§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal charges were brought against members of the police force in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThis information is not available. Statistics relating to the numbers of police officers
Offences currently recorded as homicide where the victim was a police officer on duty by the result of court proceedings or other outcome England and Wales Number of offences Decided by the court to be Year initially recorded Number of (victims) Murder Section 2 mans-laughter Other mans-laughter Other outcome 1976 — — — — — 1977 1 1 — — — 1978 1 1 — — — 1979 1 — — 1 — 1980 1 1 — — — 1981 2 1 — 1 — 1982 6 3 — 1 2 (one suspect committed suicide) 1983 3 — — — 3 (no suspects) 1984 3 1 — — 2 (no suspects) 1985* 2 — — — 1 (acquitted) 1 (case pending) * Provisional.