Arrests and level of detected criminal activity in order to protect the public from harm

Dear Mr Carratt

Thank you for your email below, received by Warwickshire Police on 12th August, 2008

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances we may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised timescale at the earliest opportunity.

In some cases there may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you choose not to make payment then your request will remain unanswered.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact this office.

Yours sincerely

Sabina Harris
Information Compliance Officer
Tel: 01926 415720 (internal 5720)
Fax: 01926 415306
email: [email address]

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Dear Dr Carratt,

I write in connection with your request for information dated 12th August,2008 in which you seek access to information concerning the policing operation surrounding the Bulldog Bash in August, 2008.

To enable Warwickshire Police to meet your request could you please clarify exactly what information you are seeking, as your request in its current format is likely to exceed the fees limit(£450) as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.

After receiving your reply, your request will then be considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

However, if the requested additional information has not been received by 26th August, 2008 I will assume you no longer wish to proceed with this request and will treat it as withdrawn.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you choose not to make a payment then your request will remain unanswered.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact this office.

Yours sincerely,

Sabina Harris
Information Compliance Officer
Tel: 01926 415720 (internal 5720)
Fax: 01926 415306
email: [email address]

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A message that you sent contained one or more recipient addresses that were
incorrectly constructed:

a Freedom of Information <[Warwickshire Police request email]>: no local part

This address has been ignored. There were no other addresses in your
message, and so no attempt at delivery was possible.

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From: Richard Carratt <[FOI #1711 email]>
To: a Freedom of Information <[Warwickshire Police request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Arrests and level of detected criminal activity in order to protect the public from harm
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Message-Id: <[email address]>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:17:00 +0100

Dear Sir or Madam,

Sorry but you can not employ your own cut off dates.

Could you tell me where this figure of £450 will be spent then ?

Yours sincerely,

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A message that you sent contained one or more recipient addresses that were
incorrectly constructed:

a Freedom of Information <[Warwickshire Police request email]>: no local part

This address has been ignored. There were no other addresses in your
message, and so no attempt at delivery was possible.

------ This is a copy of your message, including all the headers. ------

From: Richard Carratt <[FOI #1711 email]>
To: a Freedom of Information <[Warwickshire Police request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Arrests and level of detected criminal activity in order to protect the public from harm
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Message-Id: <[email address]>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:22:37 +0100

Dear Sir or Madam,

Dear Sir or Madam,

Sorry but you can not employ your own cut off dates.

Could you tell me where this figure of £450 will be spent then ?

Yours sincerely

Yours sincerely,

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A message that you sent contained one or more recipient addresses that were
incorrectly constructed:

a Freedom of Information <[Warwickshire Police request email]>: no local part

This address has been ignored. There were no other addresses in your
message, and so no attempt at delivery was possible.

------ This is a copy of your message, including all the headers. ------

From: Richard Carratt <[FOI #1711 email]>
To: a Freedom of Information <[Warwickshire Police request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Arrests and level of detected criminal activity in order to protect the public from harm
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Message-Id: <[email address]>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:18:08 +0100

Dear Sir or Madam,

Dear Sir or Madam,

Sorry but you can not employ your own cut off dates.

Could you tell me where this figure of £450 will be spent then ?

Yours sincerely

Yours sincerely,

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Dear Dr Carratt,

Thank you for your email below.

I note your concerns and write to advise you as follows: In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, 2000 a person can request information held by a Public Authority. A request for information 'Must clearly describe the information being sought'. The first part of your request asks for 'details of the policing operation surrounding the Bulldog Bash August 2008' This does not describe the information being sought i.e. what details are required. In it's current format your request could refer to each and every piece of information held concerning this operation.

In order to locate and retrieve all of the information held regarding the policing of this event, in addition to any information centrally recorded, would require each employee to conduct searches of all their correspondence and their emails to identify any information that would relate to the policing of this years Bulldog Bash. This would involve a disproportionate amount of effort, which would take us over the fees limit (£450/18 hours work) as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.

I can confirm that your request for arrests and charges bought against persons at and outside the site, is specific (it describes the information requested), and is being considered in accordance with the Act.

I hope this explains my previous email requesting clarification of part of your Freedom of Information request.

Should you wish to discuss this further please do not hesitate to contact me either by email or on the telephone number below.

Yours sincerely,

Sabina Harris
Information Compliance Officer
Tel: 01926 415720 (internal 5720)
Fax: 01926 415306
email: [email address]

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Dear Dr Carratt,

Thank you for your email below.

Information relating to an operation could be held by a variety of people in a number of departments. As explained in my previous email, your request in it's current format, asking for 'details of the policing operation' is not specific. To locate and retrieve all of the information held concerning the policing of this event would exceed the fees limit. If, however, you could be more specific about what information it is that you seek, it would assist Warwickshire Police in establishing if the information that you actually want is held, and, if it is held, whether it is suitable for release under the Freedom of Information Act. For example are you seeking information about policing costs, or about the number of staff engaged in the event, etc.

If the information you are seeking relates to the arrests made, information which may be of use to you is published on the Warwickshire Police website and can be viewed at the following link:

http://onlinenews.warwickshire.police.uk...

I hope this provides some assistance to you.

Should you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Sabina Harris
Information Compliance Officer
Tel: 01926 415720 (internal 5720)
Fax: 01926 415306
email: [email address]

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