Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to request information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, specifically statistics regarding levels of
racism in the police force, including the following:

1. the number of inquiries which have been conducted per year for
the last five years into allegations of racist language or
behaviour by officers and probationers in Sussex Police;

2. the outcomes of those inquiries;

3. the number of officers or probationers that have been dismissed
because of racist incidents in the last five years.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Morris

Our Ref FOI 317/08

Dear Mr Morris

Thank you for your request which was received by Sussex Police today.

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and you will receive a response within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, from the
date of receipt subject to the information not being exempt or
containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances Sussex
Police 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.

Tim Mahony
Freedom of Information Disclosure Officer
Sussex Police
Phone external 01273 404334

NOTE 1; If planning a new FOI request, please first see our website
www.sussex.police.uk - especially 'Information Rights' section for
previously published Force Policies and FOI answers' - AND see the
Sussex Police Authority website 'www.sussexpoliceauthority.gov.uk'
NOTE 2; Please send new FOI requests to '[Sussex Police request email]'

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Please see attached letter.

Freedom of Information Disclosure Office
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