Recommendation 13
Within three months, all chief constables should ensure that systems designed to identify, prior to police attendance, whether a reported incident involves or is at the address of a firearm certificate holder are in place and are always applied by staff dispatching officers to incidents; and that officers understand the risk assessment which they should be undertaking in such circumstances, and their power, when appropriate, to seize firearms and firearm certificates.
Recommendation 16
Within three months, all chief constables should ensure that their current arrangements for public engagement with regard to firearms licensing are practical, proportionate and well known. They need to enable the force to understand the experience of service users and other interested groups. Thereafter, all chief constables should introduce effective systems to consider the results of public engagement to inform the efficiency and effectiveness of their licensing arrangements.
30/12/2015
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Full Disclosure
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000759/16
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• Did the Suffolk Constabulary pay for a NLA (Newspaper Licensing Agency) or CLA (Copyright Licensing Agency) media license in 2013-2014?
• If so, how much was paid for the licenses in 2013-2014 (please provide the figures separately)?
• Did the Suffolk Constabulary pay for other media licenses (similar to the NLA or CLA) in 2013-2014? Please list any other media licenses that were subscribed to and how much was paid for them in 2013-2014.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.
In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.
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17/02/2016
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Full Disclosure
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000800/16
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FOI REQUEST FOR:
1) Please tell me how many times the chief constable of your force travelled first class in 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 and so far in 2015/16.
2) If applicable, please specify the total cost for each of the above years.
*Please specify what mode of transport was used in each case (i.e. train/ flight).
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18/02/2016
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Full Disclosure
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000843/16
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Under the The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) I would like to request the details listed below. This request was sent at 09:44:41 GMT on 22 February 2016.
I do not believe any of the information requested is of a personal, environmental or sensitive nature, and in terms of costs to manage such a request I don't believe there should be considerable time or cost to access such detail and respond.
The information requested relates to "Digital Governance", by which I mean any system or service supporting the checking of, and / or searching for issues that relate to; quality, search optimization and/or compliance of any or all of the web sites operated by you or on your behalf.
1. Do you use a paid-for service, subscription and or licensed software to support Digital Governance? If yes, which one do you use (e.g. SiteImprove, Hi-soft, Site Beam, Active Standards, or other) for your primary website'?
2. What is the annual contracted external spend for the software licence or subscription? Against the contract in place, what is the contract period and when is the contract due for renewal (day/month/year)?
3. What is the annual external spend, by supplier, for services (software licences, subscription fees, etc) supporting Digital Governance?
4. Which service do you use to monitor availability and report the uptime of your primary website?
5. Which content management system do you use for your primary website?
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22/02/2016
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Partial Disclosure
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000848/16
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1. How many complaints of racism has your force received by (a) an alleged victim (b) a fellow police officer, or (c) a third party in respect of racist comments or behaviour by a member of your force? Please give figures for the 2014/15 financial year.
2. How many officers have been disciplined as a result of these complaints of racism and what was the result of that disciplinary action?
3. In relation to the last five incidents which fell within the remit of Q2 please state any words or phrases that were deemed to have been racist.
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23/02/2016
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Full Disclosure
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000869/16
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Under the Freedom of Information act, please could you provide me with information about the number of times firearms, including tasers, have been used on animals in 2015.
Please provide details of where the incident occurred, what type of animal was involved and why the a firearm was deployed.
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24/02/2016
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Full Disclosure
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000877/16
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Please could you tell me how much has been spent on policing demonstrations from far-right groups, including but not limited to Britain First, English Defence League, the British National Party and Pegida in the past two years (from January 2014 to the present).
May I have the information broken down by date of demonstration, the name of the group demonstrating, the location, and the cost to policing.
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25/02/2016
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Nothing To Disclose
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000893/16
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1. Budgets/funding or any other resources directly allocated by the Force towards anti-trafficking activities and/or activities to combat ‘modern slavery' in 2014/15 and 2015/16 financial years (i.e. dedicated projects, anti-trafficking operations, members of staff, information campaigns etc.) and what these activities are.
2. If available, a copy of the organisational strategy or any other document which sets out what actions are to be taken by the Force to combat trafficking in human beings and/or ‘modern slavery’ as mandated by the UK Government Human trafficking Strategy (2011), Modern Slavery Act (2015) and Modern slavery strategy (2014)
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29/02/2016
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Nothing To Disclose
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Section 12
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000899/16
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I am writing to request the following information under the terms of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.
1. What is your force’s policy on the possession of Section 5 firearms and ammunition on a Section 7 Temporary Permit which has been issued to cover occasions when a certificate has not been renewed on time?
2. How many Section 7 Temporary Permits are currently issued to certificate holders as a result of renewals not being processed before the certificate expired?
3. How many Section 7 Temporary Permits, distinguishing between firearm certificates and shot gun certificates, have been issued in each of the following years; 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015?
4. How many certificate holders are currently in possession of firearms/shot guns without a certificate because their certificate has expired and no Section 7 Temporary Permit has been issued?
