All Officer collar numbers
Mr Hussain made this Rhyddid Gwybodaeth request to West Yorkshire Police
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Dear West Yorkshire Police,
Q1. I would like to request the collar number of all West Yorkshire Police (WYP) Officers, broken down into either active or inactive Officers, where an inactive collar number is of Officers who may have left the force or the collar number is no longer used for other reasons.
Q2. For each collar number I would like to know the date the collar number became active and the date it was deactivated.
Q3. For each collar number I would like know how many officers have been allocated the same collar number over time or confirmation that once a collar number has been issued to an officer it is never reused and reactivated later through reassignment.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Hussain
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Mr. Hussain,
Thank you for your request for information which has been logged today.
Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt. In some circumstances West Yorkshire Police may be unable to achieve this deadline
If you no longer require the information, please inform us at your earliest convenience.
Kind regards
Emily Dawson
Disclosure Officer
Information Management
Digital Policing
West Yorkshire Police, Admin 4, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS
Telephone: 01924 296006
Dear West Yorkshire Police,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of West Yorkshire Police's handling of my FOI request 'All Officer collar numbers'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...
Yours faithfully,
Mr Hussain
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Mr. Hussain,
Thank you for your request for an internal review which has been logged today.
Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, resources might have to be diverted away from business as usual, and there may be a need to prioritise other areas of work across the organisation. We ask for your understanding if delays are experienced whilst we are dealing with your requests. Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances delays may be unavoidable. We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to process your request as quickly as is practicable.
The ICO have made a related statement, which can be accessed here:
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If you no longer require the information, please inform us at your earliest convenience.
Kind regards
Emily Dawson
Disclosure Officer
Information Management
Digital Policing
West Yorkshire Police, Admin 4, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS
Telephone: 01924 296006
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Mr. Hussain,
Please see the attached document in relation to your internal review.
Kind regards
Emily Dawson
Disclosure Officer
Information Management
Digital Policing
West Yorkshire Police, Admin 4, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS
Telephone: 01924 296006
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Good morning
Please see the attached documents in relation to your request.
Please accept our apologies for the delay.
Kind regards
Gemma Burton
Disclosure Officer
Information Management
Digital Policing
West Yorkshire Police, Admin 4, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS
Telephone: 01924 296006
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intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or
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error, please use the reply function to notify us immediately and
permanently delete the email and any attachment(s) from your computer or
electronic device. West Yorkshire Police reserves the rights to routinely
monitor incoming and outgoing e-mail messages and cannot accept liability
or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content and, as
internet communications should not be considered as secure, for changes
made to this message after it was sent. Any views or opinions expressed in
this message may not be those of the West Yorkshire Police. This email was
scanned for viruses by the West Yorkshire Polices' anti-virus services and
on leaving the Force was found to be virus and malware free. You must take
full responsibility for any subsequent virus or malware checking.
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Dear WYP,
In response to my Question 2:
"Q2. For each collar number I would like to know the date the collar number became active and the date it was deactivated."
your response has been :
"West Yorkshire Police is unable to provide you with dates of activation or deactivation as this information is exempt by virtue of Section 40(2) Personal information. Please see Appendix A for the full legislative explanation".
I presume you are referring to this section of the legislation :
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/201...
Namely :
"40 The sixth data protection principle
The sixth data protection principle is that personal data processed for any of the law enforcement purposes must be so processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, using appropriate technical or organisational measures (and, in this principle, “appropriate security” includes protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage)."
Please can explain how exactly you have interpreted the legislation and have concluded that a collar number along with an activation and deactivation dates constitute personal data? How exactly does this pieces of data help identify a natural persona for it to be constituted as personal data and therefore exempt under the referenced section in legislation?
Yours sincerely,
Mr Hussain
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Hussain,
Thank you for your request for an internalreview which has been logged today.
Kind regards
Emily Dawson
Disclosure Officer
Information Management
Digital Policing
West Yorkshire Police, Admin 4, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS
Telephone: 01924 296006
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Hussain,
Please see the attached document in relation to your internal review.
Kind regards
Emily Dawson
Disclosure Officer
Information Management
Digital Policing
West Yorkshire Police, Admin 4, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS
Telephone: 01924 296006
[1]IM-Web-head
Read about the West Yorkshire Police Positive Action Recruitment Campaign
- click to find out more:
http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/recru...
This email transmission may contain confidential or legally privileged
information and is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the
intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or
reliance upon the contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is
strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this in
error, please use the reply function to notify us immediately and
permanently delete the email and any attachment(s) from your computer or
electronic device. West Yorkshire Police reserves the rights to routinely
monitor incoming and outgoing e-mail messages and cannot accept liability
or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content and, as
internet communications should not be considered as secure, for changes
made to this message after it was sent. Any views or opinions expressed in
this message may not be those of the West Yorkshire Police. This email was
scanned for viruses by the West Yorkshire Polices' anti-virus services and
on leaving the Force was found to be virus and malware free. You must take
full responsibility for any subsequent virus or malware checking.
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