Driving Permits

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Dear Mr Smith,

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Acknowledgment

Thank you for your request for information received on 7th October, 2009,
and is being dealt with this in accordance with the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002. Your request has been given the unique Reference
Number : 1242 and this should be quoted on all correspondence.

Under the terms of the Act, we have a statutory obligation to respond
within 20 working days from the after your request was received. A
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in any event not later than 5th November, 2009. Please allow for postal
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of the decisions made. Should you wish to request a Review after your
initial Response from us, please write to Chief Inspector A McLeod, Head
of Department, Professional Standards Department, Central Scotland Police,
Police Headquarters, Randolphfield, Stirling FK8 2HD within 40 working
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Yours sincerely

Kind regards
Ilene

Freedom of Information Officer

Central Scotland Police
Police Headquarters

Tel: 01786 456000
Fax: 01786 456388
Email: [4][Central Scotland Police request email]

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Dear Mr Smith,

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Thank you for your request for information received on 7th October, 2009.
I have dealt with this in accordance with the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 and respond to your request as follows :

Your Request(s) :

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?
4. How long in length are the courses for each of the respective driving
permits?,
5. 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)
6. Which of the permits are available to Special Constables?
7. If any modular courses are offered, are the available to
Special Constables?
8. 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.

Response(s) :

In response to Questions 1 to Question 4 the information requested is
contained in the ACPOS Driving Manual which can be located at
[1]http://www.acpos.police.uk/Documents/Pol... therefore
exempt under Part 2, Section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002. If you have difficulty accessing this information through the
website, please let me know so that alternative arrangements can be made.

Question 5 - The Standard course is modular but based on three weeks
continual training (i.e. training for any module could be throughout the
three week period but may not be considered fully competent in all modules
until the completion of the three weeks) and not offered on an individual
week basis.

Question 6 - All are available to Special Constables

Question 7 - See Response to Question 5

Question 8 - Nil

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the material provided and it may not be reproduced in any format or media
without acquiring specific permission. This will also be subject to the
material not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context.
The source of the material must then be acknowledged as Central Scotland
Police, and the title of the document must be included when being
reproduced as part of another publication or service.

Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide
crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set
nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not
generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data.
It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your
questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other
response you may receive.

If you require any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me on
01786 456000 or Email: [2][email address] . However, if
you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has been handled,
you are entitled, in the first instance, to request a Review of the
decisions made. Should you wish to request a Review, please write to Chief
Inspector A McLeod, Head of Department, Professional Standards Department,
Central Scotland Police, Police Headquarters, Randolphfield, Stirling FK8
2HD within 40 working days of receiving this correspondence.

If, after receiving a response, you remain dissatisfied, you have six
months within which you may Appeal to the Scottish Information
Commissioner who can be contacted at Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS. Phone: 01334 464610 Fax: 01334 464611 or Email
[3][email address] .

Yours sincerely

Kind regards
Ilene

Freedom of Information Officer
Central Scotland Police
Police Headquarters
Randolphfield
Stirling FK8 2HD

Tel: 01786 456000
Fax: 01786 456388
Email: [4][Central Scotland Police request email]

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