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MPS officers currently under investigation for their conduct

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.030732

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. Could you please disclose the number of metropolitan police officers currently under investigation for their conduct.

2. Please provide the number of live cases you have relating to the conduct of these officers.

4. Please provide the number of live PPDA (Police perpetrated domestic abuse) cases you have relating to the conduct of officers.

5. Please provide the number of officers these PPDA cases relate to.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

NOTES
The information provided in this notice concerns the following:

• Data has been extracted from Centurion (the MPS complaints, conduct and discipline system).
• Police officers only (including police officers in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary).
• The figures are provided according to whether the misconduct allegations stemmed from a public complaint or a conduct matter allegation (alleged misconduct that does not involve a complaint from a member of the public).
• For public complaints, only identified police officers have been counted.
• Police perpetrated domestic abuse (PPDA) cases are those with flags for Domestic Abuse (DA) or Domestic Violence (DV).
• The data provided is based on cases that were live as of the 23rd of June 2023.
• The domestic abuse figures provided in answer to questions 1 and 2 are included in the answer to questions 4 and 5 so there will be some double counting of officers.

Q1 - Could you please disclose the number of metropolitan police officers currently under investigation for their conduct.

Number of Officers
Public Complaints Conduct Matters
4772 1956

Q2 - Please provide the number of live cases you have relating to the conduct of these officers.

Number of Live Cases
Public Complaints Conduct Matters
3632 1773

Q4 - Please provide the number of live PPDA (Police perpetrated domestic abuse) cases you have relating to the conduct of officers.

Number of Live DA/DV Cases
Public Complaints Conduct Matters
15 206

Q5 - Please provide the number of officers these PPDA cases relate to.

Number of Officers Subject of Live DA/DV Cases
Public Complaints Conduct Matters
17 227

DUTY TO ADVISE AND ASSIST
Under Section 16 of the Act, there is a duty to advise and assist those that have made, or intend to make, a request for information. In accordance with this duty, I can confirm that the MPS publishes information about various types of crime on its website. I have provided a link to this information below.

MPS Website: Stats and Data

It may also assist you to note that the MPS proactively publishes all disclosures made in response to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on its Publication Scheme. I have provided a link to this section of the MPS website below.

MPS Publication Scheme

The MPS Publication Scheme can be searched using keywords and may accordingly hold other information that is of interest to you.

Maintaining Public Trust in the MPS
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.