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NFRS 2025 20 - Misconduct cases

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  1. In the last five years, how many misconduct cases has the service dealt with? (Broken down by years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by gender and by type of misconduct i.e. sexual, racial, discrimination, harassment, bullying)
    1. Of those, how many were categorised as gross misconduct?
    2. Of those, can you provide the outcomes of the cases i.e. how many resulted in staff being dismissed from service, how many resulted inwritten warnings etc.

Our Response

  1. In the last five years, how many misconduct cases has the service dealt with? (Broken down by years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by gender and by type of misconduct i.e. sexual, racial, discrimination, harassment, bullying)
    1. Of those, how many were categorised as gross misconduct?
    2. Of those, can you provide the outcomes of the cases i.e. how manyresulted in staff being dismissed from service, how many resulted in written warnings etc.
      Answer: - No Information Held for 2020 and 2021, the other years have been provided in the table below.
      Year Gender Misconduct Type Level Outcome
      2022 Male Racial Gross No case to answer
      2023 Male Racial Gross Dismissal
      2023 Male Sexual Gross Managerial Action
      2024 Male Sexual Gross Dismissal
      2024 Male Sexual Gross Resignation
      2024 Male Racial Gross Resigned
      2024 Male Harassment and Bullying Did not go to hearing No case to answer
      2025 Male Harassment and Bullying Did not go to hearing No case to answer
      2025 Male Harassment and Bullying Misconduct Final written warning