FOI Safeguarding Statement re Victims of Crime (476-2024/25)

Request

Q1. A statement from the head of safeguarding on the force policy relating to the safeguarding of victims of crime who have police complaints and their right to work at north yorkshire police.

Q2. A further statement from The Head of Safeguarding:  an explanation in reference to safeguarding policy as to why officers with live complaints against them can work in and/or be promoted to the professional standards department whilst their is an ongoing police complaint against them; and why victims of crime who make police complaint about the handling of crime investigations cannot work at North Yorkshire Police due to “safeguarding in relation to crime investigation and police complaint”.   I am requesting a general statement about how this very interesting safeguarding policy works.

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 not held by North Yorkshire Police. Under Freedom of Information, The force is not obliged to create information for the purposes of fulfilling a request.

I note that you have submitted two requests for information which are similar in nature, and pursuant to Section 12 of the Freedom of Information act we are able to combine these requests and provide a single response.

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.