Final Report of the Morris Inquiry: The Case for Change

MANAGING DIFFERENCE
Figure 6
Public Complaints, Internal Investigations, Suspensions
and Sanctions by Ethnicity for the Period 1999–2004
Black 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004
No. of Black officers
(and as % of total no. of officers) 513 2.0% 516 2.0% 552 2.1% 637 2.2% 761 2.5%
Public Complaints (Recorded) against Black
officers (and as % of total no. of Black officers) 180 35.1% 154 29.8% 140 25.4% 132 20.7% 102 13.4%
Internal Investigations (Recorded) of Black
officers (and as % of total no. of Black officers) 23 4.5% 24 4.7% 21 3.8% 29 4.6% 40 5.3%
No. of Black officers suspended
(and as % of total no. of Black officers) 4 0.8% 4 0.8% 2 0.4% 1 0.2% 5 0.7%
Dismissals or Required to Resign Sanctions
as a result of Misconduct/Discipline Hearing
arising from Internal Investigations of Black
officers (and as % of total no. of Black officers
who were subject to Internal Investigation) 1 4.3% 1 4.2% 2 9.5% 2 6.9% 1 2.5%
Asian
No. of Asian officers
(and as % of total no. of officers) 295 1.1% 320 1.3% 441 1.6% 570 2.0% 781 2.6%
Public Complaints (Recorded) against Asian
officers (and as % of total no. of Asian officers) 109 36.9% 127 39.7% 96 21.8% 100 17.5% 113 14.5%
Internal Investigations (Recorded) of Asian
officers (and as % of total no. of Asian officers) 17 5.8% 12 3.8% 14 3.2% 24 4.2% 54 6.9%
No. of Asian officers suspended
(and as % of total no. of Asian officers) 2 0.7% 3 0.9% 2 0.5% 1 0.2% 5 0.6%
Dismissals or Required to Resign Sanctions
as a result of Misconduct/Discipline Hearing
arising from Internal Investigations of Asian
officers (and as % of total no. of Asian officers
who were subject to Internal Investigation) 2 11.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 4.2% 0 0.0%
White
No. of White officers
(and as % of total no. of officers) 24,985 96.1% 24,375 95.9% 25,480 95.2% 26,902 94.5% 28,284 95.9%
Public Complaints (Recorded) against White
officers (and as % of total no. of White officers) 7,773 31.1% 6,498 26.7% 5,528 21.7% 4,186 15.6% 4,047 14.3%
Internal Investigations (Recorded) of White
officers (and as % of total no. of White officers) 610 2.4% 590 2.4% 562 2.2% 571 2.1% 699 2.5%
No. of White officers suspended
(and as % of total no. of White officers) 77 0.3% 72 0.3% 32 0.1% 26 0.1% 52 0.2%
Dismissals or Required to Resign Sanctions
as a result of Misconduct/Discipline Hearing
arising from Internal Investigations of White
officers (and as % of total no. of White officers
who were subject to Internal Investigation) 41 6.7% 25 4.2% 30 5.3% 26 4.6% 17 2.4%
Other
No. of Other officers
(and as % of total no. of officers) 208 0.8% 219 0.9% 296 1.1% 368 1.3% 439 1.5%
Public Complaints (Recorded) against Other
officers (and as % of total no. of Other officers) 56 26.9% 56 25.6% 58 19.6% 52 14.1% 83 18.9%
Internal Investigations (Recorded) of Other
officers (and as % of total no. of Other officers) 3 1.4% 5 2.3% 9 3.0% 10 2.7% 22 5.0%
No. of Other officers suspended
(and as % of total no. of Other officers) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.2%
Dismissals or Required to Resign Sanctions
as a result of Misconduct/Discipline Hearing
arising from Internal Investigations of Other
officers (and as % of total no. of Other officers
who were subject to Internal Investigation) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Source: MPS
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