FOI 0751-2023/24- Disciplinaries 2020-2022

Request:

Q1.a) The number of officers and staff who have been subject to a disciplinary procedure including hearings and meetings between 2020 and 2022
b) Whether those officers are, or identify as, male or female
c) The results of such proceedings

Q2.a) The number of officers and staff who have been subject to a disciplinary procedure due to a report of sexual misconduct between 2020 and 2022
b) Whether those officers are, or identify as, male or female
c) The results of such proceedings

Q3.a) The number of officers and staff who have been reported for domestic abuse between 2020 and 2022
b) Whether those officers are, or identify as, male or female
c) The results of such proceedings

Q4.a) The number of reports of sexual assault and/or sexual violence made to your Police fore between 2017 and 2022
b) The number of those reports which led to an arrest
c) The number of those reports which led to a person or persons being charged
d) The number of those reports which resulted in a trial
e) The results of those trials

Q5.a)The vetting procedure used to check police staff including how and when checks are made and who carries out those checks. (Are checks done on arrival, after a number of years of service, when changing role etc.)
b)The investment in such procedures between 2017 and 2022.

Q6) The Violence Against Women and Girls Taskforce, led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, has required all forces to review live VAWG allegations involving police officers and staff, including domestic abuse.
a) How many cases have been reviewed by your police force as a result of this requirement?
b) When and how are they reviewed and by whom?
c) Whether those officers involved in such reviews are, or identify as, male or female
d) Were any cases re-opened following such a review?

Q7. a) How much money has been and is being spent on the professional standards unit at your police force between 2017 and 2022?
b) How many officers have worked and are working in the professional standards unit at your police force between 2017 and 2022?
c) Whether those officers are, or identify as, male or female

Q8) How often is refresher training relating to behaviour given to officers and who delivers it?

Q9) Pippa Mills, outgoing Chief Constable of West Mercia police force referred to the “challenges of a rural force.”  Please can you explain in more detail what these challenges are?

Q10.a) How is the Reflective Practice Review Process (RPRP) carried out and by whom?
b) Can you confirm that the RPRP is not a disciplinary process? 

Response: 

Extent of Searches to Locate Information

Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police to locate relevant information. 

Decision

I am not obliged to provide you with a response to your request pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please note that when one part of your request falls under Section 12, we are not obliged to review the rest of the questions and the whole request is therefore exempt.

Section 12(1) applies to your request as the cost of complying with your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of identifying and retrieving any relevant information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Due to the nature of our recording systems the information requested, if held, is not in an easily retrievable format. Our information retrieval process generally relies on a computer ran report which captures any information recorded upon the surface of a record or within specified fields. Where relevant information is held deeper in the record, or outside of a specified field, a manual assessment is required to retrieve that information.

In relation to Q8, no courses have been located on our training administration system relevant to the question. This maybe because it is part of a wider programme of learning or part of an online package housed on the Managed Learning Environment (MLE). We are unable to report from that system. To identify specific relevant learning outcomes within the catalogue of wider programmes of learning would take significantly longer than the 18 hours allowed under the act.

Pursuant to Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.

Pursuant to Section 16 of the Act I am required to offer you advice and assistance with regarding to refining your request to within the ‘appropriate limit’ (time/cost limit). However, we may be able to provide some information if you resubmit your request and omit Q8.  If you wish to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact me.

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.