Misconduct 806/2025

FOI Reference: 806/2025

Request 1 - 3:

As a freedom of information request, please provide, for the period from 2015 - 2025:

1) The number of police officers and staff investigated for misconduct, split by whether or not there was a risk assessment relating to the welfare of the officer under investigation.

If there was such a risk assessment, please provide those figures split by risk category (such as low, medium or high)

2) The number of police officers and staff who committed suicide, split by whether or not they were subject to a misconduct investigation.

3) If they were subject to such an investigation, please provide those figures split by whether or not a risk assessment had been performed, and by risk category (such as low, medium or high)

Additionally, please provide each of the figures requested above split into annual totals for the period.

Response 1:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that we do not have a standalone risk assessment document- the risk to each officer’s welfare is assessed on its own individual circumstances and is not routinely documented.

Please note: Professional Standards Department do not currently hold information relating to a risk assessment of officers under misconduct investigations. However, this is something that we hope to implement by the end of 2025, start of 2026.

Response 2:

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

Between 2015-2025, zero (0) officers under a misconduct investigation have committed suicide.

Response 3:

A response to Q3 is not applicable, based on the response above.                                               

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 31/10/2025)