5. For the purposes of the Firearms Act 1968, how do you understand the term ‘occupier’ as used in Section 11(5)?
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29/02/2016
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Full Disclosure
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000903/16
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Please provide me with the number of children (under 18) detained under s136 of the Mental Health Act between 1st January 2015 and 31st December 2015. Please provide detail of where each child was held (for example, a police cell/A&E) and how long they were held.
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29/02/2016
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Partial Disclosure
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Section 12
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000921/16
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**How many police horses does Norfolk police have as part of the force?
**How many times in the past five years, year on year, has the force had to hire police horses from other forces?
**How much has it cost to hire these horses, year on year?
**How many police dogs does Norfolk police have as part of the force?
**How many police dogs have been trained year by year for the past five years?
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01/03/2016
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Partial Disclosure
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NOT HELD
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000988/16
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide data on the number of times tasers have been used against children aged under 18 in each of the local authorities covered by the police force in the most recent calendar year (2015).
Please provide the data broken down by categories of use: Drawn, Aimed, Arced, Red Dotted, Drive Stun, Angled Drive Stun and Fired.
Please could you also provide information on the youngest person a taser was used against in 2015 (age, category of use).
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02/03/2016
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Full Disclosure
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000999/16
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Dear Sir/ Madam,
I submit this request for specific information from the Suffolk Police area of responsibility.
This information is sought under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000). For the years 2014 and 2015, whether this is recorded as a calendar or financial year, please provide the following information:
- The number of people against whom Tasers have been used by type (drawn, aimed, red dot, arced, fired, drive stun, angled drive stun) per year, according to their ethnicity, their age and gender.
- If your force commenced to record Taser statistics by subject later than January 2014, I would like to receive the recorded statistics available to the force, from whichever is the date the force started recording, until December 2015.
I am confident that the questions above should not violate the cost restrictions set out in s. 12 FOIA 2000 and the s.3 of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. For the purpose of clarity, I would also like to confirm that the information being requested relates only to datasets of a depersonalised nature.
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03/03/2016
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Full Disclosure
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001014/16
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1) Does your department (or any unit within it) currently use or hold a subscription to any World-Check product? (Note: World-Check is a subscription-only database provided by Thomson Reuters. To be sure about the product I have in mind, more details can be found here:
https://risk.thomsonreuters.com/products/world-check)
2) If YES to Q1, what is the name of the World-Check product(s)?
3) If YES to Q1, what is the total annual subscription cost your department (or any unit within it) pays? If the cost is not a fixed amount, please provide the total paid to World-Check for services in 2015.
4) If YES to Q1, how long has it held a subscription to or used World-Check?
5) Please specify which units within your department hold the subscription
5) If NO to Q1, has your department (or any unit within it) ever previously used or held a subscription to any World-Check product?
6) If YES to Q5, what was the name of the World-Check product?
7) If YES to Q5, what is the last total annual subscription cost it paid? If the cost is not a fixed amount, please provide the total paid to World-Check for the last available year
8) if YES to Q5, how long did it use or hold a subscription to World-Check?
9) Please specify which units within your department previously held the subscription
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04/03/2016
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Nothing To Disclose
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Exemptions
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001037/16
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The request regards fuelling of police vehicles.
1. Please provide the yearly breakdown (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) for the total cost of fuelling police vehicles.
2. Please provide the number of incidents of filling a police vehicle with the incorrect type of fuel. Please provide a yearly breakdown (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
3. Please provide the repair cost for incidents involved in Question 2. Please provide a yearly breakdown (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
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07/03/2016
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Full Disclosure
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001038/16
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1. How many times have you asked the company Apple to unlock the passcode on one of its electronic devices?
2. How many of those requests has Apple agreed to?
3. How many of those requests has Apple refused or turned out?
4. How many emergency law enforcement information requests have you made to Apple? (NB: This refers to the use of this form: http://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/le-emergencyrequest.pdf where there is an immediate and serious threat to 1) the life and safety of an individual; 2) the security of a State; 3) a threat to critical infrastructure or installations)
Please can we have the figures for the following years:
2014
2015
2016 (to date)
5. How many Apple devices do you currently have in your possession as a police force that you have been unable to unlock?
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07/03/2016
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Nothing To Disclose
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Section 12
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001045/16
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Re: Previous Joint Response 000168/16
Noted that service provided in-house. Please provide below details.
If this service is provided in-house please provide me with:
1. Number of Users
2. Number of Locations/Site
3. End User Offer
4. Manufacturer Name/Brand
5. Contact Details- I require the person from within the organisation responsible for the Wi-Fi
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07/03/2016
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Partial Disclosure
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EXEMPT
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001065/16
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ref: JOINT 000712-16 and 000760-16
Thank you for your response. As you suggest, I would like to refine the request to omit question 4 and would be grateful if you could now consider questions 1-3.
