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Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

Regarding an email quoted below between a member of the public and hounslow council in respect of case reference : 1145/21JAN21

" The dogs were seized in relation to the alleged offences relating to Section 5 of the Animal Welfare Act and taken into the care of Animal Protection Services who are investigating that alleged offence. "

"The dogs were seized by the Metropolitan Police and transferred into the care of Animal Protection Services. "
"The dogs never physically moved into our kennels at Hounslow, and were transported to an offsite facility arranged by Animal Protection Services. I’m afraid I would not be able to give you the contact details for them, as I don’t in fact know their address."

"I am afraid I would not be of much help therefore, the enquiry has to go to Animal Protection Services. We had worked with them as we would have done with other outside organisations such as the RSPCA etc, but have no links or affiliations to them, so any animals in there care are entirely separate to our own."

It is noted that after 9 months of you investigating all charges have been dropped.

We understand the Met police provided the court warrant that licensed the seizure of these dogs. Was this on the advice and evidence provided by the charity Animal Protection Services(APS)?

What due diligence activities did the police perform regarding APS in order to confirm that APS were a suitable organisation to be contracted to remove the dogs ( property) from the premises? If MPS did no due diligence, why not?

Did the police qualify any evidence provided by doing their own investigation? if not why not?

The above email states APS did the investigation not the police. Why did APS do the investigation?

What due diligence did the Met. police carry out to decide that APS had the relevant experience and skillset and qualifications to do those investigations on the polices behalf?

Does the met. police have a contract with the charity APS?

Why did the Met police choose not use the much more experienced RSPCA to seize these animals?

Why did the police allow the dogs ( property) to be seized and removed by an organisation not recognised as being competent to do this ?

What checks were carried out to ensure the premises where the dogs were removed to were suitable?

If APS were not contracted by the police to remove the dogs ( property) then why did the police and Hounslow council encourage and support this theft ?

Why did the police allow the dogs ( property) to be removed by this org and why have the police not ordered the release and return of the dogs ( property ) to their legal owner?

Why are the police now permitting extortion and blackmail by APS who are demanding fees from the legal owner for the upkeep of dogs seized during this bogus operation.

The owners of these dogs had full paperwork to cover all aspects of ownership INCLUDING the section 5 offences that the police alleged prior to the seizure of their dogs.

Why did the police not check this paperwork prior to going to court for the warrant? Why did they not check the documentation before supporting APS to seize the dogs?

Yours faithfully,

Lisa Oldham

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Good morning Ms Oldham,

Our ref: 01/FOI/21/021881

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Dear Ms Oldham
 
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 01/FOI/21/021881
 
Please see the attached in respect of your Freedom of Information request
referenced above.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Information Rights Unit
 
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Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

This FOI is now overdue and beyond the date promised of 6th January. Please update

Yours faithfully,

Lisa Oldham

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

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II.           Sarah’s Law – Registered sex offender data

III.          Clare’s Law – Domestic violence offender data

IV.         Disclosures for family court proceedings

V.           Publication Scheme and statistics

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Service (MPS) communication systems are monitored to the extent permitted
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Only specified personnel are authorised to conclude binding agreements on
behalf of the MPS by email and no responsibility is accepted for
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email, its security and that of any attachments cannot be guaranteed.

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Dear Ms Oldham
 
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 01/FOI/21/021881
 
Please see the attached in respect of your Freedom of Information request
referenced above.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Deborah Solomon
Information Manager
 
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error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Do not
use, copy or disclose the information contained in this email or in any
attachment without the permission of the sender. Metropolitan Police
Service (MPS) communication systems are monitored to the extent permitted
by law and any email and/or attachments may be read by monitoring staff.
Only specified personnel are authorised to conclude binding agreements on
behalf of the MPS by email and no responsibility is accepted for
unauthorised agreements reached with other personnel. While reasonable
precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this
email, its security and that of any attachments cannot be guaranteed.

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