MPS Police Officers who have criminal records
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.040916
I note you seek access to the following information:
- I would like to know how many Met Police officers have criminal records.
- How many disciplinary actions have the Met Police been able to prove against officers.
- The highest and lowest paid officer in the Met Police.
- The average time the Met Police takes to investigate car theft crime.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Q1 - I would like to know how many Met Police officers have criminal records.
As of the 11 November 2024, 243 serving MPS police officers had criminal records. These were comprised of 148 police officers with convictions and 95 officers with cautions.
It should be noted that the MPS employs over 34,000 police officers, including those in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. The number of serving police officers with criminal records accordingly represents less than 0.8 percent of the police officers serving with the MPS.
Further information about MPS employees with criminal convictions/records can be found within the link below.
MPS Website: Delivering Higher Standards
Q2 - How many disciplinary actions have the Met Police been able to prove against officers.
Answer: The MPS has published a large amount of information, in response to requests for information, about police officers subject of investigation for alleged misconduct. This includes the outcome of each investigation and details of any subsequent disciplinary action taken. I have provided a series of links to this information below.
Misconduct data for ten years from January 2013 to February 2024
Officers disciplined for misconduct from November 2018 to October 2023
Misconduct cases against Police Officers from 2016 to 2023
Officers subject to gross misconduct
Misconduct stats and information
Police officers reported for or accused of misconduct from January 2020 to March 2023
Officers dismissed due to misconduct and reinstated after dismissal
Types of complaints made against Police officers
Officers subject to misconduct/gross misconduct DV investigations from 2020 to 2023
Gross misconduct the past 12 months
Gross Misconduct Hearings from 2018 to 2023
Police misconduct cases from March 2018 to March 2023
Should you require any further information, a number of other related disclosures are published on the MPS Publication Scheme. I have provided a link to this section of the MPS website below. Please note that the Publication Scheme can be searched using keywords.
MPS Website: MPS Publication Scheme
Q3 - The highest and lowest paid officer in the Met Police.
The highest paid police officer in the MPS holds the rank of Commissioner of the MPS. The lowest paid police officer holds the rank of constable. Please note that the MPS also employs volunteer police officers in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. Volunteer police officers do not receive a salary.
Q4 - The average time the Met Police takes to investigate car theft crime.
The MPS does not hold the average time taken to investigate car theft crime. The requested information cannot accordingly be provided to you as it is not held by the MPS. The MPS may however, be able to produce, via an amended request for information, the period that vehicle theft offence investigations have taken to be concluded. Timeframes would have to be provided to answer to this part of your request for information.
Should you wish to refine your request as proposed above, please email or contact me at the postal address at the top of this notice.
It may also assist you to note 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
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.