PREVIOUS REFERRED FOI 00712-16
Building on our article 'The Regulation and Retention of Police Intelligence' (to be published in the next issue of http://webjcli.org/), we are undertaking further research which aims to explore the definition and handling of intelligence across police forces in the UK. We are particularly interested in the practices and processes used by your force to assist officers in handling intelligence, including in relation to databases such as the Police National Computer and Police National Database or any localised or specialised intelligence databases.
To that end, would you be able to answer the following questions please:
1. Please could you describe the intelligence handling and analysis processes used by your force. For clarity, we are particularly interested in processes that relate to the definition, collection, use, retention and disclosure of intelligence, including the criteria for uploading onto the PND and specialised databases.
2. Do your officers and staff use any sort of computational or algorithmic data analysis or decision-making in relation to the analysis of intelligence? If so, could you confirm the nature of the algorithm(s) used and the purposes for which the algorithm(s) are used, for instance for prediction of risk of crime.
3. If your officers and staff do use any sort of computational or algorithmic data analysis in relation to the analysis of intelligence, please could you confirm who creates those algorithms: internally within your force; a national policing body; a private sector body; otherwise;
4. Please could you indicate the number of officers and staff disciplined for not following your force's intelligence processes for years 2013-14 and 2014-15 and the nature of the failure.
We are conscious that you may apply exemptions or limitations to our request in its different parts, as above, and we would like to say that we are very happy to receive redacted or other adapted documents if this resolves any difficulties for you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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08/03/2016
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Full Disclosure
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001071/16
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Question 1
How many BME officers in each of the following ranks do you have within your force
Constable
Sgt
Inspector
Chief Inspector
Superintendent
Chief Superintendent
Detective Constable
Detective Sergeant
Detective Inspector
Detective Chief Inspector
Detective Superintendent
Detective Chief Superintendent
Question 2
How many of the below officers do you have in your force in each of the following roles
How many of the above number of officers in each of the roles below are BME
Dog Handlers
Mounted Officers
Negotiators
Family Liaison Officers
Traffic Officers
Firearms Officers
Underwater Search Unit
Counter Terrorism
Serious crime departments ( By this I mean the department that will investigate serious offending eg murder)
Taser trained
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09/03/2016
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Full Disclosure
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001075/16
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Please can you supply me with a month by month breakdown of the mobile phone usage cost for all Chief officers for the last 3 years
Please inform me which package and the cost of the package and which network each Chief officers mobile phone is on
Date Range 9th March 2013 until 9th March 2016
If Possible Please supply me with PDF version redacted version of the bill
NB Where the Chief officer has not been in post 3yrs please supply information from when they took up there post
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09/03/2016
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Nothing To Disclose
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Section 12
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001076/16
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Information Requested for the following date Range 9th March 2013 until 9th March 2016
Question 1
1.How many BME ( Black and Minority Ethnic) police officers have made complaints about being a victim of racism by another police officer
How many of the total number of my complaints were investigated
How many of t he total number of complaints investigated were found proven
How many of the total number of complaint received were not investigated
Question 2
How many white police officers have made complaints about being a victim of racism by another police officer
How many of the total number of my complaints were investigated
How many of t he total number of complaints investigated were found proven
How many of the total number of complaint received were not investigated
Question 3
How many members of the public have made complaints about being a victim of racism by another police officer
How many of the total number of my complaints were investigated
How many of t he total number of complaints investigated were found proven
How many of the total number of complaint received were not investigated
***Applicant clarification***
It Reads:
How many of the total number of my complaints were investigated
It Should Read:
How many of the total number of complaints were investigated
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09/03/2016
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Full Disclosure
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001087/16
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First of all I would like to thank you for your response to my previous FOI request regarding strip searches.
In order to gain a clearer picture of your policy, I would like to ask a few more questions. Following HMIC’s recommendations number 7 and 10, published on the report ‘Stop and search powers 2: are the police using them effectively and fairly?’ in March 2015:
1) Do you plan to start recording all searches that involve the removal of more than an outer coat, jacket or gloves (as described in PACE Code A 3.6 and Code A 3.7 in an easily retrievable format?
2) If yes, will the records of strip searches (PACE Code A 3.6 and 3.7) include:
a) What clothing was removed?
b) The sex of the officers present?
c) The location of the search including whether it was conducted in public view?
d) The age of the person searched?
e) Whether the removal of clothing revealed intimate body parts?
3) If the answer to question 1 is yes, in what form this data will be shared with the public?
a) Will it available on your force website? Where? How regularly shared?
b) How this data will be shared with the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office?
c) How the information will be shared with any community representatives involved in the scrutiny of the use of stop and search powers? How regularly will it be shared and in what format?
4) If the answer to question 1 is yes, when will you begin collecting this data? And how will the data be collected?
5) Please provide details of the instruction and guidance that you give to officers around searches that involve the removal of more than an outer coat, jacket or gloves (as described in PACE Code A 3.6 and Code A 3.7)?
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09/03/2016
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Full Disclosure
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001092/16
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Police officers regularly attend when energy companies execute utility warrants under the Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954.
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