Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for the following:
For each year since 2010, how many incidents of crime falling under the Computer Misuse Act have been recorded/investigated by your force ? And how many have gone on to be prosecuted?
What training courses are available to officers in your force to improve their knowledge/skills in cyber-crime and online fraud?
How many officers have undertaken each type of course? And how many do you anticipate will do each course in the following year?
How many "cyber specials" - volunteer officers specialising in computer-based crime - does your force have? Do you anticipate increasing this number in the coming year?
If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Act. I will also expect you to release all non-exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to charge excessive fees.
27/01/2016
Full Disclosure
000399/16
1 Following the Home Secretary's announcement of extra investment in firearms capacity, do you have plans to increase the number of firearms officers in your force? How much money is being provided by central government to your force to do so?
2 What is the current average deployment time for armed officers in your force area? And what was the average deployment time for each year since 2010?
3 How many armed rapid response vehicles does your force have, do you plan to increase capacity?
4 How many authorised firearms officers does your force have and how many specialist firearms officers?
5 Does your firearms units operate with single-shot weapons only?
6 How many armed rapid response vehicles do you have, and are there plans to increase that capacity?
7 Do you cooperate with any neighbouring forces in order to increase/maximise firearms capability? Do you plan to do so in the future?
27/01/2016
Partial Disclosure
EXEMPT
000415/16
Hello,
I would like to request some information under the FoI Act 2000.
What assessment have you made of the possibility of conferring extra powers and responsibilities on contracted staff or volunteers as part of any modernisation programme you may have?
How many volunteers with specialist knowledge of the following are there in your force: (a) Child Sexual Exploitation (b) cyber-crime (c) counter-terrorism (d) radicalisation prevention?
I would appreciate if you could justify any decision to withhold material with specific reference to exemptions under the Act.
Could you please also confirm you have received this request are are processing it?
27/01/2016
Full Disclosure
000431/16
Please treat this as a request under the freedom of information act.
1. What (if any software) do you use to monitor/process FOI requests?
3. Please provide the cost of purchasing it or the cost of the internal development
4. What software do you use to look after your orginsations assets?
5. Is that software externally purchased, if so please can you provide the name of the company
6. Please provide the cost of purchasing it or the cost of the internal development
28/01/2016
Full Disclosure
000434/16
Please can you tell me the following:
- How many undetected/unsolved murders have there been in the last ten years in areas covered by Suffolk Police?
- When did these undetected/unsolved murders happen?
- Where did these murders happen?
- Who were the victims? Name/age
- How were they killed?
28/01/2016
Full Disclosure
000444/16
Can you please supply me with:
1. A copy of your Information Management Strategy, or equivalent document (typically pertaining to the management of data, information, records and governance of information). If the most recent internal document has been published on the web, the link to the publication will be sufficient. If there has been an internal update since the document has been published, please send both the most recent internal document and a link to the published document on the web.
29/01/2016
Full Disclosure
000451/15
I am writing to request information under FOIA about press lines to take on a conditional basis.
1) Please provide copies of all press lines to take prepared for publication on a conditional basis - that is, in the event a press officer receives a specific or persistent approach - from 1 January 2015 up until the date my request is answered. These statements may be designated by phrases including, but not limited to, "if asked", "if pressed", and "if pushed". These media statements are often placed on a log, and can be returned by a keyword or phrase search.
If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of FOIA.
03/12/2015
Partial Disclosure
EXEMPT
000460/15
I would like to submit a Freedom of Information Request relating to specific ICT contract(s) for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation License and Maintenance and Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support which may include:
• Server Hardware Maintenance- contract relating to the support and maintenance of the’s organisations servers.
• Virtualisation Licensing (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server)-
• Virtualisation Maintenance/Support (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server)
• Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support (EMC, NetApp etc)
For each of the types of server ICT contracts above can you please send me the following data types:
1. Contract Title:
2. Contract Type: Please input one the type of contract from above e.g. Hardware Maintenance, Virtualisation Licensing, Virtualisation Maintenance/Support, Storage Area Network Maintenance
3. Existing/Current Supplier: Please provide me with the supplier name for each contract.
4. Hardware Brand: Please state the hardware or software brand related to the contract with supplier e.g. Hardware Maintenance could be Dell, IBM etc
5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, VMWare etc.) the brand name relating to the contract.
6. Annual Average Spend: (For the whole duration of the contract, if the total value sent is per annum please state this in the response)
7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract extension periods.)
