CCTV in London

Dear Mr. Westerberg

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2011020000834
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 03/02/2011. I note you seek
access to the following information:

"Please provide me with an easily accessible list of all the postcode
locations of fixed CCTV cameras that the Metropolitan Police operates or
has access to.
Many thanks "

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act). 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 the MPS may be unable to achieve this
deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

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.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your right of
complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me at the above e-mail address, quoting the reference number
above.

Yours sincerely

R. Loizou
Policy and Support Officer
COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?

You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.

Ask to have the decision looked at again ***

The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your decision
letter.

That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.

Complaint

If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700

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Dear Mr Westerberg,

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2011020000834

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 03/02/2011. I note you seek
access to the following information:

"Please provide me with an easily accessible list of all the postcode
locations of fixed CCTV cameras that the Metropolitan Police operates or
has access to."

DECISION:

This letter is to inform you that it will not be possible to respond to
your request within the cost threshold. We estimate that the cost of
complying with this request would exceed the appropriate limit. The
appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for agencies
outside central Government; this is set at **450.00. This represents the
estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours [at a rate of **25 per
hour] in determining whether the MPS holds the information, and locating,
retrieving and extracting the information. In accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice. I have
outlined the sections relevant to this refusal notice in the legal annex
below.

The MPS does not hold a list of cameras specifying the post codes of each
camera location. However, the MPS does hold a list of some cameras which
have an X and Y co-ordinate. From this list, the co-ordinates can be used
to retrieve the postcodes. However, this would be 'creating' new
information and there is no requirement under FOIA to do this. There are
various reasons why we do not have X Y coordinates for all of the cameras.
For example, they have not been mapped, or that the co-ordinates have not
been provided to by the owner of the cameras and have listed then by
street name and junction or simply state "outside town hall".

There are 8144 cameras which do not have an X and Y co-ordinate. Because
those cameras do not have an X and Y co-ordinate it would exceed the cost
threshold for those cameras to be mapped and therefore obtain the
postcode, or even an X and Y co-ordinate. As an approximate, if it took a
minute to update each camera on a spreadsheet with a postcode this would
exceed 18 hours for the co-ordinates of these cameras to be produced. This
does not take into account the cost of doing additional surveys. Due to
the quantity of cameras, the work and time involved to retrieve the
postcodes would exceed the cost threshold.

Please note that the Information Commissioner's guidance states that
'Section 12 makes it clear that a public authority does not have to make a
precise calculation of the costs of complying with a request. Only an
estimate is required ... what amounts to a reasonable estimate can only be
considered on a case by case basis.' The Information Commissioner also
advises 'where a reasonable estimate has been made that the appropriate
limit would be exceeded, there is no requirement for a public authority to
undertake work up to the limit.'

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter
therefore acts as a Refusal Notice. Please see the Legal Annex for the
relevant extracts of the legislation which apply.

Advice and Assistance

Under Section 16 we are required to provide you with advice and assistance
to assist you with submitting a new request for recorded information which
can be located, retrieved and extracted within the 18 hours specified by
the Act.

In this instance, I would suggest one of the following ways to submit a
new request:

You may wish to request the list of the mapped cameras which have an X and
Y co-ordinate. Please note, however, that we cannot guarantee that this
re-defined request will yield a disclosure of information, as this
information may have a degree of sensitivity, which would engage other
relevant exemptions under the FoIA.

Should you submit a further request this will be treated as a new request,
therefore, will be subject to the 20 working day time period for
completion.

If you wish to submit a new, narrower request, please let me know and this
can be logged and considered under the Act. If you have any difficulty in
doing so, please do not hesitate to contact me for further assistance.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet which details your right of
complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or contact me on telephone number 02071613606 quoting the reference number
above.

Yours sincerely

Audeeba Ali
Quality and Assurance Advisor

LEGAL ANNEX:

Section 17(5) of the Act provides:

(5) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information,
is relying on a claim that section 12 or 14 applies must, within the time
for complying with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice stating that
fact.

Section 12 of the Act provides:

(1) Section 1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a
request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of
complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?

You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.

Ask to have the decision looked at again ***

The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your decision
letter.

That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.

Complaint

If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700

The Metropolitan Police Service is here for London - on the streets and in
your community, working with you to make our city safer.

Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.

NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system. To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law. Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents. The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

Dear Mr Westerberg

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2011030000870
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 04/03/2011. I note you seek
access to the following information:

* "Please would you provide me the information about CCTV cameras that
you do hold. I.e x and y coordinates, addresses and any additional
information such as 'outside town hall' that you mentioned in your
letter."

