NFRS 2025 20 - Misconduct cases

You asked for

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