Criminal investigations and complaints against serving police officers (FOI)Criminal investigations and complaints against serving police officers (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
30 November 2021.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
How many criminal investigations have been lodged against serving police officers in the last ten years? Please break this down by year, alleged offence and by officer rank.
How many of these led to charges being brought? How many convictions? Please break this down by year, offence and by officer rank.
How many complaints have been made against serving police officers by members of the public in the last ten years? Please break this down by year, the nature of the complaint and by officer rank.
Response
There have been 632 complaint investigations conducted by the States of Jersey Police Professional Standards Department in the last ten years for a variety of reasons; on average 63 per annum.
In order to be able to answer the request in full would require a manual search of each record. We have estimated that, on average, four minutes will be required to examine each one, which would equate to around 42 hours of work. This would exceed the 12½ hours maximum time limit as provided by Article 16(1) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, and the request is declined.
We are however able to direct the applicant to certain relevant statistics that are already available in Annual Reports of the requested period and reports of the Jersey Police Complaints Authority (JPCA).
2020
States of Jersey Annual Report and Accounts 2020
2019
JPCA Annual Report 2019
2018
JPCA Annual Report 2018
2017
JPCA Annual Report 2017
2016
JPCA Annual Report 2016
2015
JPCA Annual Report 2015
2014
JPCA Annual Report 2014
2013
JPCA Annual Report 2013
2012
JPCA Annual Report 2012
2011
JPCA Annual Report 2011
Article Applied
Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
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