FOI Family Liaison Officers (0177.2022-23)

Request

1. Number of current Family Liaison Officers (FLO) working in your Force?
   
2. Number of FLO's who are sworn officers or police staff?
3.  Number of male and female FLO's in your Force?
4. Number of years’ experience in policing for each FLO? (i.e. 0-5 years, 6-10 years, 11-15 years, 16 years plus)
5. Years of experience as an FLO for each FLO? (i.e., 0-5 years, 6-10 years, 11-15 years, 16 years plus)
6. What number of FLO's are in each department or section of your Force? (e.g., MIT, HMET, DA).
   7. Number of FLO’s in your Force that were absent from work due to mental health problems from between April 2020 to March 2022?
   8. Details of how FLO’s are recruited in your Force.
   9. Details of any training courses for FLO's provided by your Force.
   10. Details of any support currently available to FLO’s in your Force.

Response

1. As of 6 June 2022 there are 47 Family Liaison Officers (FLO’s) working within North Yorkshire Police.

2. Of the 47 FLO’s detailed above, 40 are sworn officers and 7 are police staff.

3. Of the 47 FLO’s detailed above, 11 are male and 36 are female.

4. Please see the table below for the breakdown of the number of years in policing for each of the 47 FLO’s.

Number of years in Policing	FLO Count
0-5 years	19
6-10 years	9
11-15 years	5
16 years plus	14
Total	47

 

5. Please see the table below for the breakdown of the number of years in experience as an FLO.

Number of years as FLO	FLO Count
0-5 years	41
6-10 years	4
11-15 years	1
16 years plus	1
Total	47

 

6. Please see the table below for the breakdown of FLO’s in each department within NYP.

 

Department	FLO Count
Response	13
CID	15
Professional Standards	3
Major Crime	3
Road Policing / Collision	5
Other	8
Total	47

 

7. I can neither confirm nor deny that any of the information you have requested is held by the force pursuant to Section 40(5) Personal Information as contained within the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).

 

Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies. Please see the exemption explanations below.

 

8. FLO’s are recruited internally via an expression of interest in the role, formal interview amd assessment of suitability. Further information can be found by following the below link.

Family Liaison Officer | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)

9. North Yorkshire Police deliver a College of Policing approved FLO course to all new starters.

 

10. FLO’s all have annual welfare reviews, 2 Continuous Professional Development events held in force as well as officers being released to attend regional and national events.

Exemption Explanation

Section 40 is a class-based and absolute exemption, and there is no requirement to conduct a public interest test or articulate harm.

 

To either confirm or deny that this information is held would itself disclose personal information. The force is therefore not obliged to confirm or deny whether any information is held pursuant to Section 40(5)(a) of the Act. To the extent that Section 40(5)(a) applies, North Yorkshire Police has determined that in all circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exclusion of the duty to neither confirm nor deny outweighs the public interest in confirming or denying whether the information is held.