Suffolk Constabulary Gifts, Loans, Sponsorship and Hospitalities

The following information provides detail of all gifts, loans, sponsorship and hospitalities received by Suffolk Constabulary, during the 2017/18 financial year.

Quarter 1 – 01.04.2017 – 30.06.2017
Date received / Receiving officer / Department / Offered by / Description / Type / Value / Accepted or Rejected / Comments
01/04/2017 / Response, Ipswich / CPC / Member of the public / Easter egg / G / £5.00 / Y
02/04/2017 / CID & Bury St Edmunds / Protective Services / Member of the public / Biscuits / G / £10.00 / Y
04/04/2017 / Mildenhall Station / CPC / Enterprise / Bag of branded products, i.e. pens/post-it notes and cookies / G / £10.00 / Y
07/04/2017 / MIT / Protective Services / Member of the public / Consumable items / G / £20.00 / Y
15/04/2017 / Ipswich Station / CPC / Member of the public / 1 x 729g box of Roses / G / £8.00 / Y
19/04/2017 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the public / 1 x small wooden box / G / £5.00 / Y
22/04/2017 / CC / Executive / RAF Wattisham / Annual Dinner / H / £10.00
27/04/2017 / SNT Hadleigh / CPC / Member of the public / 1 x box of Milk tray, 2 x bottles of wine / G / £15.00 / Y / Wine to be donated to charity
28/04/2017 / SNT Sudbury / CPC / Member of the public / 1 x box of chocolates / G / £5.00 / Y
30/04/2017 / Officers x 3 / CPC / McDonalds / 3 x coffees / G / £6.00 / Y
10/05/2017 / MIT / Protective Services / Member of the public / Large amount of food and drink / G / £30.00 / Y
10/05/2017 / PCSO / CPC / Member of the public / 1 x pot plant / G / £5.00 / Y
12/05/2017 / CC / Executive / East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RAF Honington) / Informal Supper / H / £10.00
15/05/2017 / Officer / Protective Services / Film producer from Arrow Media / Refreshments / H / £4.00
16/05/2017 / PCSO / CPC / Member of the public / 1/4 bottle of Prosecco / G / £5.00 / Y / Donated to local school for raffle prize
17/05/2017 / ACC / Executive / Pier Public Lecture - Anglian Ruskin University / Refreshments / H / £5.00
19/05/2017 / Staff / Transport / VOLVO / V60 D5 / L / £82.92 / Y
19/05/2017 / Staff / CPC / Member of the public / Diary, Pen, Candle, Roses chocolates / G / £10.00 / Y
20/05/2017 / CC / Executive / Hadleigh Show / Tea with the President / H / £10.00
23/05/2017 / Staff / Protective Services / Member of the public / 1 x bunch of flowers / G / £10.00 / Y
23/05/2017 / Suffolk Staff / Executive / Newmarket Race Course / Reduced tickets / G / £1,000.00 / N
30/05/2017 / Staff / Transport / VOLVO / V90 D5 / L / £82.92 / Y
30/05/2017 / CC / Executive / Suffolk Show / Dinner with the Vice President / H / £10.00
01/06/2017 / CC / Executive / Suffolk Show / Lunch with the President / H / £20.00
15/06/2017 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the public / 1 x 185g box of Heroes / G / £5.00 / Y
20/06/2017 / Officer x 2 / Protective Services / Member of the public / 2 x doughnuts / G / £2.00 / Y
21/06/2017 / Martlesham officers / CPC / Member of the public / 2 boxes of biscuits / G / £10.00 / Y
21/06/2017 / ACC / Executive / Seckford Foundation / Annual Review and Reception / H / £5.00
22/06/2017 / Officer / CPC / Member of the public / Car Wash / G / £10.00 / Y / Refused to accept payment when jet wash was used
26/06/2017 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the public / 1 x glass swan / G / £5.00 / Y
29/06/2017 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the public / 1 x bottle of whisky / G / £20.00 / N / Donated to charity
Total / £1435.84
Quarter 2 – 01.07.2017 – 30.09.2017
Date received / Receiving officer / Department / Offered by / Description / Type / Value / Accepted or Rejected / Comments
Total / £
Quarter 3 – 01.10.2017 -31.12.2017
Date received / Receiving officer / Department / Offered by / Description / Type / Value / Accepted or Rejected / Comments
Total / £
Quarter 4 – 01.01.2018 – 31.03.2018
Date received / Receiving officer / Department / Offered by / Description / Type / Value / Accepted or Rejected / Comments
Total / £

Please Note:

All members of Constabulary staff are required to declare any offer or acceptance of a gift and this is closely monitored by the Professional Standards Department.

Many gifts offered to our officers are often from the community they serve as a token of appreciation for their hard work. For instance, a long-serving officer who had worked in a community for many years was offered and accepted gift vouchers from the parish councils on his retirement. Another example might be a victim of a burglary who is extremely grateful for officers’ work and is very insistent that those officers accept some small token, such as a box of chocolates.

Most offers of a gift are politely refused unless it is considered that a refusal would cause offence; if it is felt that a refusal of the gift would cause offence then the gift is accepted and the officer would report their acceptance to Professional Standards department via their Area Commander, which is then recorded on a register.

Other gifts, which are of a higher value, are referred to Chief Officers for consideration on a case-by-case basis. The Chief Officer will decide whether the gift should be retained or returned; in many instances the gift is forwarded to a local charity or other deserving cause, and are often donated as raffle prizes.