FOI 0715-2023/24 - Officer convictions for shoplifting

Request:

Q1. Please state how many of your serving officers have got a (i) conviction or (ii) a caution for the offence of shoplifting?

Q2. For each individual please state (i) if the offence was finalised by way of a conviction or caution, (ii) was the offence picked up as a pre-employment check or was it carried out after the individual was employed as a police officer, and (iii) the year the offence was committed.

Q3. If possible where there was a shoplifting offence please state the value of the theft and the shop where the offence was committed?

NOTE: If you cannot answer Q3 or to attempt to answer it would cause the cost of dealing this request to become so great that the request could be refused, then please ignore Q3 and just answer Q1 and Q2

Response:

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

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

Q1. Zero

Q2. N/A

Q3. N/A

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.