Police officers charged with child sexual offences from January 2020 to May 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.024973

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. How many police officers in your force have been charged with child sexual offences from the period 1 January 2020 to 20 May 2022?

2. How many police Officers in your force have been charged with viewing or making indecent images of children from the period 1 January 2020 to 20 May 2022?

3. Of those charges how many resulted in a conviction?

4. Of these convictions, how many officers were given a suspended prison sentence?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - How many police officers in your force have been charged with child sexual offences from the period 1 January 2020 to 20 May 2022?
Q2 - How many police Officers in your force have been charged with viewing or making indecent images of children from the period 1 January 2020 to 20 May 2022?

Answer to questions 1 & 2

	Images	Sexual Offence	Grand Total
Total	2	2	4

Q3 - Of those charges how many resulted in a conviction?

All 4 officers were convicted

Q4 - Of these convictions, how many officers were given a suspended prison sentence?

Penalty	Images	Sexual Offence	Grand Total
Imprisonment	1	1	2
Suspended Imprisonment		1	1
Await Sanction	1		1
Grand Total	2	2	4