FOI 9375-25 Gross Misconduct
Request to Northamptonshire Police:
1. How many officers and staff have been found guilty of gross misconduct in 2025 up to 14/04/25?
Please also list the number for 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 and make clear if they were officers or staff.
2. Please could you differentiate between the number of officers and staff dismissed and those who would have been dismissed, had they not already left the force.
3. Please could you also list the reason(s) for their
Response:
For context, as at March 2025 Northamptonshire Police comprised of 1,467.9 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Police Officers, 84.4 FTE Police Community Support Officers (PCSO), 1050.18 Other Members of Police Staff, together with a further 104 Special Constables; a total of 2,602.48 FTE individuals.
Gross Misconduct is defined as a Breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour so serious that if either admitted or proven, dismissal from the Police Service would be justified. These matters are heard at a Misconduct Hearing.
The available outcomes at a Misconduct Hearing are:
- written warning
- final written warning
- reduction in rank
- dismissal without notice
1. Up to 14/4/25 - Officer=7 Staff=1
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2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Officer |
10 |
15 |
12 |
19 |
9 |
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Staff |
3 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2.
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Dismissed |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Officer |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
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Staff |
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3 |
2 |
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Would have been dismissed |
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2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Officer |
4 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
3 |
|
|
Staff |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
3.
1- Honesty and integrity
2- Authority, Respect and Courtesy
3- Equality and Diversity
5- Orders and Instruction
6- Duties and responsibilities
7- Fitness for Duty
9- Discreditable Conduct
10- Challenging and Reporting Improper Conduct
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2020 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Officer |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
7 |
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Staff |
1 |
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|
1 |
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2021 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Officer |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
5 |
|
|
Staff |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
2022 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Officer |
7 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
6 |
|
|
Staff |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
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2023 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Officer |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
14 |
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Staff |
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2024 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Officer |
3 |
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
5 |
1 |
|
Staff |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
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2025 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Officer |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
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Staff |
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Northamptonshire Police regularly publish misconduct outcomes:
Published items | Northamptonshire Police (northants.police.uk)