Number of staff with dignity at work disciplinary

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From: Max Power

29 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please provide me with the total number of PSNI officers
for the past three years who have had disciplinary proceedings
initiated against them for any dignity at work or hate crime issue,
which should for the purposes of this request at least include any
proceedings concerning the following:

Harassment
Bullying
Discrimination
Homophobia
Unwanted, unreasonable or offensive conduct
Unwanted physical contact (from touching to assault)
Verbal or physical threats or abuse
Sectarian, political, racist or derogatory remarks

If it is feasible could you provide a breakdown for each year
separating Informal Procedure from Formal Procedure?

Please note that replies which involve attachments in proprietary
file formats (such as PDFs, Word Documents and others) are not
acceptable. A reply which is not in plain text format will be
deemed to be a refusal to answer.

Yours faithfully,

Max Power

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Police Service of Northern Ireland

1 June 2009

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June 1, 2009

Dear Mr. Power,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated May 29, 2009 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on May 29, 2009. I note you seek access to the following information:

Disciplinary proceedings for any dignity at work or hate crime issue

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