FOI 0834-2024/25 Officer Data

Request

Basic Data on Deaths
Q1. How many police officers were employed by your Constabulary each year between 2014 and 2025? Please show results on an annual basis (e.g., 2014 = 10,000, 2015 = 9,000).

We require the data from the 1st of January 2014 - 31st of December 2024 please.

Q2. How many police officers have died whilst in service in your Constabulary each year between 2014 and 2025? Please show results on an annual basis.

Q3. How many police officers in service in your Constabulary have died by suicide each year between 2014 and 2025? Please show results on an annual basis.

 Demographics of Officers
Q4. Please provide anonymised demographic details: age, gender, rank, and length of service at the time of death.

Q5. Specify whether the officer was in active service or on leave at the time of their death.

Q6. Was the officer under investigation for misconduct or criminal offences at the time of their death? If so, please specify the nature of the investigation (e.g., misconduct, criminal, internal review).

Q7. For cases where the officer was under investigation for misconduct or criminal offences:

Q8. Was the investigation carried out by another agency? If so, which organisation?

Q9. How long was the officer under investigation for?

Q10. Was the officer suspended from their duties? If so, for how long?

Q11. Was there any record of suicidal thoughts, ideations, or attempts held by your Constabulary? If so, when was this recorded?

Q12. Were there any records indicating the officer reported work-related stress, PTSD, or other mental health challenges prior to their death?

Preventative Measures
Q13. What policies, practices, or programs does your force have in place to monitor and support the mental health of officers?

Q14. Have there been any reviews or evaluations of these measures since 2014? If so, please provide details or summaries.

Q15. What policies, practices, or programs does your force have in place to respond to a death in service?

Q16. Have there been any reviews or evaluations of these measures since 2014? If so, please provide details or summaries.

Q17. What is your Constabulary’s current policy regarding updating police officers under investigation for criminal offences (e.g., frequency of contact, bail updates, charging decisions)?

Q18. What safeguarding measures does your organisation put in place for officers being charged with a criminal offence?

Training and Awareness
Q19. Do officers receive training on recognising and responding to mental health challenges in themselves and among peers?

Q20. If so, what does the training entail?

Q21. Have there been any reviews or evaluations of these measures since 2014? If so, please provide details or summaries.

Impact of External Factors
Q22. Are there any records of external factors (e.g., financial stress, family issues) contributing to the suicide cases reported?

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
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the number of police officers employed by North Yorkshire Police in the period 2014 – 2025 (as at 1 January).

Year	No. of Officers
2014	1419
2015	1425
2016	1366
2017	1377
2018	1388
2019	1363
2020	1470
2021	1514
2022	1561
2023	1662
2024	1684
2025	1649

Q2. Please see the table below showing the number of police officers who died in service in the period 2014 – 2024.

Year	No. of Officers
2014	0
2015	2
2016	2
2017	0
2018	1
2019	0
2020	0
2021	4
2022	1
2023	1
2024	1

Q3. Officer suicide is not recorded, the cause of death is recorded by the coroner and therefore unless the cause of death was identified by family members then we would not hold this information.

Q4. Of the 12 cases, all were white British, there were 10 males and 2 females and length of service varied from 0 years to 23 years.

Q5. We have interpreted this question to mean the number of officers at work at the time of their death and the result is nil.

Q6. There were no officers under investigation for misconduct or criminal offences at the time of their death.

Q7-Q12. Not applicable as per our response to Q6.

Q13. North Yorkshire Police has the following policies, practices and programs in place to monitor and support the mental health of officers:

• Wellbeing strategy and delivery plan for 4 years.
• Wellbeing pledge and annual theme
• Wellbeing workshops on various subject such as stress, sleep, anxiety, trauma etc.
• Wellbeing days – health checks and info on mental health subjects
• Delivery of positive psychology for resilience – external provider, one day workshop.
• Delivery of positive psychology for resilience to all new recruits by the wellbeing team.
• Annual wellbeing checks for high risk roles.  
• TRIM assessments

Q14. Evaluation forms are given to attendees at the above sessions.

Q15. North Yorkshire Police carry out TRIM assessments and offer wellbeing attendance and prioritised support.

Q16. Wellbeing strategy and delivery plan for 4 years. Only written in 2021 and will be reviewed 2025/26.

There is a delivery plan which is updated monthly and reviewed annually.

Wellbeing pledge and annual theme  - the theme each year is reviewed and based on what the wellbeing themes have been throughout the year and activity plan produced for the year.    

Wellbeing workshops on various subject such as stress, sleep, anxiety, trauma etc.  

Wellbeing days – health checks and info on mental health subjects

Delivery of positive psychology for resilience – external provider, one day workshop.

Delivery of positive psychology for resilience to all new recruits by the wellbeing team.

Annual wellbeing checks for high risk roles.  

The wellbeing service is evaluated continuously through questionnaire to those using the service.

The strategy was only developed in 2021 and is for 4/5  years and has a delivery plan which is reviewed on a monthly basis. 

TRIM assessments – reviewed last year and more practitioners recruited and trained.

Q17. Officers and police staff remain within the standard crime management that NYP would apply to investigations to others outside of the police service. There is no separate policy and we do have further communications through the Federation, Unison or Supts Association who are supporting individuals under investigation.

Q18. The welfare of officers and staff is considered through a risk assessment at the point of charge. There are additional assessments and support we could afford on a case by case basis depending on any risks known or raised to the force. Should an individual be suspended from duty then there are additional risk assessments completed every 28 days with the support of their dedicated welfare point of contact.

Q19. First line leaders programme – module on wellbeing.

Q20. Awareness of signs for stress and trauma. How to talk to an individual struggling, wellbeing tools to help, such as a passport, support plan and adjusted duties.

Q21. This is continually evaluated by the Talent and Development team.

Q22. Information not held, as per our response to Q3.

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.