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 2016/17 financial year.

Quarter 1 – 01.04.2016 – 30.06.2016
Date received / Receiving officer / Department / Offered by / Description / Type / Value / Accepted or Rejected / Comments
24/03/2016 / Officer / Protective Services / International Communications Data & Digital Forensics Seminars / Golf trolley / Gift / £199.00 / Rejected
06/04/2016 / Staff / CPC / Member of the Public / 1 x Box of Thornton Chocolates / Gift / £10.00 / Accepted
07/04/2016 / Staff / CPC / ISCRE / 7 day pass to Clarice House Spa / Gift / £70.00 / Accepted
08/04/2016 / Staff / Criminal Justice / Reed Recruitment / Box of doughnuts / Gift / £1.00 / Accepted
13/04/2016 / ACC / Chief Officers / Ipswich Sikh Temple / Vaisakhi Celebrations - lunch / Hospitality / £5.00 / Accepted
15/04/2016 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the Public / Bottle of wine, box of chocolates & card / Gift / £6.00 / Accepted / Wine donated to charity
20/04/2016 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the Public / Bottle of wine / Gift / £5.00 / Rejected / Wine donated to charity
21/04/2016 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the Public / £20 Pizza Express Voucher / Gift / £20.00 / Rejected / Wine donated to charity
24/04/2016 / Woodbridge SNT / CPC / Tesco / £10 voucher / Gift / £10.00 / Rejected
28/04/2016 / Staff / Criminal Justice / Reed Recruitment / 2 x trays of doughnuts / Gift / £10.00 / Accepted
04/05/2016 / Officer / CPC / Member of the Public / Box of chocolates / Gift / £5.00 / Accepted
15/05/2016 / PCSO / CPC / Member of the Public / Inscribed plate and bottle of champagne / Gift / £40.00 / Accepted
17/05/2016 / Staff / Protective Services / Member of the Public / 6 eggs / Gift / £3.00 / Accepted
17/05/2016 / PCSO / CPC / Member of the Public / Vicenzi Italian biscuits / Gift / £13.42 / Accepted
22/05/2016 / T/DCC / Executive / Southwold Town Council / Mayor's Sunday and Church Service - light refreshments / Hospitality / £5.00 / Accepted
25/05/2016 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the Public / Pair of Ted Baker earring studs / Gift / £22.00 / Accepted
27/05/2016 / Officers at Sudbury Station / CPC / Member of the Public / 1 x box of chocolates and some biscuits / Gift / £5.00 / Accepted
31/05/2016 / Officer / CPC / Member of the Public / 1 x box of chocolates / Gift / £5.00 / Accepted
31/05/2016 / CC / Executive / Suffolk Show / Dinner Vice Presidents' Marquee at Trinity Park / Hospitality / £10.00 / Accepted
01/06/2016 / CC / Executive / Suffolk Show / Lunch with the President / Hospitality / £10.00 / Accepted
02/06/2016 / T/DCC / Executive / Southwold Town Council / Charter Lunch / Hospitality / £10.00 / Accepted
12/06/2016 / Officer / CPC / Kumon Centre / Bunch of flowers / Gift / £20.00 / Accepted
14/06/2016 / Officer / CPC / Member of the Public / 6 sticks of rhubarb / Gift / £1.00 / Accepted
28/06/2016 / Officers / Protective Services / Member of the Public / 15 x cans of Fosters / Gift / £10.00 / Rejected / Donated to charity
Total / £495.42
Quarter 2 – 01.07.2016 – 30.09.2016
Date received / Receiving officer / Department / Offered by / Description / Type / Value / Accepted or Rejected / Comments
08/07/2016 / Officers / Protective Services / Member of the Public / 2 x cases of Stella Artois / Gift / £10.00 / Rejected / Returned to member of public
08/07/2016 / PCSO / CPC / Member of the Public / Small box of Maltesers / Gift / £2.00 / Accepted
20/07/2016 / Staff / CPC / Member of the Public / 2 historical police pictures / Gift / £20.00 / Accepted / Donated for display at Police Station
20/07/2016 / CC / Executive / Association of Muslim Police at the City of London Police / Annual Eid Celebration Dinner / Hospitality / £20.00 / Accepted
22/07/2016 / PCSO / CPC / Centre Parcs / Invitation to staff summer party / Hospitality / £20.00 / Accepted
24/07/2016 / CC / Executive / Suffolk Bangladesh Society / Bangladesh New Year / Hospitality / £10.00 / Accepted
28/07/2016 / CC / Executive / Wattisham Flying Station / Cocktail Party and Beating Retreat Company / Hospitality / £10.00 / Accepted
11/08/2016 / PCSO / CPC / Member of the Public / Bottle of wine & box of chocolates / Gift / £12.00 / Accepted / Wine donated to day care centre raffle
02/09/2016 / Officers / CPC / Member of the Public / Box of chocolates / Gift / £5.00 / Accepted
12/09/2016 / PCSO / CPC / Member of the Public / Bag of Cadbury Heroes / Gift / £5.00 / Accepted
13/09/2016 / Officer / CPC / Member of the Public / Box of Cadbury Heroes / Gift / £3.00 / Accepted
14/09/2016 / Staff / CPC / Member of the Public / Box of M&S British Pudding Chocolates / Gift / £10.00 / Accepted
15/09/2016 / Officer / Protective Services / Member of the Public / Signed children's book / Gift / £5.00 / Accepted
27/09/2016 / Officer / Protective Services / US Air Force / 1 x bottle of whiskey / Gift / £50.00 / Rejected / Donated to charity
Total / £182.00
Quarter 3 – 01.10.2016 -31.12.2016
Date received / Receiving officer / Department / Offered by / Description / Type / Value / Accepted or Rejected / Comments
Total / £
Quarter 4 – 01.01.2017 – 31.03.2017
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.