Date: 2^nd December 2008

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail of 9^th November 2008 in which you ask for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

You have asked:

Please confirm how many serving officers in the Northern Police

area, have been convicted of:

(1) Fraud and deception related offences, (2) Violent offences,

including assault, (3) Drug related offences (4) Sexual offences

or (5) Racial, Religious or Homophobic offences

In response:

At 11^th November 2008 the following numbers of serving officers have been convicted of offences in respect of the criteria of your request:

If you require any further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me. However if you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has been dealt with, you are entitled, in the first instance, to request a review of the decision made by the Force. Should you wish to request such review, please write to me within 40 days of receiving this letter. I will arrange for a senior officer, who has not been involved in my decision making process, to conduct a review as required by the Act. If, after having been informed of the review panel's decision, you are still not satisfied, you are then entitled to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision. The contact details for Mr Dunion, the Scottish Information Commissioner are Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, telephone 01334 464 610.

Yours sincerely

Pam Sherriff

Freedom of Information Officer

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