FOI 0344-2025/26 Officer Suicide
Request
Q1. The number of Police officers and staff from your organisation that have died by suicide or suspected suicide (where coroner reviews have not been completed yet) each year from 2010 to 2025.
Q2. Of those, how many died whilst on duty each year from 2010 to 2025.
Q3. How many of those who died by suicide or suspected suicide from your organisation were under Professional Standards Department/Directorate of Professional Standards or IOPC investigation each year from 2010 to 2025.
Q4. The number of suicides or attempted suicides from your organisation attend where the subject was a Police Officer or staff member each year from 2010 to 2025.
Q5. The number of suicide attempts by Police officers or Police staff from your organisation each year from 2010 to 2025.
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
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Decision
North Yorkshire Police have recently responded to a similar request for information, a copy of which is available using the below link:
FOI 0289-2025/26 Officer Suicide | North Yorkshire Police
I have therefore decided to exempt providing you with a response pursuant to Section 21 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 21 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
Section 21 is an absolute class based exemption and I am not required to consider the harm or public interest when applying this exemption.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.