Chief Officers currently subject to misconduct allegations

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.25.044073

I note you seek access to the following information:

How many Chief Officers (ACC/Commissioner and above) are currently subject to misconduct allegations. Could this be broken down in rank/ grade. Or gender/BAME.

If you have the detail, what is the misconduct for.

Also, can you detail any misconduct involving Chief Officers in the last 5 years. What was the misconduct for. and how many of these resulted in disciplinary action.

Clarification -
Allegations of misconduct are recorded on our complaints and discipline system (Centurion) as public complaints and conduct matters. Public complaints concern allegations of misconduct made by members of the public whilst conduct matters concern alleged misconduct arising from any other source (i.e. internal allegations, anonymous allegations and other forms of misconduct allegation).

Can you confirm whether your request concerns allegations arising from:

Public complaints.
Or
Conduct matters.
Or
Public complaints and conduct matters.

Clarification-
I can confirm that the request refers to public complaints and conduct matters.

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 located information to you. Please find enclosed with this notice, a spreadsheet in which the located information has been provided.

Please ensure you carefully read the guidance notes that accompany the spreadsheet, in particular note that the answers to question 2 involve allegation numbers not officer numbers. For example, one officer was dismissed having been found guilty of 3 allegations.

Where an individual is described as 'former' this denotes that they resigned or retired prior to a misconduct hearing being held. A misconduct hearing was still held in relation to the individual as a former officer, with the outcome being the individual would have been dismissed if they had still been a member of the MPS.

Both of the above appear on the Barred List which was introduced as part of the government's commitment to improving police integrity and is managed by the College of Policing. The Barred List, which is publicly searchable using an officer’s name, is used by police forces and some other public bodies to ensure someone who was dismissed can no longer work in policing. This includes individuals who decide to retire or resign during an investigation.

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 that 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.