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Dear Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner,

Please provide me with copies of policies, handbooks and contractual terms for police officers which relate to securinty of confidential data collected by officers in the conduct of their duties. In particular, but without limitation, the arrangements for ensuring that note books, IT records and any other records made by officers are retained by Essex police at the end of an officer's service.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Smith
69 Hemnall Street
Epping
Essex CM16 4LZ

Police Fire and Crime Commissioner Essex, Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

As Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC), I oversee Essex Police and
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service and have responsibility for ensuring
that both services are efficient, effective and fair.

For further information about my role and responsibilities, please follow
the hyperlink below:- www.essex.pcc.police.uk
 
My office will aim to reply to all correspondence within 20 working days,
and will inform you if it is not possible to respond in full within this
period.
 
If your enquiry is about an operational matter for either Essex Police or
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, then it will be passed to the
relevant service for them to respond to you directly. This may affect the
time it takes for you to receive a response.   
 
Any complaints about operational policing including individual police
officers should be referred to Essex Police. Please follow hyperlink
below:-
 
http://www.essex.police.uk/contact_us/co...

Any complaints about abut the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service should
be referred to the service directly. Please follow the hyperlink below:-

http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/contact/Com...

Email: [email address] or call: 0300 303 5555

This email and any other accompanying document(s) contain information from
Kent Police and/or Essex Police, which is confidential or privileged. The
information is intended to be for the exclusive use of the individual(s)
or bodies to whom it is addressed. The content, including any subsequent
replies, could be disclosable if relating to a criminal investigation or
civil proceedings. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that
any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this
information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error,
please notify us immediately by contacting the sender or telephoning Kent
Police on 01622 690690 or Essex Police on 01245 491491, as appropriate.

Police and Crime Commissioner Essex, Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

As Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), I oversee Essex Police and have
responsibility for ensuring that the police force is efficient, effective
and fair.
 
My office will aim to reply to all correspondence within 20 working days,
and will inform you if it is not possible to respond in full within this
period.
 
If your enquiry is about an operational policing matter, then it will be
passed to Essex Police for them to respond to you directly.
 
Any complaints about individual officers should be referred to Essex
Police, Please follow hyperlink below:-
 
http://www.essex.police.uk/contact_us/co...

Roger Hirst | Police and Crime Commissioner | Kelvedon Park, London Road,
Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB  | T: 01245 291600 | Internal: 161600
Email: [email address]
Web: http://www.essex.pcc.police.uk/
Twitter: @EssexPCC
 
Come along to our public meetings, details here:
http://www.essex.pcc.police.uk/events/
 
Get support and information from the new Victims Gateway:
http://www.essexvictimsgateway.org/
This email and any other accompanying document(s) contain information from
Kent Police and/or Essex Police, which is confidential or privileged. The
information is intended to be for the exclusive use of the individual(s)
or bodies to whom it is addressed. The content, including any subsequent
replies, could be disclosable if relating to a criminal investigation or
civil proceedings. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that
any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this
information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error,
please notify us immediately by contacting the sender or telephoning Kent
Police on 01622 690690 or Essex Police on 01245 491491, as appropriate.

Police and Crime Commissioner Essex, Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

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Dear Andrew Smith,

We acknowledge the receipt of your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 1st December 2017, which has been recorded in accordance with our procedures.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner does not hold the information you have requested, but it may be held by Essex Police.

FOI legislation allows for the transfer of FOI requests with the agreement of the applicant but rather than delay your request, and create more work for you in providing that agreement, we have transferred your request in the expectation you will be happy for that transfer to take place in an effort to answer your question(s).

We hope that is in accordance with your wishes but please let us know if you do not wish that transfer to take place.

We hope this is helpful.

Yours sincerely,

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex

Address: Top Floor | Kelvedon Park | Rivenhall | Witham | Essex | CM8 3HB
Tel: 01245 291600
Email: [email address]
Web: http://www.essex.pcc.police.uk
Twitter: @EssexPFCC

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Data FOI Essex, Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

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Thank you for your enquiry, forwarded to us from the Office of the Police,
Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex.  Your FOI request has been logged
under the above reference.

Under the Freedom of Information Act we are required to reply within 20
working days.  The Act does not specify a limit to the number of
information requests a public authority may receive or the number of
requests or questions an applicant may submit.  However, there are
exemptions in the Act that can apply and these include where the cost of
complying with the request would extend beyond the reasonable cost limit,
(currently 18 hours or £450), or if the request is otherwise manifestly
unreasonable in its scope or nature. 

