Media Appearances of Law Enforcement Agencies
I am writing to request information on media appearances by North Yorkshire Police (and preceding agencies) in a documentary style, such as but not limited to ‘Road Wars’, ‘Police Interceptors’, ‘Brit Cops’ etc, where a camera person(s) is deployed with police officers and are followed throughout their tour of duty. This is for the time period 2003 to present.
I would like to know;
Name of production
Production Company
Policing Unit(s)/Investigation(s)/Operation(s) followed
Status of Unit (active/disbanded/reformed/reorganized)
I would also like to know the current stance on 2021 (ignoring COVID-19) for these types of shows to be filmed with North Yorkshire Police - are they encouraged? If encouraged, are you actively engaged in filming currently, and if so, what production? If not encouraged or banned, is there reasoning behind this, for example a negative experience/portrayal previously?
On a similar line, police forces used to sell dashcam footage as ‘filler’ in these documentary shows, between their own self shot material. Does North Yorkshire Police sell dashcam, or otherwise make them available?
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Civil Disclosure Unit
Dear North Yorkshire Police,
The deadline for this request has now passed.
Please prove an update.
Yours faithfully,
Dan Coelho
Dear North Yorkshire Police,
Please provide an update ASAP, as this is well over the 20 days now and the request is long overdue.
Please do not take the fact that it has not been chased as reason not to action it, I have left a larger period of time as I understand the impact COVID-19 has had on team working, information gathering and collaboration.
I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
Dan Coelho
Good afternoon,
Please see the attached.
Regards,
Sam Allon
Collar Number 3824
Legal Officer (Civil Disclosure) North Yorkshire Police
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