes PCSO) | 1158.29 |
Total | 3260.82 |
2018 / 2019 | Full Time Equivalent |
---|---|
Officers | 1935.97 |
PCSO | 177.42 |
Staff (excludes PCSO) | 1155.65 |
Total | 3269.04 |
2019 / 2020 | Full Time Equivalent |
---|---|
Officers | 2071.51 |
PCSO | 169.18 |
Staff (excludes PCSO) | 1189.67 |
Total | 3430.36 |
2019 / 2020 | Full Time Equivalent |
---|---|
Officers | 2071.51 |
PCSO | 169.18 |
Staff (excludes PCSO) | 1189.67 |
Total | 3430.36 |
2020 / 2021 | Full Time Equivalent |
---|---|
Officers | 2181.68 |
PCSO | 153.35 |
Staff (excludes PCSO) | 1269.96 |
Total | 36.4.99 |
2021 / 2022 | Full Time Equivalent |
---|---|
Officers | 2344.01 |
PCSO | 142.86 |
Staff (excludes PCSO) | 1263.21 |
Total | 3607.22 |
2022 / 2023 | Full Time Equivalent |
---|---|
Officers | 2390.23 |
PCSO | 136.52 |
Staff (excludes PCSO) | 1331.48 |
Total | 3858.23 |
The number of public complaints of PPDA
The number of conduct investigations into PPDA
The number of officers / staff that have been/are being investigated for PPDA
Number | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Public complaints of Police Perpetrated DA by officers/staff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Number of conduct investigations of PPDA | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Numbers of officer/staff that have been/are being investigated for PPDA | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
Gender of PPDA Officer/Staff
Gender | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Female | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
*1st Jan 2023 to 31st May 2023
Category of PPDA allegations made in line with the IOPC Data Capture Guidance.
Year | Rape | Sexual Offence | Assault | Stalking/ Harassment | Controlling & Coercive behaviour | Other discreditable conduct |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Outcomes of PPDA allegations in line with the IOPC Data Capture Guidance.
Year | Discontinued | Service Acceptable | Service not acceptable | Cannot determine | Case To answer | No Case to answer | Still under investigation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Police officers Disciplined for matters relating to PPDA that had meetings or proceedings in the year
Year | Written Warning | Final Written Warning | Dismissed whilst serving | Would have been dismissed |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Police staff Disciplined for PPDA who has meetings in the year
Year | Written Warning | Final Written Warning | Dismissed whilst serving | Would have been dismissed |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Prior to 2020 police staff meetings were managed by HR and outcomes were not recorded on Centurion (data capture tool).
Gender of officer/staff member disciplined.
Year | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
2018 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 0 | 1 |