Date of Request
28/02/2025
Request
Dear Fire Service,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide the following:
- 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)
- 1a) Of those, how many were categorised as gross misconduct?
- 1b) Of those, can you provide the outcomes of the cases i.e. how many resulted in staff being dismissed from service, how many resulted in written warnings etc.
Can this be presented in PDF format?
Yours sincerely,
Response
Good Afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
The Service can confirm that the information that you have requested is held and is attached.
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Kind regards,
Information Governance Team