Driving Permits

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From: N.Smith

7 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I wanted to enquire about the driving permits offered by your Force
to Police Officers. The questions I have are:

1) What levels of driving permits are offered?
2) What do each of the driving permits allow the holder to do?
3) What training is required for each of the driving permits and
how are the candidates assessed? How long in length are the courses
for each of the respective driving permits?,
4) Are any of the driving permits offered by your Force, offered in
a modular basis, (i.e. are they offered in modules of 1 week at a
time until the course is complete etc),
5) Which of the permits are available to Special Constables?
6) If any modular courses are offered, are the available to Special
Constables?,
7) How many Special Constables in your Force have driving permits
which allow them to respond (i.e. use blue lights, sirens and
allowed the holder to utilise the relevant exemptions afforded to
them in law with respect of speeding, going through red lights
etc),

I would appreciate any information that is available, in particular
the information that relates to Special Constables.

Many thanks

Yours faithfully,

N.Smith

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Avon and Somerset Constabulary

16 December 2009

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Corporate Information Management Department

Force Headquarters, PO Box 37, Valley Road,

Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8QJ

Facsimile 01275 814667

Private

Mr/Mrs N Smith
[FOI #19587 email] Our Reference 09/600
Your reference
Date 16.12.09

Dear Mr/Mrs Smith

I write in connection with your request for information 7th October 2009
concerning driving permits.

In the first instance may I apologise for the delay in responding. This
delay has been caused by the overwhelming demand and the increasingly
complex nature of requests being received by this office.

Our records show that your request is now overdue and I recognise that the
reason for submitting it may have changed or even no longer apply.

Therefore, in addition to writing to apologise it seems appropriate to ask
whether you still require the information requested in the first instance.

Unfortunately at this time I am still unable to indicate a time frame for
a full response. However, I assure you that I will continue to make every
effort to satisfy your request.

If I hear nothing from you by Monday 4th January 2010, I will assume that
you no longer require a response.

I would like to take this opportunity to apologise again for the delay in
providing you with a response.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Information Management Department

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