Psychological assessments 36/2026
FOI Reference: 36/2026
Request
- Does your force currently implement any form of psychological surveillance or monitoring for officers in high-risk roles?
- How does the force identify which roles pose a high enough risk to trigger monitoring?
- Which roles have been identified as high risk, if any?
- If yes, what methods or tools are used (e.g., regular psychological assessments, digital monitoring, behavioural analytics)?
- Are these measures mandatory for all officers in designated high-risk roles?
- What percentage of officers in high-risk roles complete psychological questionnaires, surveys, or assessments?
- What steps are undertaken if an officer fails to comply with completing psychological surveys or assessments?
- How frequently are these questionnaires or assessments administered?
- Which internal department or external provider is responsible for administering these measures?
- Should a psychological questionnaire suggest an officer is at risk of psychiatric injury, what measures/adjustments are available to the force take to mitigate that risk
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-
Response Q1
Yes
Response Q2
Risk assessment and College of Policing guidance
Response Q3
Family Liaison Officers/Coordinators
Crime Scene investigators
Disaster Victim identification officers (DVI)
Hostage negotiators
Rape & Serious Sexual Assault (RASSA)
Coroners office
Firearms
Chemical Biological Radioactive & Nuclear (CBRN)
Force control Room
Digital Forensics (DFU)
Covert Authorities Bureau (CAB)
Undercover Online (UCOL)
Tarian
Police Online Investigation Team (POLIT)
Regional Organised Crime Team (ROCU)
WECTU - Wales extremism & Counter Terrorism Unit
Collision Investigators & Roads Policing
Digital Cyber Crime Unit - Digital Forensics (DCCU)
Management of Sexual & violent Offenders (MOSAVO)
Serious Organized Crime Team
Response Q4
Regular psychological screening and welfare checks
Response Q5
Yes
Response Q6
100% as fitness outcome form is not issued until it has been completed
Response Q7
Senior officer is informed
Response Q8
Annually and 6 monthly depending on the role
Response Q9
Occupational Health, & National Policing Wellbeing Service (NPWS)
Response Q10
Occupational health assessment with Force medical advisor, counselling including trauma based therapy, adjustment of officers’ duties, redeployment to another police role.
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 06/02/2026)
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