Officers Who Have Received Custodial Sentences

Combined length of officers' sentences by force

Metropolitan Police Service View 118 years, 4 months, 19 days
Greater Manchester Police View 53 years, 11 months
West Yorkshire Police View 24 years, 7 months, 11 days
Hertfordshire Constabulary View 21 years, 4 months
West Mercia Police View 17 years, 2 months
Derbyshire Constabulary View 16 years, 3 months
West Midlands Police View 11 years, 7 months, 16 days
Surrey Police View 7 years, 9 months
British Transport Police View 6 years, 5 months
South Wales Police View 5 years, 11 months
Civil Nuclear Constabulary View 5 years, 9 months
Cambridgeshire Constabulary View 5 years, 6 months
Cleveland Police View 5 years, 6 months
Devon & Cornwall Police View 4 years
Thames Valley Police View 3 years, 10 months
Lancashire Constabulary View 3 years, 9 months
Essex Police View 3 years, 8 months, 23 days
Northamptonshire Police View 3 years, 2 months, 26 days
Sussex Police View 3 years
Staffordshire Police View 3 years
Cheshire Constabulary View 2 years, 8 months
South Yorkshire Police View 2 years, 8 months
North Yorkshire Police View 2 years, 6 months
Bedfordshire Police View 2 years, 6 months
Humberside Police View 1 year, 9 months
Lincolnshire Police View 1 year, 8 months
Northumbria Police View 9 months
Wiltshire Police View 9 months
Kent Police View 8 months
North Wales Police View 7 months, 11 days
City of London Police View 6 months

Forces With The Most Officers Who Have Been Convicted Since 1st January 2022

Forces with the most officers who have been convicted of sexual offences

Inspector Insp Darren Oakey, Staffordshire Police

1 Criminal Hearing
Charges: Fraud by false representation; knowingly / recklessly obtain or disclose personal data without the consent of the controller; Perverting The Course Of Justice Outcome: Custodial Sentence

Former PCSO PCSO William Redwood, Surrey Police

1 Criminal Hearing
Charges: Causing/inciting a child to engage in sexual activity; distributing indecent images of a child; Making Indecent Images/Pseudo-Images of Children; Taking Indecent Images Of A Child Outcome: Custodial Sentence

Constable (PC) PC Richard Helling, South Wales Police

1 Misconduct Hearing
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached: Confidentiality; Conduct

Sanction:

1 Criminal Hearing
Charges: Corruption; misuse of a police computer; Perverting The Course Of Justice Outcome: Custodial Sentence

Detective Constable DC Steven Hardy, Greater Manchester Police

1 Criminal Hearing
Charges: 3 counts of Assault by penetration; Causing a child to watch a sexual act; causing a girl aged over 13 to engage in sexual activity; 2 counts of Causing/inciting a child to engage in sexual activity; 2 counts of Making Indecent Images/Pseudo-Images of Children; 2 counts of possession of extreme pornography; 4 counts of Rape; 5 counts of Sexual Assault Outcome: Custodial Sentence

PC Murray Weir, Essex Police

1 Misconduct Hearing
Allegations Proven: Conduct
Sanction: Dismissal With Notice

1 Criminal Hearing
Charges: Attempted sexual communication with a child; Making Indecent Images/Pseudo-Images of Children Outcome: Custodial Sentence

Former Constable (PC) PC Archit Sharma, Metropolitan Police Service

1 Misconduct Hearing
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached: Authority, respect and courtesy; Conduct
Allegations Proven: Authority, respect and courtesy; Conduct
Sanction: Resigned - would have been dismissed

1 Criminal Hearing
Charge: Sexual Assault Outcome: Custodial Sentence


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