Video ID Statistics

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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
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Harvey [mailto:[FOI #18638 email]]
Sent: 29 September 2009 14:56
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Video ID Statistics

Sirs

We are currently researching the use and effectiveness of video ID
systems across police forces in the UK.

Under the Freedom of Information Act would you be kind enough to
supply answers to four questions regarding this.

Does your force use video ID?

If so which system is used i.e. Viper, Promat or other?

How many video ID parades did your force conduct during 2008?

What was the approximate cost of those parades?

I appreciate that figures for the last question may not be easy to
separate in which case an approximate figure would be acceptable.

Yours sincerely

Paul Harvey

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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:

We are currently researching the use and effectiveness of video ID systems across police forces in the UK.

Under the Freedom of Information Act would you be kind enough to supply answers to four questions regarding this.

1. Does your force use video ID?
Yes
2. If so which system is used i.e. Viper, Promat or other?
Both Viper and Promat
3. How many video ID parades did your force conduct during 2008?
This information is not held centrally and to retrieve the information requested would require a manual search of records held in each of Essex Police's 6 Divisions, a process which would exceed the time / cost constraints of FOI.

For the purposes of section 17 (5) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) this response serves as a formal notification of refusal of your request on the basis that Essex Police does not hold, for the purposes of FOIA, the specific data in a readily accessible format. That is to say, this data is not extractable from a central database or held in a spreadsheet. To ascertain whether this information is held would entail a manual search of Essex Police records; a process which would be likely to exceed the appropriate limit (as mentioned at section 12 of the FOIA) in terms of cost/time (£450 or the equivalent in time of 18 hours).

Having said that, and in an effort to assist I have spoken to Essex Police's Custody Manager who estimates the figure to be approximately 3,500 ID parades.

4. What was the approximate cost of those parades?
I appreciate that figures for the last question may not be easy to separate in which case an approximate figure would be acceptable.

This information is not held centrally and to retrieve the information requested would require a manual search of records held in each of Essex Police's 6 Divisions, a process which would exceed the time / cost constraints of FOI.

For the purposes of section 17 (5) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) this response serves as a formal notification of refusal of your request on the basis that Essex Police does not hold, for the purposes of FOIA, the specific data in a readily accessible format. That is to say, this data is not extractable from a central database or held in a spreadsheet. To ascertain whether this information is held would entail a manual search of Essex Police records; a process which would be likely to exceed the appropriate limit (as mentioned at section 12 of the FOIA) in terms of cost/time (£450 or the equivalent in time of 18 hours).

The involve both cost per parade as charged by Viper and man hours involved. There could be a number of witness viewings per case so the overall cost would vary. The information needed to ascertain this is not readily available, some is lodged with division but the overall costs involved the hours spent by staff and this is not recorded. Therefore it would be inappropriate to estimate a figure.

I am sorry that we have been unable to answer your enquiry in more detail.

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 : <mailto:[email address]> [email address]
For FOI requests : <mailto:[Essex Police request email]> [Essex Police request email]
For Data Protection: <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
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Grayton On Behalf Of FOI
Sent: 30 September 2009 09:56
To: 'Paul Harvey'
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request our ref.2407 - Video ID Statistics [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 : [email address]
For FOI requests : [Essex Police request email]
For Data Protection: [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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