Civil actions for unlawful arrest and imprisonment (FOI)Civil actions for unlawful arrest and imprisonment (FOI)
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31 May 2017.Request
We write to request information you hold in regard to Civil Actions against you. In particular, how many arrests have been made by your officers and how many claims of unlawful arrests and imprisonments have been made against your Force between April 2016 and April 2017. By the term ‘claims’ this is to include letters of claim as well as those which have been settled.
Response
Arrests made by States of Jersey Police Officers between 1 April 2016 and 30 April 2017:
2016 | | | | 132 | 160 | 157 | 166 | 164 | 127 | 146 | 151 | 116 | 1,319 |
2017 | 125 | 137 | 132 | 121 | | | | | | | | | 515 |
There has been one claim of unlawful arrest in that time.