HC Deb 07 August 1980 vol 990 cc254-60W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many official complaints were made against police officers in each Metropolitan Police division in 1978, 1979 and to date in 1980, classified by the type of complaint used in the report of the Police Complaints Board.

Mr. Whitelaw

Complaints against the police cannot be categorised until action on them has been completed. The information available in relation to complaints completed is shown in the following table. Some of the complaints completed in each of the periods concerned will have been received in earlier periods.

COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE: BY DIVISION AND CATEGORY—METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT
Division Incivility Assault Irregularity in procedure Traffic irregularity Neglect of duty Corruption Mishandling of property Irregularity in relation to evidence Oppressive conduct or harassment Other Total
1978
A … 44 45 33 8 12 3 8 5 14 18 190
B … 56 80 63 7 49 3 21 19 49 40 387
C … 62 75 67 9 36 10 18 28 46 55 406
D … 64 63 61 13 33 1 20 10 33 41 339
E … 68 72 57 18 41 5 15 17 42 46 381
F … 68 102 44 6 28 — 27 9 44 44 372
G … 56 85 30 11 26 3 20 28 40 25 324
H … 36 70 34 6 39 1 15 13 30 24 268
J … 55 80 42 8 31 — 16 13 61 21 327
K … 78 110 81 21 60 2 23 16 70 44 505
L … 66 145 81 14 57 — 30 24 83 41 541
M … 43 86 40 11 38 4 29 11 39 45 346
N … 42 68 45 11 33 3 14 5 38 30 289
P … 54 74 49 10 39 6 18 6 52 41 349
Q … 72 93 47 15 50 1 24 10 48 42 402
R … 33 51 38 12 29 2 8 7 25 21 226
S … 41 54 44 9 23 — 5 9 35 26 246
T … 42 49 36 12 15 3 9 11 28 27 232
V … 56 38 33 13 40 5 7 8 32 16 248
W … 38 57 28 8 36 1 13 6 38 20 245
X … 47 68 46 14 38 2 13 2 45 28 303
Y … 77 64 47 24 34 4 11 13 40 29 343
Z … 48 58 59 15 25 4 12 11 44 18 294
Airport … 52 16 27 7 15 1 5 5 31 19 178
Other* … 241 175 155 83 119 20 71 68 166 143 1,241
TOTAL … 1,539 1,878 1,287 365 946 84 452 354 1,173 904 8,982
* Police officers not allocated to a specific district.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE: BY DIVISION AND CATEGORY—METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT
Division Incivility Assault Irregularity in procedure Traffic irregularity Neglect of duty Corruption Mishandling of property Irregularity in relation to evidence Oppressive conduct or harassment Other Total
1979
A … 53 53 33 12 24 — 10 6 31 32 254
B … 63 69 52 10 37 3 22 22 58 38 374
C … 81 85 50 10 47 6 28 23 37 33 400
D … 51 64 48 13 32 4 18 20 26 44 320
E … 60 53 50 17 32 4 16 9 33 38 312
F … 54 76 30 5 24 — 18 9 45 27 288
G … 51 104 39 13 24 6 17 11 50 26 341
H … 43 73 45 13 39 3 25 17 44 17 319
J … 59 75 59 10 41 5 21 15 38 34 357
K … 81 151 81 19 57 3 47 15 71 67 592
L … 67 111 52 16 55 3 24 17 51 31 427
M … 68 102 64 19 45 4 30 16 48 44 440
N … 32 56 18 4 27 2 10 — 13 20 182
P … 74 98 42 16 47 2 34 14 56 38 421
Q … 72 94 51 11 42 2 24 13 39 31 379
R … 38 61 43 13 31 1 13 15 51 27 293
S … 40 49 27 9 19 1 7 12 25 18 207
T … 32 44 34 9 17 2 6 9 37 13 203
V … 29 32 17 5 31 1 5 14 15 8 157
W … 61 54 46 6 32 — 9 20 32 22 282
X … 50 55 41 12 38 3 21 7 50 25 302
Y … 69 104 62 21 57 5 20 15 60 35 448
Z … 39 48 42 18 20 1 13 11 48 21 261
Airport … 24 15 27 6 17 1 8 5 35 16 154
Other* … 232 113 144 65 115 23 67 51 158 105 1,073
TOTAL … 1,523 1,839 1,197 352 950 85 513 366 1,151 810 8,786
* Police officers not allocated to a specific district.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE: BY DIVISION AND CATEGORY—METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT
Division Incivility Assault Irregularity in procedure Traffic irregularity Neglect of duty Corruption Mishandling of property Irregularity in relation to evidence Oppressive conduct or harassment Other Total
1 January to 30 June 1980
A … 19 17 7 3 8 — 5 1 16 13 89
B … 30 40 23 6 23 1 14 3 19 23 182
C … 34 22 15 4 17 2 12 9 16 26 157
D … 13 23 15 2 19 — 9 5 12 23 121
E … 30 22 21 1 25 — 10 6 10 17 142
F … 22 27 10 5 10 2 10 4 17 17 124
G … 23 47 27 7 24 1 9 10 21 15 184
H … 18 32 20 8 19 — 6 6 13 13 135
J … 30 36 27 6 22 4 6 9 16 24 180
K … 29 55 29 3 27 2 17 11 22 27 222
L … 35 41 23 10 18 — 17 12 35 22 213
M … 34 36 16 6 19 6 14 9 18 20 178
N … 15 26 17 1 8 — 5 1 12 9 94
P … 34 54 19 8 27 2 12 5 31 15 207
Q … 29 36 25 9 21 1 15 10 28 22 196
R … 35 37 22 2 17 — 11 5 33 14 176
S … 23 18 10 8 11 — 4 3 15 21 113
T … 28 28 23 4 19 — 4 3 24 16 149
V … 19 15 8 4 13 — 5 4 18 7 93
W … 28 35 23 2 18 — 7 2 13 10 138
X … 33 31 27 8 16 1 8 1 20 18 163
Y … 34 40 28 11 36 4 13 3 26 22 217
Z … 21 24 13 7 10 1 2 7 12 15 112
Airport … 27 8 12 3 13 3 2 6 22 25 121
Other* … 160 72 68 44 68 8 42 42 105 64 673
TOTAL … 803 822 528 172 508 38 259 177 574 498 4,379
* Police officers not allocated to a specific district.