8. Contract Expiry Date:
9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.)
10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers where purchased.
11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers servers.
13. Refresh cycle of Servers and SAN? Can this include dates and duration.
14. Brief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract.
15. Internal Contact: (The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include there full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.)
If there is more than one supplier for these contract can you please split the contract individually for each supplier. So the information above which I am requesting is for each supplier.
If this service is part of a managed contract please can you send me the contract information for this managed service including Hardware Brand, Number of Users, Operating System, and contact details of the internal contact responsible for this contract.
04/12/2015
Full Disclosure
000462/16
In light of your response, are you able to provide the information requested for December 2015 alone?
****Further to previous FOI 000059/16****
Please could you tell me how many times in 2015 the constabulary's armed response unit carried out an armed deployment in an immediate response to a report of an incident involving a weapon?
For each incident, please could you tell me how long it took the unit to respond? In other words, the exact amount of time between when the call to the unit was logged and when the unit arrived at the scene of the incident.
01/02/2016
Partial Disclosure
EXEMPT
000467/15
I have attached a table outline, if you could return the answers in this format that would be really useful. Here is a copy of the questions:
Please state how many allegations of police corruption the force has received each year for 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015?
Please state how many allegations of police corruption were upheld by the force in 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015?
Please state, for each year, details of the allegations, broken down by the allegation type and a summary.
During the investigations how many officers were suspended, and if so, were they suspended on full pay? Please break this down for 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015.
Please state, for each year, what officers were suspended for and what action was taken.
Please state, for each year, how many cases were referred to the IPCC.
Please outline how many investigations over the five year period are still ongoing.
02/12/2015
Partial Disclosure
Section 12
000497/15
Dear Sir or Madam,
For the period 2006 to the most recent date available, I would like to request the follow information under the Freedom of Information act.
1. How many complaints have been made by members of the public about the conduct of officers in your police force?
o I would also like to know what action was taken against the officers who had complaints made against them.
§ Contained within the information, I would like to know how many complaints were substantiated; how many were unsubstantiated; how many were discontinued; how many were resolved using a local resolution; as well as any other terms used about complaints.
§ I would also like to know what the consequences were for officers whose case were substantiated: how many were dismissed; how many saw formal action taken; how many resigned/retired; how many saw no further action taken etc.
2. How many officers in your force were accused of assault by members of the public?
o And what action was taken against the accused officers who had complaints made against them.
§ Contained within the information, I would like to know how many complaints were substantiated; how many were unsubstantiated; how many were discontinued; how many were resolved using a local resolution; as well as any other terms used about complaints.
§ I would also like to know what the consequences were for officers whose case were substantiated: how many were dismissed; how many saw formal action taken; how many resigned/retired; how many saw no further action taken etc.
3. How many officers were accused of sexual assault by members of the public?
o Again, I would like to know what action was taken against the officers who were accused of sexual assault.
§ Contained within the information, I would like to know how many complaints were substantiated; how many were unsubstantiated; how many were discontinued; how many were resolved using a local resolution; as well as any other terms used about complaints.
§ I would also like to know what the consequences were for officers whose case were substantiated: how many were dismissed; how many saw formal action taken; how many resigned/retired; how many saw no further action taken etc.
07/12/2015
Full Disclosure
000499/15
To whom it may concern
I'd be grateful if you could respond to the following FOI request as soon as possible.
1) How many employees (officers and staff) claimed first class travel on their expenses in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?
2) In each of the above cases, please tell me how much each officer received in first class travel expenses during each of these financial years.
3) Please provide all expenses forms on which where first class travel has been claimed.
4) Does/Has the chief constable, or any other senior employees, use/used a private driver (in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15)? If so, please state which employees.
5) If yes to the above, please tell me the mileage of the journey and where they were driven. Please also state how much each journey cost.
6) For overnight stays at conferences or other events, has the police force paid for the overnight stay of the driver? (Please provide details of any time this has been the case since 2012/13).
7) What is the price bracket - if there is one - that all employees (staff and officers) are allowed to claim on expenses for hotel stays. If this differs for various levels of seniority, please specify (i.e. junior officers can spend up to £100 a night and senior up to £200 a night)
8) Please provide the expenses forms for each time an employee (staff and officers) has claimed hotel stays of more than £100 per night in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15.
9) What was the total spent on hotel stays for the years 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?
