Racial Discrimination by staff on social media - 501/2020

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1. In each of the months since and including May 2019, how many times has Dyfed-Powys Police been made aware of comments or behaviour of a potentially racially discriminative nature posted by staff in private groups or messages on social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook.
2. In each of the months since and including May 2019, how many times has the force been made aware of potentially inappropriate comments or behaviour of a racially discriminative nature posted publicly by staff on social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook.
3. If any, how many staff members in total have been accused of potentially inappropriate conduct on social media platforms of a racially discriminative nature since 1 May 2019.
4. a) If any, how many staff members in total have been reprimanded for such behaviour since May 2019?
   b) How many times was each individual reprimanded, and what form did this take?
5. If any, how many of these incidents were referred to the IOPC?

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