Oath of Allegiance Breaches

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Stephen Warrin
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Dear West Midlands Police,

I understand that all of your personnel swear an oath of allegiance to the Crown; please can you tell me how many cases there have been of officers found in breach of their oath since 2004.

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Warrin

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Dear Mr Warrin

 

FOI Request Reference: 992A/24

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 21/06/2024.

 

REQUEST

 

I understand that all of your personnel swear an oath of allegiance to the
Crown; please can you tell me how many cases there have been of officers
found in breach of their oath since 2004.

 

CLARIFICATION REQUIRED

 

I am writing to ask you to clarify your request. This is because we need
further details from you in order to identify and locate the information.

 

The Oath is not ‘breachable’, officers are held to account under the
Standards of Professional Behaviour, therefore, I should be grateful if
you would clarify what information you would like us to search for and in
addition are you referring to both Police Officers and Special Constables?

 

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Stephen Warrin
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Dear Freedom of Information,

Hi Andrea, thank you for your message. I am interested in any instances where it has been determined that any of your officers or special constables who have sworn an allegiance to the crown - to defend the interests of the king and his successors etc, have failed in this particular obligation. I'm not familiar with the specific oath or attestation that you use and the PSNI, for instance, make no mention of any obligations towards the crown in theirs so it may be that this is not relevant in your case either?

Yours sincerely,

Stephen Warrin

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Dear Stephen Warrin

 

FOI Request Reference:  992A/24

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 21/6/2024

 

REQUEST

 

I understand that all of your personnel swear an oath of allegiance to the
Crown; please can you tell me how many cases there have been of officers
found in breach of their oath since 2004.

 

We clarified with you on 27^th June 2024 and 1^st July 2024.

 

You replied:

 

I am interested in any instances where it has been determined that any of
your officers or special constables who have sworn an allegiance to the
crown - to defend the interests of the king and his successors etc, have
failed in this particular obligation. I'm not familiar with the specific
oath or attestation that you use and the PSNI, for instance, make no
mention of any obligations towards the crown in theirs so it may be that
this is not relevant in your case either?

 

 

RESPONSE

 

I am writing to inform you that we have searched our records and the
information you requested is not held by West Midlands Police.

 

The oath is not “breach able”. Police Officers and staff are bound by the
professional standards requirements.

 

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RIGHT OF APPEAL

 

Your attention is drawn to your right to request a re-examination of your
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[2]http://foi.west-midlands.police.uk/revie...

 

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the date of this correspondence. Any such request received after this time
will only be considered at the discretion of the FOI Unit.

 

If you require any further information, then please do not hesitate to
contact me.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

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Stephen Warrin
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Dear Freedom of Information,

Thank you for your reply which implies that the oath, in not being 'breachable', has no actual relevance to the day to day duties of your staff whose standards of behaviour are judged against the Police Conduct Regulations.

Yours sincerely,

Stephen Warrin

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