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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 8th DECEMBER 2009
Question
"Would the Minister provide the Assembly with a detailed breakdown of each of the last 5 years in respect of –
- th e numberof police officers, ifany,whohavebeendisciplined;
- th e numberof police officers, ifany,whohavebeensuspended from service;
- t h e numberof police officers, ifany,whohavebeencharged with criminal offences;
- th e numberof officers, if any,whohave been off work through ill health, together with the total number of hours accounted for by sickness for each of the last 5 years?"
Answer
- The numberofpolice officers found guilty of a discipline offenceat a disciplinary hearing over the last 5 years is 3 for 2006 and 2 for 2007.
- 13 officers have been suspended for varying periods of time over the last 5 years.
- Four. Ofthese,two resulted in convictions. In both cases, the person concerned is nolongeremployed by the States of Jersey Police.
- Collating the detail ofeach individual staffsicknessepisodeover the last 5 year period andbreaking it down into hours represents a considerabletask that cannotbecompleted with scarce resources at this time.
C u m u lative staff sickness in days:
2 0 0 5 1479 days
2 0 0 6 1415 days
2 0 0 7 1777 days
2 0 0 8 2337 days
2 0 0 9 1649 days [to 30/11/09]
F o r P olice Officers the average sick days lost in the first nine months of 2009 was 7.97, against a States
average of 8.66. This includes instances of injury incurred as a direct result of duty.