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act). 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 the MPS may be unable to
achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and
given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

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.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your
right of complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
write or contact Audeeba Ali on telephone number 02071613606 quoting
the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Audeeba Ali
Quality and Assurance Advisor
COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think
the decision is incorrect?

You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your
request.

Ask to have the decision looked at again ***

The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is
to telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your
decision letter.

That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues
and assist with any problems.

Complaint

If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision
of the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act)
regarding access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS
to have the decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days
from the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied
with the decision you may make application to the Information
Commissioner for a decision on whether the request for information has
been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information
Commissioner please visit their website at
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700

The Metropolitan Police Service is here for London - on the streets and in
your community, working with you to make our city safer.

Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.

NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system. To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law. Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents. The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

Dear Mr Westerberg,

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2011030000870

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 04/03/2011. I note you seek
access to the following information:

"Please would you provide me the information about CCTV cameras that you
do hold. i.e x and y coordinates, addresses and any additional information
such as 'outside town hall' that you mentioned in your letter."

EXTENT OF SEARCHES TO LOCATE INFORMATION

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted
within the Directorate of Information.

RESULT OF SEARCHES

The searches located records relevant to your request.

DECISION

Having located and considered the relevant information, I am afraid that I
am not required by statute to release the information requested, by virtue
of s.31 of the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) governing law
enforcement. This letter serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 FoIA.
I have outlined the sections relevant to this refusal notice in the legal
annex below.

REASONS FOR DECISION

Before I outline my decision I would like to outline the parameters set
out by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) within which a
request for information can be answered.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 creates a statutory right of access to
information held by public authorities. A public authority in receipt of a
request must, if permitted, confirm if that public authority holds the
requested information, unless it would be harmful to do so, and, if so,
then communicate that information to the applicant.

The right of access to information is not without exception and is subject
to a number of exemptions, which are designed to enable public authorities
to withhold information that is not suitable for release. Importantly, the
Act is designed to place information into the public domain, that is, once
access to information is granted to one person under the Act, it is then
considered public information and must be communicated to any individual
should a request be received.

Under the Act, there are two types of exemptions that can be applied to
information considered unsuitable for public release. These exemptions are
referred to as absolute exemptions and qualified exemptions. When an
absolute exemption is applied to information, a public authority is not
required to consider whether release of that information is in the 'public
interest'. When a qualified exemption is applied to information, a public
authority must establish whether the 'public interest' lies in disclosing
or withholding the requested information. The public interest is
determined by conducting a 'Public Interest Test' (PIT). Both absolute and
qualified exemptions can be further divided into class-based or
prejudice-based exemptions. Class-based exemptions are those in which it
is assumed the disclosure of information would result in harm. There is
therefore no requirement to demonstrate what that harm may be.
Prejudiced-based exemptions are those where firstly, it is necessary to
establish the nature of the prejudice/harm that may result from disclosure
and secondly, if prejudice/harm is not certain, to determine the
likelihood of it occurring.

I have considered your request for information within the provisions set
out by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

As s.31 of the FoIA is a prejudice-based and qualified exemption, I am
required to provide you with evidence of harm in releasing this
information and a Public Interest Test in order to determine the potential
harm that could be caused by disclosing the information requested.

Prejudice Test conducted under s.31 of the FoIA:

In considering whether or not I should release the information I have
considered the potential harm in the release of the list of the cameras
with X and Y co-ordinates. To fully articulate and explain the harm in the
release of the list of cameras with X and Y co-ordinates I would like to
draw your attention to a recent decision notice which had outlined that
this involves a 'three-stage process***..First***.whether the arguments
advanced by the public authority are relevant to the prejudice described
in sections 31(1)(a) and (b). Secondly***.whether it is conceivably
possible that the prejudice predicted by the public authority could occur
as a result of disclosure and, thirdly******whether the likelihood of this
prejudice occurring meets the test of real and significant." (paragraph 11
of ICO Decision Notice Reference: FS50270424
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/d...).
I shall address these issues turn.

Turning to the first point, section 31(1)(a) and (b) exempts its
disclosure if under the 'Act it would, or would be likely to, prejudice
the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of
offenders.' The prevention and detention of crime would be prejudiced
because to release the list of cameras along with their X and Y
co-ordinates I believe coud be used in assisting individuals to plot
patterns of camera deployment and enforcement patterns. This can
subsequently have a dual effect.

Firstly, to disclose the list of maps with the X and Y co-ordinates would
allow individuals to locate where these CCTV cameras are located. This
kind of disclosure can be misused by those with criminal intent to not
only draw conclusions of where they are least likely to be caught on
camera but also where they are least likely to be apprehended. Secondly,
this can lead to the chances of more offences occurring but less chances
of apprehension of offenders.

