Officers pending criminal court cases 477/23
FOI Reference: 477/2023
Request:
- As of the 30th of April, 2023, please answer the following:
- A)How many officers and staff within your force have pending criminal court appearances?**
B)How many of those officers and staff that have pending criminal court appearances have NOT been charged with any sexual offence eg Seven officers have pending court appearances, and 6 of them are not for sexual offending?
Please also disclose the following:
- 2)For each of the officers and staff who have a pending court appearance
A)Please confirm if your press office put a press release before the officer's or staff members' first appearance at the magistrate's court. eg nine officers have court appearances, seven press releases were sent to the media*
Please also disclose the following.
- 3.Between 1sst January 2022 up to and including the 31st December 2022
- A)How many officers and staff from your force in total have had criminal court appearances e.g. ten officers and staff had a criminal court appearance**
* A press release for the purposes of this request can also be taken to mean also information placed on the force website.
** A criminal court appearance should be taken to mean the person was a defendant
Response:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
1a) Zero (0) officers and staff
1b) Not applicable due to the response to question1a
2a) Not applicable due to the response to question1a
3a) Zero (0) officers and staff
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.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 05/06/23)