Metropolitan Police (Complaints)

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.

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.

Volume 990: debated on Thursday 7 August 1980