FOI 002709 Family Liaison Officers
Request Number: 002709/22
Date of Decision: 09 September 2022
Subject Area: HR
Decision: Disclosed
Request
1. Number of current Family Liaison Officers (FLO) working in your Force?
2. Number of FLO's who are sworn officers or police staff?
3. Number of male and female FLO's in your Force?
4. Number of years’ experience in policing for each FLO? (i.e. 0-5 years, 6-10 years, 11-15 years, 16 years plus)
5. Years of experience as an FLO for each FLO? (i.e., 0-5 years, 6-10 years, 11-15 years, 16 years plus)
6. What number of FLO's are in each department or section of your Force? (e.g., MIT, HMET, DA).
7. Number of FLO’s in your Force that were absent form work due to mental health problems from between April 2020 to March 2022?
8. Details of how FLO’s are recruited in your Force.
9. Details of any training courses for FLO's provided by your Force.
10. Details of any support currently available to FLO’s in your Force.
Reply
Below response is accurate as of July 2022:
1. 32
2. 32
3.
|
Total FLO |
|
|
Female |
Male |
|
22 |
10 |
4.
|
Total Years Experience in Policing |
|
|
0-5 years |
8 |
|
6-10 years |
1 |
|
11-15 years |
11 |
|
16 plus |
12 |
5. No information held.
Requested information is not held in a recordable format.
6.
|
Department |
Total |
|
Major Crime Unit |
8 |
|
Headquarters |
4 |
|
East CID |
1 |
|
West CID |
4 |
|
PVP (Protecting Vulnerable People) |
3 |
|
Response |
7 |
|
Central Operations |
5 |
7. 3
8. Internal advert – application/ selection/ interview process.
Unless in Major Crime Unit in which case it is a voluntary role, but no interview required
9. Initial FLO course (In Force or External). CPD and FLO Conference
10. All FLOs have access to the Force’s Welfare program via self-referral, Supervisory referral or as result of a TRiM assessment following a deployment. FLOs are also annually psychologically screened due to the recognised risk of the role they perform
Please also be aware that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
Lincolnshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, Lincolnshire Police, PO Box 999, Lincoln LN5 7PH