Statistics On Unmarked Police Cars

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Hello,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:

Please can you provide a list of vehicles which are currently used as unmarked police vehicles?

Where possible, please provide the list in the format of manufacturer, generic model name and number of unmarked police vehicles.

For Example:

Manufacturer: Vauxhall
General Model: Astra
Number Of Unmarked Vehicles: 200

Please provide the information in the form of an excel spreadsheet where possible.

If it is not possible to provide all the information requested, please provide as much as available.

If it is not possible to provide any of the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

Kind regards,

Lee Coates

Freedom of Information, Cleveland Police

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Freedom of Information, Cleveland Police

Enquiry ref: 12253-20

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry received by this office on 25th September.

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Mrs M Johnson
Freedom of Information Decision Maker
Department of Standard & Ethics | 1 Cliffland Way | Hemlington | TS8 9GL

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Freedom of Information, Cleveland Police

Dear Mr Coates,

Enquiry Ref: 12253/2020

I write in connection with your request for information dated 25th September 2020 and received by this office on that date. Below are the questions raised in your request and our response.

Please can you provide a list of vehicles which are currently used as unmarked police vehicles?
Where possible, please provide the list in the format of manufacturer, generic model name and number of unmarked police vehicles.
a) We have made enquiries within the force and can advise you that we have:
Skoda Octavia – 5
Peugeot 308 – 11
Peugeot 208 – 66
Ford Transit van – 5
Peugeot Expert – 1
Vauxhall Corsa – 7
Peugeot Partner – 5
In addition for any other information Cleveland Police would also rely upon the following;

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1) (a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Section 1(1) (b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are relied upon, Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act requires that I provide the applicant with a notice which: a) states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) state (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 31(1) (a) & (b) Law Enforcement and
Section 31 is a prejudiced based qualified exemption and there is a requirement for us to evidence harm in confirming or denying whether information is held and also to consider the public interest.

Factors favouring Disclosure:
The Police Service is charged with enforcing the law, preventing and detecting crime and protecting the communities we serve and there is a public interest in the transparency of policing operations to ensure investigations, enquiries, etc. are dealt with appropriately.

Factors favouring Non-Disclosure:
The Police Service will never disclose information which could identify investigative activity and therefore undermine their investigations or policing in general. To do so would hinder the prevention or detection of crime.

Balancing Test:
Irrespective of whether information is or isn’t held, public safety and the ability to deliver effective law enforcement is of paramount importance to the Police Service. As much as there is public interest in knowing that policing tools and/or activity is appropriate and balanced in matters of investigative matters and this will only be overridden in exceptional circumstances as confirmation could undoubtedly compromise law enforcement. It is our opinion, therefore, that for these issues the balancing test for disclosure is not made out.

No inference can be taken from this refusal that the information you have requested does or does not exist.
Please note any statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.

The Cleveland Police response to your request is unique and it should be noted that Police Forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures to capture and record data therefore responses from Cleveland Police should not be used as a comparison with any other force response you receive.

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The APP College of Policing guidance states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced.

We have made every effort to ensure a response was provided within statutory deadlines, however due to current circumstances delays have been unavoidable. If your response was late we apologise for any inconvenience it may have caused. If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact this office.

Yours sincerely,

Ms E McGuigan
Freedom of Information Decision Maker
Directorate of Standards and Ethics
Cleveland Community Safety Hub | 1 Cliffland Way | Hemlington | TS8 9GL
E-mail: [email address]

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