Police staff illegally accessing the PNC from 2013 to 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.034574

I note you seek access to the following information:

How many police staff have been found to have illegally / inappropriately accessed the Police National Computer in the past 10 years, broken down by year, from January 1 2013 to present date.

Please also provide a break down as to how many were by police officers, and how many were by non-officer staff members.

Of those police staff have been found to have illegally / inappropriately accessed the Police National Computer in the past 10 years, how many were:

(a) Not disciplined
(b) Disciplined
(b) Sacked
(c) Prosecuted

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

IMPORTANT:
• Please ensure that the note section within the spreadsheet is read in conjunction with the data in this report to ensure that it is interpreted correctly.

INFORMATION -
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.