10) Please provide all expenses forms for your chief constable for the years 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 (or provide a link to where this is available online if that's the case)
08/12/2015
Partial Disclosure
Section 12
000505/16
To whom it may concern,
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
How many times over the last three years, broken down by year, has a taser been used on a child under the age of 18? Please give an age breakdown and include details of the circumstances where possible?
Many thanks,
03/02/2016
Full Disclosure
000509/15
Please could you provide me the following information for the last three years (2013, 2014, 2015 (to most recent available data)) and split out by year?
• The number of claims of false testimony or perjury raised against members of your police force.
• The number of cases of false testimony or perjury for which members of your police force were subject to internal disciplinary measures.
• The number of cases of false testimony or perjury for which members of your police force were charged with a criminal offence.
• The number of criminal convictions for crimes of false testimony or perjury for members of your police force.
Please could this data also be split out by rank of the accused officer.
08/12/2015
Partial Disclosure
Section 12
000530/15
I submit this request for specific information from the Suffolk Police area of responsibility regarding the recording of:
• 'More thorough searches', as part of a stop and search, where the officer deems it necessary that the subject removes more than outer coat, jacket or gloves (as outlined in PACE, Code A, 3.6).
• 'Searches involving exposure of intimate parts of the body', as part of a stop search (as outlined in PACE, Code A, 3.7), where the person removes all or most of their clothing.
• Intimate searches of persons in custody as outlined in Code C Annex A.
This information is sought under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000). For each of the years 2013; 2014 and 2015 (all data to date for the current year), whether this is recorded as a calendar or financial year, please provide the following information:
1. How many of each of the following were conducted by the police in your force area, broken down by year:
a) more thorough searches (PACE Code A 3.6)
b) searches involving exposure of intimate parts of the body (PACE Code A 3.7)
c) intimate searches (Code C Annex A)
2. Please provide the year of birth, gender and ethnic origin (either by IC code and/or 16+1 self-defined ethnicity - where both are available, please provide both) of those subject to the searches detailed at question 1.
3. Please provide a breakdown of where the searches took place - E.g. police vehicle/designated police station/other police station or premises/other location (please specify if this data is available)
4. Please provide details of the outcomes for these types of searches (E.g. item(s) found/not found/arrest/fixed penalty notice)
5. Please advise, under Section 16 FOIA 2000, how and where such searches are recorded and stored and provide assistance on how to attain the above information if not held by the force.
Further to the information above please also provide:
6. The number of complaints made directly or indirectly that related to the use of searches that go beyond basic stop and search powers, please provide a breakdown for each year previously specified.
7. Please provide details of any force policy, procedure or guidance relating to such searches.
09/12/2015
Partial Disclosure
Section 12
000531/16
I would like to receive information regarding the force’s ‘if asked only’ media file. In particular I would like to receive the following:
- A copy of each report/statement logged by the force’s media department in its ‘If Asked Only’ file for January 2016.
03/02/2016
Full Disclosure
000533/16
1) Does your force have an eBay account?
2) If so, what is the name of the account and when was it set up.
3) Could you please disclose a list of the items sold through that account and the value for which they were sold.
4) Could you please disclose a list of all the items bought through that account and the value for which they were bought.
5) Do the force sell seized items through the account.
6) If so please disclose a list of them items sold that have been seized.
04/02/2016
Full Disclosure
000563/15
Dear Sir/Madam
I’d like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
1/ How many Fitness Tests have been carried out – per calendar year - by officers at the force since they were brought in following recommendations made in the Winsor report?
2/ How many of these tests have been failed? Where possible, can you include the ages of the officers when they failed?
3/ How many times has a failed fitness test resulted in disciplinary action being taken? Where possible, can you include what form this action took?
4/ How many trousers with waist sizes over 40 inches have you given out over the past 5 years? If this isn’t possible can you tell us the ten pairs of trousers with the largest sizes given out during this period?
For all the information above (where applicable) can you include a breakdown of sexes?
I would be interested in any information held by your organisation regarding my request.
11/12/2015
Full Disclosure
000568/15
1. How many police employees were on leave due to long term sickness* in the years 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 (please could you separate between officers and staff)
2. Of the above, how many were on long terms sickness leave due to a) physical issues and b) psychological issues? (please could you separate between staff and officers)
3. How many employees in total did you have for the years 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15
* Long term sickness leave meaning 28 days or more.
