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Request:
Q1. How many police staff have been found to have illegally / inappropriately accessed the Police National Computer in the past 10 years, broken down by year, from January 1 2013 to present date.
Q2. Please also provide a break down as to how many were by police officers, and how many were by non-officer staff members.
Q3. Of those police staff have been found to have illegally / inappropriately accessed the Police National Computer in the past 10 years, how many were:
(a) Not disciplined
(b) Disciplined
(b) Sacked
(c) Prosecuted
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 & Q2. Please see the table below which details the number of reports of North Yorkshire Police employees accessing the Police National Computer without a policing purpose from 01 January 2013 to 08 December 2023, broken down by year.
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Officer |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Staff |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Q3. Please see the table below which details the outcomes of reports of North Yorkshire Police officers accessing the Police National Computer without a policing purpose from 01 January 2013 to 08 December 2023. I note that disciplined
Outcome |
Count |
Not disciplined |
2 |
Disciplined |
9 |
Sacked |
1 |
Prosecuted |
0 |
I note that where an employee has been disciplined, this could be a written warning, a management meeting or a referral to the Reflective Practice Review Process. Where an employee has not been disciplined, this is because the allegations were not upheld so no action was necessary.
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.