Allegations of misconduct made by female members of the public from April 2023 to June 2023
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.031445
I note you seek access to the following information:
All allegations of misconduct made by members of the public whose gender is recorded as female, broken down by allegation category and allegation outcome between January 2019 and March 2023.”
On the 10 July 2023, you then submitted a request for the following information:
Could I send an additional request asking for the same information but from 1 April 2023 to 1 July 2023.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
I have disclosed the location information to you. Please find enclosed is a spreadsheet in which the located information has been provided.
Please note that in accordance with your requests for information recorded under reference numbers 01/FOI/23/029255 and 01/FOI/23/029255, allegations of misconduct made against police officers have been provided.
DEFINITIONS
I have provided a number of definitions below to assist when reading the enclosed spreadsheet.
• UPP - Unsatisfactory Performance & Attendance of Police Officers.
• To AA for RPRP - To Appropriate Authority for Reflective Practice Review Process.
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Securing and maintaining the trust of the community is integral to the principle of policing by consent and to continue to do so, the MPS recognises that its staff must act with professionalism and integrity. The MPS treats each occasion when an allegation is made about the conduct of its staff extremely seriously and will fully investigate each incident to determine whether the conduct of that member of staff has breached the standards of professional behaviour. Where the conduct of staff is proven to have fallen below the standards of behaviour expected, the MPS will take robust action to ensure that its staff are held to account and that lessons are learnt from each case. Any instance where the conduct of our staff is alleged to have fallen below the standards of behaviour expected is treated extremely seriously by the MPS.