Police Officer dismissal for misconduct from January 2024 to October 2025

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.25.048896

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please provide the following information for the past five calendar years (2020–2024) and 2025 to the date 31/10/2025:

The number of police officers dismissed for misconduct, broken down by year.

A breakdown of each dismissal by:

• offence category (e.g., corruption, sexual misconduct, violence, misuse of position, discriminatory behaviour, etc.)
• gender
• ethnicitya

The number of dismissed officers who were subsequently re-hired or employed by:

• the same force
• another police force in England and Wales
• If held: the role or rank officers held when dismissed.

I am not requesting names or identifying details

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 below with this notice, a spreadsheet in which the located information has been provided. Please note that the MPS does not hold figures in respect of police officers that were dismissed and subsequently re-hired or employed by another police force in England and Wales.

CAVEATS
The notes and guidance tabs of this spreadsheet should be read alongside the disclosed data to ensure it is interpreted correctly. It should also be noted that the MPS has defined an officer that was subsequently re-hired and employed by the MPS, as a dismissed officer that had an appeal upheld and was reinstated by the MPS.

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.