§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been charged with corruption in the last five years in the Cleveland police force. [26735]
§ Mr. DenhamThere is no offence of 'corruption' as such.
However, I am told that in the Cleveland police force over the last five years there have been the following criminal cases:
- one officer was convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice
- one officer was found not guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice;
- one officer was found not guilty of misconduct in a public office; and
- two officers are awaiting trial for misconduct in a public office.
There have also been the following disciplinary cases:
- one officer was reprimanded for fraudulent use of an excise license;
- three officers were reprimanded or fined for failing to comply with the terms of an arrest warrant and false entry in a pocket notebook; and
- one other officer was found not guilty regarding taking appropriate action when the above case was first reported.
The ongoing Operation Lancet investigation has also to date led to 12 police officers being charged with disciplinary offences.