Allegations of sexual or domestic abuse against police officers and staff

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027030

I note you seek access to the following information:

BBC:
Since it was established in January, the team's caseload has grown to 625 allegations of sexual or domestic abuse against officers or police staff.

Please provide -

1. The number of
(i) police officers and
(ii) staff these allegations relate to.

2. the number of allegations relating to
(i) police officers and
(ii) police staff.

3. For Q1 and Q2 please disclose the number of abuse allegations of a
(i) sexual nature and
(ii) domestic nature.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 – The number of
(i) police officers and
(ii) staff these allegations relate to.

Staff Type	Number of Officers/Staff
Police Staff	57
Police Officer	438
Total	495

Q2 - The number of allegations relating to
(i) police officers and
(ii) police staff.

Staff Type	Number of Officers/Staff
Police Staff	64
Police Officer	613
Total	677

Q3 - For Q1 and Q2 please disclose the number of abuse allegations of a
(i) sexual nature and
(ii) domestic nature.

Staff Type	Domestic	Sexual Offence	Both – Sexual/Domestic	Other	Grand Total
Police Staff	28	18	1	17	64
Police Officer	170	217	30	196	613
Grand Total	198	235	31	213	677

For question 3 we can only provide the number of allegations by type as an officer/staff may have more than one allegation made against them. Those allegations with the category ‘other’ will relate to other matters that come under the DASO remit (e.g. harassment, stalking, malicious commination) or allegations linked to the sexual/domestic allegation (e.g. abuse of position, misuse of social media etc.)