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Steve Bennett made this Freedom of Information request to Essex Police

The request was refused by Essex Police.

From: Steve Bennett

7 January 2010

Dear Essex Police,

I would be grateful if you could assist me.

1. Please provide the total numbers of officers by rank within your
force for 2009
2. How many of those officers were assigned to response duties in
2009
3. What are the non response administerial departments within your
force?
4. How many police officers are assigned to each of these
departments, by rank?

Yours faithfully,
Nice 1 Limited

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Essex Police

8 January 2010

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Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference.

Under the Freedom of Information Act we are required to reply within 20 working days but given the current very high number of requests being received this may not be possible.

We will reply as soon as possible and please accept our apologies for the inconvenience any delay may cause.

Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Corporate Development Department
Essex Police Headquarters
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA
Tel: 0300 333 4444 Ext 54551
Fax: 01245 452256
Email : data[Essex Police request email]
Personal email: [email address]
Website: www.essex.police.uk
Hours of work : Mon - Thurs 7:30 to 15:30
Fri 7:30 to 15:00

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bennett [mailto:[FOI #26554 email]]
Sent: 07 January 2010 18:00
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Police Resources

Dear Essex Police,

I would be grateful if you could assist me.

1. Please provide the total numbers of officers by rank within your
force for 2009
2. How many of those officers were assigned to response duties in
2009
3. What are the non response administerial departments within your
force?
4. How many police officers are assigned to each of these
departments, by rank?

Yours faithfully,
Nice 1 Limited

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From: Steve Grayton
Essex Police

12 January 2010

Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference. Having completed my enquiries I am able to respond as follows:

1. Please provide the total numbers of officers by rank within your force for 2009

2. How many of those officers were assigned to response duties in 2009?

3. What are the non response administerial departments within your force?

4. How many police officers are assigned to each of these departments, by rank?

I am not sure what you mean by "response" duties but Essex Police publishes details of staffing in a report "Workforce Monitoring" which can be found at the following link: <http://www.essex.police.uk/pdf/eqsumrep....> http://www.essex.police.uk/pdf/eqsumrep....

For the purpose of section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), this part of my response serves as a formal notification of refusal of your request on the basis that the exemption given at section 21 of the FOIA applies (Information accessible by other means).

I hope the information provided is of use.

Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Corporate Development Department
Essex Police Headquarters
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA
Tel: 0300 333 4444 Ext 54551
Fax: 01245 452256
Email : data[Essex Police request email]
Personal email: s <mailto:[email address]> [email address]
Website: <http://www.essex.police.uk> www.essex.police.uk
Hours of work : Mon - Thurs 7:30 to 15:30
Fri 7:30 to 15:00

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to the Senior Information Officer at the above address.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Grayton On Behalf Of FOI
Sent: 08 January 2010 09:12
To: 'Steve Bennett'
Subject: RE: FOI request our ref. 2585 - Police Resources [NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED]

Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference.

Under the Freedom of Information Act we are required to reply within 20 working days but given the current very high number of requests being received this may not be possible.

We will reply as soon as possible and please accept our apologies for the inconvenience any delay may cause.

Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Corporate Development Department
Essex Police Headquarters
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA
Tel: 0300 333 4444 Ext 54551
Fax: 01245 452256
Email : data[Essex Police request email]
Personal email: [email address]
Website: <file://www.essex.police.uk> www.essex.police.uk
Hours of work : Mon - Thurs 7:30 to 15:30
Fri 7:30 to 15:00

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From: Steve Bennett

24 January 2010

Dear Steve Grayton,

Thank you for your response. The clarification below is proving
helpful for other forces to supply the information required, so I
hope it will assist you.

By "Response Duty" we mean officers assigned to respond to calls
from the public, presumably those on shift duties, who would attend
calls from the public, such as beat officers, police vehicle
drivers, dog officers, traffic etc. (Inspector, Sergeant, PC)

By "Administerial" we mean those officers specifically assigned to
roles that are office based, such as audit, police administrative
roles that by virue of the job, mean that they work in an office
for their tour as opposed to responding to public calls."

Many thanks,

Steve Bennett

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