Misconduct hearings 376/2022

FOI Reference: 376/2022

Request 1 - 10:

1. How many misconduct hearings were held by your police force in the financial years:

a. 2018- 2019

b. 2019-2020

c. 2020-2021

d. 2021-2022 (to date)

2. How many of the misconduct hearings above for the financial years between 2018-2022 ( to date) were held in private?

3. How many sexual misconduct cases were there in your police force in the financial years:

a. 2018-2019

b. 2019-2020

c. 2020- 2021

d. 2021- 2022 to date

4. How many officers were granted anonymity or were unnamed for sexual misconduct cases, can you break this down into male/female and other officers in the financial years from 2018-2022 ( to date)

5. How many officers were given a final written warning were given anonymity or were unnamed for sexual misconduct cases, can you break this down into male/female and other officers in the financial years from 2018-2022 (to date)

6. How many non-sexual misconducts hearings were held by your police force in the financial years:

a. 2018-2019

b. 2019-2020

c. 2020- 2021

d. 2021-2022 to date 

7. How many officers dismissed for gross misconduct were granted anonymity or were unnamed in non-sexual misconduct cases in the financial years between 2018 -2022 ( to date). Can you break this down into gender male/female and other officers? 

8. How many officers given a final written warning were granted anonymity or unnamed in non- sexual misconduct cases , can you break this down into gender male/female and other in the financial years 2018- 2022 ( to date)

9. How many officers dismissed for gross misconduct were named, can you break this down into gender of male/ female and other officers for the financial years

a. 2018-2019

b. 2019-2020

c. 2020- 2021

d. 2021-2022 (to date)

10. How many officers given a final written warning were named, can you break this down into male/female and other officers for financial years 2018-2022 ( to date)

Additional Request:  How many officers dismissed for gross misconduct in sexual misconduct or special case hearings were given anonymity or were unnamed. Can you break this down into male/female and other officers in the financial years from 2018-2022 (to date). For clarity by cases I mean misconduct and special case hearings.

Response 1a - d:

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

Financial Year	Non Sexual Misconduct Hearings
2018/19	2
2019/20	3
2020/21	5
2021/22	1

Please note: With regards to Hearings and Cases, the Misconduct Hearings may not necessarily have been held in the same financial year as the Misconduct case was recorded.

Response 2:

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

A total of 1 misconduct hearings for the financial years between 2018-2022 ( to date) were held in private.

Response 3 a - d:

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

Financial Year	Sexual Misconduct Cases
2018/19	3
2019/20	1
2020/21	5
2021/22	3

Response 4:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that zero (0) officers were granted anonymity or were unnamed for sexual misconduct cases during the timeframe specified.

Response 5:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that zero (0) officers given a final written warning were given anonymity or were unnamed for sexual misconduct cases in the timeframe specified.

Response 6 a - d:

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

Financial Year	Non Sexual Misconduct Hearings
2018/19	2
2019/20	2
2020/21	4
021/22	1

Response 7:

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

A total of one male officer was dismissed for gross misconduct and was granted anonymity or were unnamed in a non-sexual misconduct case during the timeframe specified.

Response 8:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that zero (0) officers given a final written warning were granted anonymity or unnamed in non- sexual misconduct cases in the timeframe specified.

Response 9 a - d:  

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

Financial Year	Dismissed for Gross Misconduct (Male)	Dismissed for Gross Misconduct (Female)
2018/19	1	0
2019/20	2	1
2020/21	4	0
2021/22	1	0

Response 10:

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

A total of one named male officer was given a final written warning in the timeframe specified.

Additional Request:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that zero (0) officers dismissed for gross misconduct in sexual misconduct or special case hearings were given anonymity or were unnamed in the timeframe specified.

Please note: With regards to the questions relating to anonymity, anonymity only applies to  misconduct cases that are referred to a Misconduct Hearing.

                                                                                                           

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 08/07/2022)