THE COSTING ON THE PUBLIC PURSE DUE TO OPERATION SEA HARE AND BOGUS INFORMATION

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

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information that Northumbria Police may hold.

We are in the process of dealing with your request and expect to revert to
you shortly. A response should be provided by 19/05/09.

Yours sincerely

Jan Mcewan

Information Compliance Unit

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Provision of Information held by Northumbria Police under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the" Act")

With regard to your email in which you make a request for information that
Northumbria Police may hold.

I regret that Northumbria Police will not be able to complete its response
to you by the date originally stated. We are still researching the
information held and considering whether any exemptions under the Act may
apply.

I can now advise you that the new date for the provision of the
information is 17 June 2009. I can assure that every effort will be made
to ensure that a response will be provided to you within this new
timescale.

Your attention is drawn to the attachment which contains your complaint
rights.

Yours sincerely

Michael Cleugh
Data Protection and Disclosure Advisor
Direct Dial: 01661 869389

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Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

Thank you for your email dated 20 March 2009 in which you made a request
for access to certain information which may be held by Northumbria Police.

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held by a Public Authority (including the Police),
subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

"How much has been spent on operation sea hare in relation to John
Dodsworth and Mark Robb before and after they were raided due to bogus
information on the 10 october 2006 by Northumbria Police and North
Yorkshire police?

How much more is likely to cost?"

In response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request above.
However, it clearly relates to the same subject area which previously led
to your request being declared vexatious under Section 14 of the Freedom
of Information Act and accordingly we will not be providing a response.

As you are already aware under this section of the Act, an authority is
not obliged to deal with requests that are manifestly unreasonable or
obsessive. The Information Commissioner has stated that a vexatious
request is, or causes, excessive burden, has no serious purpose, causes
disruption and annoyance and leads to harassment of the public authority.

It therefore remain the Northumbria Police position that this FOI request
has been considered vexatious and again the inform you no further Freedom
of Information requests on this subject, avian genetics, or in relation to
your court case concerning offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act
1981 will be answered or acknowledged.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual
property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must
be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
(as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you
must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

How to complain

If you are unhappy with our decision or do not consider that we have
handled your request properly and we are unable to resolve this issue
informally, you are entitled to make a formal complaint to us under our
complaints procedure which is attached.

If you are still unhappy after we have investigated your complaint and
reported to you the outcome, you may complain directly to the Information
Commissioner***s Office and request that they investigate to ascertain
whether we have dealt with your request in accordance with the Act.

Yours sincerely

Michael Cleugh
Data Protection and Disclosure Advisor
Direct Dial: 01661 869389

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of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the Data Protection
Act, 1998.

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We acknowledge receipt of your request for an internal review of the
response you received in relation to the above mentioned Freedom Of
Information request.

We will review the response and provide you with a reply in due course.

Please quote the reference supplied by Northumbria Police in the subject
title of this email in all correspondence.
Yours sincerely

Helen Wood

Information Compliance Unit

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or individual to whom it is addressed. The message may contain
information that is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. No
mistake in transmission is intended to waive or compromise any such
privilege. This message has been sent over public networks and the sender
cannot be held responsible for its integrity.

If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the information
contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to the provisions
of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the Data Protection
Act, 1998.

Any views expressed are those of the sender and, unless specifically
stated, do not necessarily represent the view of Northumbria Police.

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Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

Thank you for your e-mail dated 30 June 2009 in which you requested a
review of the response to your request for access to certain information
which may be held by Northumbria Police.

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held by a Public Authority (including the Police),
subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

"How much has been spent on Operation Sea Hare in relation to John
Dodsworth and Mark Robb before and after they were raided due to bogus
information on the 10 October 2006 by Northumbria Police and North
Yorkshire police? How much more is it likely to cost?"

Your request for review asked:

***I am a tax payer therefore you are using my money therefore justify
your answer that I am vexatious as opposed to the police just trying to
cover their mistakes.***

The Information Compliance Unit has received a number of other requests
from you dating from 2007 onwards; these all concern operations involving
birds of prey and eggs. Many of these have been classed as vexatious.
Operation Sea Hare was a joint Police RSPB operation in relation to the
illegal taking of birds*** eggs. This is clearly the same subject matter
for which you were originally declared vexatious in 2007.

The requests from you received by Northumbria Police are as follows:

1. Ref 164/07 Bird DNA Received 8 May 2007 - Response sent to you 5
June 2007

2. Ref 188/07 Questions relating to evidence on your case -
Received via the Information Commissioner received 4 June 2007 - Response
sent to you 22 June 2007

3. Ref 190/07 Avian Genetics Received 30 May 2007 - Response sent
to you declared as vexatious 22 June 2007

4. Ref 198/07 Letter to Mr Holt relating to your case Received 11
June 2007 - No response sent as declared vexatious

5. Ref 206/07 (duplicate of 198/07) Received 12 June 2007 - No
response sent as declared vexatious

6. Ref 213/07 Search Warrant Received 14 June 2007 - No response
sent as declared vexatious

7. Ref 1252/08 Costing on Operation Sea hare Received 20 April 2009
- Response sent to you 29 June 2009

8. Ref 1253/08 Withholding evidence by Police and RSPB Received 20
April 2009 - Response sent to you 21 April 2009

9. Ref 1293/08 Payments to the RSPB Received 30 April 2009 -
Response sent to you 11 May 2009

10. Ref 1328/08 Use of Nottingham University single locus probes
Received 17 May 2009 - No response sent as declared vexatious

11. Ref 1333/08 Complaints Received 8 May 2009 - Response sent to
you 4 June 2009

12. Ref 1388/08 Request in the interest of justice Received (RSPB)
11 July 2009 - No response sent as declared vexatious

13. Ref 1450/08 Items seized by the courts in relation to birds
Received 4 July 2009 - No response as declared vexatious

14. Ref 1493/09 Search Warrant Received 27 July 2009 - No response
sent as declared vexatious

Please note a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request for
information if the request is vexatious.

