Policy on investigating crimes committed by police officers

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Jonathan May-Bowles

Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

I am writing to request that you disclose:

1.) Metropolitan police service policy on the investigation of crimes committed by police officers while on duty

and

2.) Where this policy differs from the investigation of crimes committed by members of the public, the statutory justification, if any, for this difference

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan May-Bowles

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Mr May-Bowles

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012010002733
I write in connection with your request for information  which was
received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 19/01/2012.  I note
you seek access to the following information:

 1.) Metropolitan police service policy on the investigation of  crimes
committed by police officers while on duty     and  

 2.) Where this policy differs from the investigation of crimes  committed
by members of the public, the statutory justification, if     any, for
this difference

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
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Jonathan May-Bowles

Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

I note that a response to my FOI request number 2012010002733 is now overdue.

I'm not angry. I'm just disappointed.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan May-Bowles

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Mr May-Bowles

In regard your below email.

After checking this - it looks as if the Information Manager ( Ms Conway) dealing with your request - sent a response to you on the 10th February - I have asked her to resend the response to you.

REF 2012010002733

Regards

Peter Deja
Public Access Office

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Dear Mr May-Bowles

Please find attached a copy of the FOIA response which was issued to you
on 10th May 2012.

<<MayBowlesReply.doc>>

Kind Regards

Carol Conway
DPS-FOIA Team

Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
communities to catch offenders, prevent crime and support victims. We are
here for London, working with you to make our capital safer.

 

Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.

NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system.  To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law.  Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents.  The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

Jonathan May-Bowles left an annotation ()

I was unable to access the (redacted) .pdf files associated with this document. If anyone is able to do so and can point out to me how this can be done I would be grateful - they currently appear in the .doc as macros without an associated link or url, so basically just images with no associated data. Thanks in advance.