 

Requests that ask a great many questions, or a number of detailed requests
submitted at the same time, may make it necessary for Essex Police to
refuse the requests wholly or in part. The exemption at s14 may be engaged
if the burden on the authority is increased through multiple requests on
differing subjects

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has responsibility for
providing oversight and guidance for the legislation and they have
produced advice for applicants on submitting effective requests.  Further
information can be found on the Commissioner’s website at
[1]www.ico.gov.uk specific information relating to submitting a request
can be found at:
[2]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/offici...

                                                      

While we process your request, please take the time to consider the ICO’s
advice and whether you feel it may be beneficial to amend or refine your
request. Our team is happy to discuss your request with you and will be
able to provide advice as to what kind of information will be available
from Essex Police.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Jessica Casey

Information Officer

Data Protection & Freedom of Information

Information Management

Continuous Improvement

Essex Police Headquarters

External Tel: 101 ext 150030

E-Mail:[email address]

Fax: 01245 452256 (int: 150045)

Non Emergency Telephone Number: 101 

 

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Jessica Casey 42077705, Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

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Thank you for your enquiry, forwarded to us from the Office of the Police,
Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex.  Your FOI request has been logged
under the above reference.

Under the Freedom of Information Act we are required to reply within 20
working days.  The Act does not specify a limit to the number of
information requests a public authority may receive or the number of
requests or questions an applicant may submit.  However, there are
exemptions in the Act that can apply and these include where the cost of
complying with the request would extend beyond the reasonable cost limit,
(currently 18 hours or £450), or if the request is otherwise manifestly
unreasonable in its scope or nature. 

 

Requests that ask a great many questions, or a number of detailed requests
submitted at the same time, may make it necessary for Essex Police to
refuse the requests wholly or in part. The exemption at s14 may be engaged
if the burden on the authority is increased through multiple requests on
differing subjects

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has responsibility for
providing oversight and guidance for the legislation and they have
produced advice for applicants on submitting effective requests.  Further
information can be found on the Commissioner’s website at
[1]www.ico.gov.uk specific information relating to submitting a request
can be found at:
[2]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/offici...

                                                      

While we process your request, please take the time to consider the ICO’s
advice and whether you feel it may be beneficial to amend or refine your
request. Our team is happy to discuss your request with you and will be
able to provide advice as to what kind of information will be available
from Essex Police.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Jessica Casey

Information Officer

Data Protection & Freedom of Information

Information Management

Continuous Improvement

Essex Police Headquarters

External Tel: 101 ext 150030

E-Mail:[email address]

Fax: 01245 452256 (int: 150045)

Non Emergency Telephone Number: 101 

 

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Data FOI Essex, Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

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Dear Mr Smith

 

The Freedom of Information Act provides public access to information held
by public authorities and to promote openness and transparency within
public bodies. With this mind, can we advise that Essex Police currently
has a substantial increase in the number of FOI requests received by the
force and therefore at this point in time are unable to meet the demand to
respond to FOI requests within the legislative deadline of twenty days.

                                  

Upon review of outstanding requests, we notice that we have not responded
to your request. As some time has passed, and we have not heard further
from you, may we assume that the information is no longer required?  We
therefore propose to close the request. This will allow our efforts to
concentrate on more recent FOI submissions.

 

Please note that if you do still require your FOI submission answered,
then please reply to this email and I will make the relevant enquiries and
respond as soon as possible.

                                                         

Please note that various information is already published and you may wish
to review the following links which provide answers to common questions
posed.

 

Professional Standard and Misconduct  -
[1]https://www.essex.police.uk/about-us/mis...

 

Performance Information Hate Crime, Stop and Search , Domestic Abuse,
 Arrest data, Outcomes, Ethnicity, Workforce

[2]https://www.essex.police.uk/getmedia/22b...

 

Victim of Crime Data, Emergency Calls, Youth Offending, Alcohol Drug Abuse
and Mental Health issues, Road Safety Crime Prevention and Finance

[3]http://www.essex.pfcc.police.uk/wp-conte...

 

[4]https://www.essex.police.uk/about-us/pol...

 

Kind Regards

 

Jenny Hillyard

 

FOI department - Information Management | Continuous Improvement

Essex Police HQ
Internal extension 150030
Direct Dial 01245 452647
Essex Police Non emergency Telephone Number (within Essex) 101 (Outside
Essex) 0300 333 4444
Fax: Internal 150045 External 01245 452256
Website: [5]www.essex.police.uk

Information Management, Continuous Improvement, Essex Police Headquarters,
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA

 

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