Complaints on officers and their social media use from 2020 to 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027763

I note you seek access to the following information:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:

1. In the year 2020, how many complaints were made with regard to officers and their social media use?

2. In the year 2021, how many complaints were made with regard to officers and their social media use?

3. In the year 2022, how many complaints were made with regard to officers and their social media use?

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

The table below shows the number of complaints (conduct matters) made with regards to officers and their social media use.

2020	2021	2022	Grand Total
121	125	135	381

INFORMATION

Officer/staff Allegations: Are an interpretation of who did what at the incident.

Officers/staff are counted against each allegation made against them (i.e. the number of allegations on a case, multiplied by the officers/staff involved).

Officer Allegations are counted against the officers/staff unit at time of incident. If an officer is unidentified, then the officer allegation is counted against the borough of incident.