Wrongful arrests & compensation 03/2025

FOI Reference: 3/25

Request 1 - 3:

This is a request for information according to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

It relates to wrongful arrests and compensation.

Please can you provide the following information. Please note there are X parts to my request.

(1)

Between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2025, how many times has your force made a wrongful arrest, when “protest” was recorded as part of the arrest, or the arrest was recorded as taking place at a “protest.”

Please provide data by calendar year.

(2)

For each wrongful arrest when “protest” was recorded as part of the arrest, or the arrest was recorded as taking place at a “protest”, please can you provide the offence under which the arrest was made, e.g. the offence of locking on; assaulting an emergency worker.

(3)

Between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2025, how much compensation has your force paid out to victims of wrongful arrest, when “protest” was recorded as part of the arrest, or the arrest was recorded as taking place at a “protest.”

Response 1 & 2:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that this information is not recorded by Dyfed-Powys Police.

Please note: Protest is not a notifiable offence and as such would not be retrievable from our systems.

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Nil (£0).                                               

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 30/01/2025)