As a result of the ability of individuals being able to map which areas
they are least likely to be apprehended, I am of the opinion that this
satisfies the second criterion of it being 'conceivably possible that the
prejudice predicted by the public authority could occur as a result of
disclosure.' It is conceivable that those with criminal intentions would
map where these CCTV cameras are located across London as this disclosure
would in essence provide an insight into which geographic area to avoid
being detected. This could also affect police resources by indicating and
pinpointing geographic areas to become a 'weak target.' Such an occurrence
would result in the allocation of additional policing resources to counter
intelligence/advice provided through this FoIA disclosure.

I do appreciate that the location of CCTV cameras is a matter for the
public as it is of paramount consideration and importance to the public.
This is because to disclose the list of cameras with X and Y co-ordinates
would enable the public to make enhanced decision regarding their safety.
However, in this case I believe that the prejudice noted above is real and
significant. I am of the opinion that this third criterion is satisfied
here, because whilst the list is not a complete list of all the cameras
that the MPS has access to, it is nonetheless a piecemeal way of
information gathering that can be negatively used to the detriment of our
role as law enforcers. In this instance our role as law enforcers is two
fold in that it would limit out ability to protect the public and secondly
directly affect police resources as this disclosure would ultimately lead
to more deployment in areas which may not have a camera with a X and Y
co-ordinate.

Public Interest Test conducted under s.31 FoIA:

The underlying principles of the establishment of FoIA, are to create
transparency, allow public scrutiny and increasing public debate.
Furthermore, the FoIA requires public authorities to be held accountable
and transparent for their actions. Based upon this notion the public have
the right to know how that public authority conducts itself in their
business.

The idea of accountability becomes more of a prominent issue in such cases
as you have requested the list of cameras that have the X and Y
co-ordinates. To provide you with such information would allow public
scrutiny of the allocation of these cameras. In addition, it would also
allow the public to gain an enhanced awareness and ability to ensure their
safety.

Whilst it is paramount to uphold the principles underpinned by the FoIA,
it is equally important to balance those considerations in maintaining the
exemption. Public safety is of paramount importance to the policing
purpose and must be taken into account in the information you have
requested. Whilst disclosing the information may allow the public to make
the necessary precautionary steps to protect themselves, this has to be
countered against the wider public interest. By way of an example, to
disclose the list of X and Y co-ordinates would reveal where the cameras
are located and conversely may allow those with criminal intent to begin
to map where cameras may not be located across London. Although, as
explained above, this will not contain all the cameras that the MPS has
access to, this piecemeal approach would inevitable be misused to the
detriment of our role of law enforcers.

To provide you with an example, in addition to ensuring public safety,
police resources and our ability to operate effectively and efficiently
would directly be affected. Camera deployment and enforcements patterns to
be plotted. In such cases, individuals can draw conclusions regarding the
likelihood of being caught by cameras and thereby conversely operate in
those areas where they deem it 'safe' to operate in and this will
ultimately lead to more deployment in such areas.

Balance Test:

Having balanced the considerations outlined above, I have determined that
in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest lies in
non-disclosure. The public interest is not what interests the public, but
is what would be of greater benefit if released, to the community as a
whole. And as such, the balance of the public interest test favours
maintaining our stance in non-disclosure based on the premise that to
disclosure the list of cameras with a X and Y co-ordinate and additional
information would be manipulated to avoid apprehension. This would
ultimately be to the detriment of our role effectively and efficiently
enforce the law.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

If you are dissatisfied with this response please read the attached paper
entitled Complaint Rights which explains how to make a complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me on 02071613606 or at the address at the top of this letter,
quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Audeeba Ali
Quality and Assurance Advisor

Legal Annex:

Section 17 (1)(a)(b)(c) (Refusal of request) of the Act provides:
(1) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information,
is to any extent relying on a claim that any provision of Part II relating
to the duty to confirm or deny is relevant to the request or on a claim
that information is exempt information must, within the time for complying
with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice which-
(a) states that fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question, and
(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption
applies.

Section 31 FoIA provides:

(1) Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is
exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be
likely to, prejudice-
(a) the prevention or detection of crime,
(b) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders,

In complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information, the
Metropolitan Police Service will not breach the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the
enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications
for the copyright owner's written permission to reproduce any part of the
attached information should be addressed to MPS Directorate of Legal
Services, 1st Floor (Victoria Block), New Scotland Yard, Victoria, London,
SW1H 0BG.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?

You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.

Ask to have the decision looked at again ***

The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your decision
letter.

That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.

Complaint

If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700

The Metropolitan Police Service is here for London - on the streets and in
your community, working with you to make our city safer.

Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.

NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system. To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law. Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents. The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).