In formulating my response to this request, I reviewed documentation
connected to your original requests sent to us in 2007. At that time
enquiries revealed that you had been convicted of a criminal offence and
had exhausted the legal options open to you with regard to your belief
that the conviction was inappropriate. I also note that you wrote on the
subject to Central Government (Department of Constitutional Affairs), the
Home Office, Members of Parliament, the Independent Police Complaints
Commission and over twenty different Police Forces and that you received
various appropriate responses. At that time you were advised by Richard
Howland that the use of The Freedom of Information Act to recycle the same
points that were already made was deemed to be inherently obsessive.

Your latest request is one among many requests and can be classed as
obsessive and manifestly unreasonable. Indeed in an e-mail sent to you 21
June 2007, you were informed that future requests may be considered
vexatious under section 14 of the Freedom of Information Act.

As stated in that e-mail to you, an authority is not obliged to deal with
requests that are manifestly unreasonable or obsessive. The Information
Commissioner***s own guidance on vexatious requests states ***there is a
risk that some individuals and some organisations may seek to abuse these
new rights with requests which are manifestly unreasonable. Such cases
may well arise in connection with a grievance or complaint which an
individual is pursuing against an authority. While giving maximum support
to individuals genuinely seeking to exercise the right to know, the
Commissioner***s general approach will be sympathetic towards authorities
where a request, which may be the latest in a series of requests, would
impose a significant burden and can otherwise be characterised as
obsessive or manifestly unreasonable.***

The Information Commissioner has also stated that using FOI to re-open
long running disputes, such as yours with Northumbria Police and the RSPB,
is clearly inappropriate and the examination of the previous history of
the applicant and their requests to public authorities is also very
relevant to making an individual vexatious.

You were initially informed that you were being classed as vexatious 22
June 2007. Subsequently you have made numerous further requests and upon
review of requests from other parties that are identical to yours, it
would appear that you are also acting in concert with other parties.

The requests you have made serve no public interest and a Freedom of
Information request is not the appropriate arena within which to air your
grievance against either Northumbria Police or the RSPB.

These continued requests for specific details of investigations lack any
serious purpose or value and these requests can fairly be seen as
obsessive.

This concludes my internal review into your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of this
review then it remains open to you to refer this matter to the Information
Commissioner at the following address:

The Information Commissioner***s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Superintendent Mike Jones

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE

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confidential and intended only for the attention of the named organisation
or individual to whom it is addressed. The message may contain
information that is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. No
mistake in transmission is intended to waive or compromise any such
privilege. This message has been sent over public networks and the sender
cannot be held responsible for its integrity.

If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the information
contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to the provisions
of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the Data Protection
Act, 1998.

Any views expressed are those of the sender and, unless specifically
stated, do not necessarily represent the view of Northumbria Police.

We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage sustained as a
result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to carry out such
virus checking as is necessary.

If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by
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Dear Mr Canning,

Thank you for your e-mails received this morning, the contents of these
have been noted.

Should you wish to make a complaint about Northumbria Police, a Freedom of
Information request is the wrong route to follow to which to raise such a
complaint. A complaint can be made via telephone (03456 043 043) or via
the on-line form available via this link - ( [1]complaint form ).

Please note the reference number you have used refers to a request that
has been fully responded to by Northumbria Police. We understand that this
particular request is currently under review with the Information
Commissioner's Office. Should you have a new, valid Freedom of Information
Request (considering our previous responses regarding birds of prey and
operation sea-hare) can you please submit this as a new separate request.

Yours sincerely

Michael Cleugh
Data Protection & Disclosure Manager

From: "Derek Canning LLB [HONS]"
<[FOI #10747 email]> on 08/02/2010 11:02

To: FOI requests at Northumbria Police
<[Northumbria Police request email]>
cc:
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - THE
COSTING ON THE PUBLIC PURSE DUE TO OPERATION SEA HARE AND BOGUS
INFORMATION

Dear Northumbria Police,

The public want to know how much tax payers' money has been wasted
on 'Operation Sea Hare' and on be half of Mark Robb, John
Dodsworth, myself and UK tax payers I want to make an official
complaint in relation to the way the police have been mislead into
following a corrupt hidden agenda.

Further information request:

Has there been a memo or any instructions sent out to the police or
any government bodies not to use the RSPB [Shorrock] including not
to go on Police raids?

Have there been any instructions whether written or verbal to any
government body not to use the RSPB [Shorrock] to control evidence
given the corruption of the past?

Can we have all the information that you hold on the RSPB
[Shorrock] and their corruption?

Yours faithfully,

Derek Canning LLB [HONS]

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