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Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you tell me how many of your officers have criminal convictions and what offences they were convicted of.
In your response, please could you indicate in each case whether the conviction occurred before the officer joined your force or while they have been serving.
In addition, if since 1st January 2008, any officers have resigned or been dismissed from their jobs following a criminal conviction, please could provide the number of officers and their offences.
The Professional Standards Department have provided the following information:Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you tell me how many of your officers have criminal convictions and what offences they were convicted of.
Officers (before joing) 90; (while serving) 11
• Considerable historic detail is known due to compulsory questionnaire sent to all officers in 2010
• Convictions "Before joining" date back as far as 1970 and include numerous as juveniles
• Convictions "While Serving" include Driving offences, Drink Driving, Data Protection and Common Assault
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Comment number 1.
At 5th Jan 2012, Saltashgaz wrote:A large amount of police officers have criminal records so why expect other public services to be different?
I think it is important that those with violent or sexual Offences should be weeded out to protect the public, the rest should never be promoted
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