Failure to display ID misconduct
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/4534
Version Date: 17/04/2026
The Professional Standards Department has provided the following information:
We have searched for all finalised complaint and conduct cases recorded for Police officers between the 01/01/2021 to 01/04/2026, filtered for all cases recorded under “Individual Behaviours”, and then conducted keyword searches on the following: “failure”, “display”, “wear”, “identification”, “identify”, “badge”, “shoulder”, “collar”, “epaulette”, “warrant”, and “ID”.
They are all Complaint Cases. No Conduct Cases have been identified
Can you please provide the number of misconduct or disciplinary cases involving police officers, where the allegation or finding included failure to display identification or properly wear mandatory identification while on duty? This should include name badges, shoulder numbers, epaulettes, warrant cards and any other compulsory identification.
For each case, please provide the outcome and the year the case was recorded.
Please limit the scope of this request from 1st January 2021 to present.
|
Year |
No. of Cases |
Outcome |
|
2021 |
1 |
No Action. The service provided was acceptable x 1 |
|
2022 |
8 |
No Action. The service provided was acceptable x 5 Not Resolved – NFA x 1 Learning from reflection. Service Provided was not acceptable x 1 No Action. Not determined if the service acceptable x 1 |
|
2023 |
8 |
Resolved x 2 Not Resolved – NFA x 1 No Action. The service provided was acceptable x 1 Learning from reflection. Service Provided was not acceptable x 1 No Action. The service provided was acceptable x 3 |
|
2024 |
10 |
Not Resolved – NFA x 1 Learning from reflection. Service Provided was not acceptable x 2 Resolved x 4 No Action. The service provided was acceptable x 2 No Action. Not determined if the service acceptable x 1 |
|
2025 |
7 |
No Action. The service provided was acceptable x 3 No Action. Not determined if the service acceptable x 1 Resolved x 3 |
|
2026* |
0 |
N/A |
*Up to 01/04