FOISA Response No. 864 - Percentage of Investigators with police background for past 5 years
22 May 2023
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Where relevant, we publish our responses to Freedom of Information requests under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
This response addressed the following query:
- “You recently supplied me with current percentages of those officers directly investigating complaints. May I now request the percentage of those investigating officers with a police background for the preceding 5 years.”
Please find below the percentage of our Investigations team that had a police background for the preceding five years. I have included the most recent year for context.
| Date | Percentage of Investigations team with police background |
| April 2023 | 63% |
| April 2022 | 65% |
| April 2021 | 57% |
| April 2020 | 58% |
| April 2019 | 58% |
| April 2018 | 60% |