Misusing police resources (and position) to harass/stitch-up members of the public
Dear Hampshire Constabulary,
1) What measures are in place to prevent officers abusing their position by committing police resources to harass/stitch-up etc., members of the public who have got on the wrong side of officers serving with Hampshire Constabulary, for example, by exposing corruption/misconduct?
2) What position of seniority would an officer serving with Hampshire Constabulary need to hold for it to be feasible for him/her to be successful in carrying out this kind of abuse?
Yours faithfully,
H J Wilson
Dear H Wilson
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HC/01529/17
The following request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
was received by the Public Access office at Hampshire Constabulary on the
date listed above:
1) What measures are in place to prevent officers abusing their position
by committing police resources to harass/stitch-up etc., members of the
public who have got on the wrong side of officers serving with Hampshire
Constabulary, for example, by exposing corruption/misconduct?
2) What position of seniority would an officer serving with Hampshire
Constabulary need to hold for it to be feasible for him/her to be
successful in carrying out this kind of abuse?
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Dear H J Wilson
Thank you for your below FOI request.
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also linked to the general principle of FOI in relation to decisions on
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evidence that “H J Wilson” is in fact your real name. This can be posted
to the address below or emailed directly to us.
As such, we will place your request on hold pending this information.
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Andy Stevenson | Public Access Officer
Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames Valley
Police
Telephone 02380-479580| Internal 463-1758 |Mottisfont Court, Tower Street,
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8ZD
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From: H J Wilson <[FOI #415238 email]>
Sent: 30 June 2017 08:13
To: FOI Mailbox
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Misusing police
resources (and position) to
harass/stitch-up members of the public
Dear Hampshire Constabulary,
1) What measures are in place to prevent officers abusing their position
by committing police resources
to harass/stitch-up etc., members of the public who have got on the wrong
side of officers serving with
Hampshire Constabulary, for example, by exposing corruption/misconduct?
2) What position of seniority would an officer serving with Hampshire
Constabulary need to hold for it to
be feasible for him/her to be successful in carrying out this kind of
abuse?
Yours faithfully,
H J Wilson
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Dear Aitch
Thank you for you further email.
If you can provide formal evidence that Aitch J Wilson is your real name in the form of a passport or driving licence we will be more than happy to proceed with your FOI request.
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Andy Stevenson | Public Access Officer
Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames Valley Police
Telephone 02380-479580| Internal 463-1758 |Mottisfont Court, Tower Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8ZD
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dennis fallon left an annotation ()
H.J, They have judged you `Guilty`of the offence of providing false information without explaining the grounds for their suspicions.You are supposed,in theory,to be innocent until proved guilty, but they have something to hide and,ultimately, you will not learn anything because they will say ìnformation not held`or one of their usual excuses.Ask them to clarify, maybe, where section 8 requires you to provide proof of identity, as it could easily be interpreted as simply provide a name to collate with a particular request.BTW,Hampshire police are part of the money processing schemes, for CRB checks etc, set up by ACPO so they are bound to be defensive about information leakage.