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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 11th DECEMBER 2012
Question
Will the Minister complete the following table :
Year | No. of complaints made against Police Officers | No, of complaints against officers upheld | No. of officers disciplined as a result of the complaint | How many letters of apology were sent out to successful complainants | How many explanations of officers conduct were sent out to successful complainants |
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(See over)
Answer
Year | No. of complaints made against SOJP Police Officers | No. of complaints made against Honorary Police Officers | No. of complaints against SOJP officers upheld | No. of complaints against Honorary officers upheld | No. of officers SOJP disciplined (hearing) as a result of the complaint | No. of officers Honorary disciplined (hearing) as a result of the complaint | No. of officers SOJP disciplined (words of advice) as a result of the complaint | No. of officers Honorary disciplined (words of advice) as a result of the complaint | No, of complaints against SOJP officers NOT upheld/ withdrawn/ Informal Resolution/ Incapable of investigation | No. of complaints against Honorary officers NOT upheld/ Withdrawn/ Informal Resolution/ Incapable of investigation | No. of complaints yet to be decided SOJP/ Honorary | How many letters of apology were sent out to successful complainants | How many explanations of officers conduct were sent out to successful complainants |
2008 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
2009 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
2010 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
2011 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1/0 | 3 | n/a |
2012 (to date) | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7/3 | 1 Note 1 | n/a |
Note 1:
As well as the total of 4 `closure letters' sent to successful complainants (shown in the penultimate column above), 6 letters were sent in relation to unsubstantiated complaints. Closure letters explain the outcome and brief details of the investigation undertaken. Therefore, he last column of the table is not completed as "explanations of officers conduct" is not part of the procedure.
The total of 10 `closure letters' does not include a closure letter being sent out in respect of one miscellaneous complaint and one for an organisational complaint. The legal obligation is to inform a complainant whether the complaint is substantiated or not the introduction of the closure letter' was designed to expand this for the benefit of the complainant.