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A report from the College of Policing reveals a 50% increase in the number of police officers sacked and permanently barred from returning to work in England and Wales in the 12 months to March. Dishonesty was the most common reason for dismissal, followed by sexual offences or misconduct and discriminatory behaviour. Groups of officers have been punished for sharing deeply offensive WhatsApp messages, while 18 were sacked for possessing indecent images of children and 33 for abusing their position for a sexual purpose.
Nearly 600 officers were dismissed during this period compared to almost 400 the previous year, the report shows. However, the number of officers sacked accounts for less than 0.5% of the total workforce of over 147,000 personnel across England and Wales. The majority of those who lost their jobs were constables, and more than three-quarters of those dismissed were male.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council, a group of senior leaders who work collaboratively on important policing matters, has promised it is committed to removing police who are not fit to serve the public. “Misconduct proceedings provide a tightly regulated, balanced and transparent process to maintain public confidence in policing and ensure our workforce operates to the high standards of integrity our communities deserve,” said Chief Constable Craig Guildford QPM, the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s complaints lead.
“These figures show that there is nowhere to hide for people who fail to meet the high standards set across our police forces,” said Assistant Chief Constable Tom Harding, operational standards director at the College of Policing. “The service will continue working to ensure we attract the right people into policing, ensuring that those who fail to meet these high standards have no future in policing.” The report surfaces as the UK policing culture has been under scrutiny following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer in 2021 and the imprisonment of former Metropolitan police sergeant David Carrick in 2023 for multiple rapes and sexual offences
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