Police officers under investigation 161/2025

FOI Reference: 161/2025

Request:

(Follow on request from 65/2025)

Please could you clarify the following:

1. Re Question 3, for ongoing investigations please could you tell me if these officers are suspended or still working?

How many police officers have been suspended for sexual assault:

o          2021, 1PC ongoing investigation

o          2022, 1PC dismissed

o          2023, 1 DC ongoing, 1PC dismissed

o          2024, 1PC ongoing

2. Re Question 4, for ongoing investigations please could you tell me if these officers are suspended or still working?

o          2021, 1PC ongoing

3. Re Question 4, for final written warnings please could you tell me if these officers are still working and how many warnings an officer gets before being dismissed?

o          2019, 1DC final written warning

4. At the end of the FOI response the following line is included: please can you explain why this information may not be accurate?

It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

Responses 1 & 2:

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

All are still ongoing investigations, so the officers are still suspended.

Response 3:

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

The officer who received a final written warning is still working.

A complete explanation on the rules applying to warnings can be found in section 11.125 to 11.131 of the Home Office Guidance - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e3ae3efed915d09378bf705/Home_Office_Statutory_Guidance_0502.pdf

Response 4:

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

This paragraph is generally added to requests for information concerning statistics and it is included because forces use different methods for recording statistics and for that reason responses received from several forces should not be compared.

Our Professional Standards Department have confirmed that the data contained within response for FOI request 161/2025 is accurate, and that the caveat about comparing the data with other forces still stands as other forces may record the data slightly differently or respond or interpret this request differently.                                              

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 28/02/2025)