Your rôle as PCC

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Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

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Please respond to the following:

1. Please provide the list of priorities, by type of crime, which your force is instructed to abide by when allocating investigative resource; specifically to include the priorities of social media crime, wildlife crime, domestic terrorism, and breaches of the Hunting Act.

2. I note that breaches of the Hunting Act are not recordable crimes as per the police/Home Office Orange Book. Why is that omission in place, and do you have plans to make hunting crime recordable for your force to deliver open, transparent and fair policing?

3. Are there any Operations running in your force or as a cross-border collaboration with other forces which target hunt saboteurs?

4. Are there, or have there ever been, any Operations running or about to run in your force or as a cross-border collaboration with other forces which focus in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

5. Are there, or have there ever been, any discussions between you and/or your office/staff with any other police force/government agency/political party/the Home Office and/or members of the current Conservative government which focus(ed) in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

6. Are there, or have there ever been, any discussions between you and/or your office/staff with the Countryside Alliance and/or Vote OK (https://www.vote-ok.co.uk) which focus(ed) in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

S Rhosier

Lincolnshire-PCC, Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

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King, John, Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST 30/19

Thank you for your email of 9 November 2019 and my apologies for the delay in providing my response. I note that you are requesting the following information:

1. Please provide the list of priorities, by type of crime, which your force is instructed to abide by when allocating investigative resource; specifically to include the priorities of social media crime, wildlife crime, domestic terrorism, and breaches of the Hunting Act.

2. I note that breaches of the Hunting Act are not recordable crimes as per the police/Home Office Orange Book. Why is that omission in place, and do you have plans to make hunting crime recordable for your force to deliver open, transparent and fair policing?

3. Are there any Operations running in your force or as a cross-border collaboration with other forces which target hunt saboteurs?

4. Are there, or have there ever been, any Operations running or about to run in your force or as a cross-border collaboration with other forces which focus in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

5. Are there, or have there ever been, any discussions between you and/or your office/staff with any other police force/government agency/political party/the Home Office and/or members of the current Conservative government which focus(ed) in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

6. Are there, or have there ever been, any discussions between you and/or your office/staff with the Countryside Alliance and/or Vote OK (https://www.vote-ok.co.uk) which focus(ed) in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

I can confirm that the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner holds no recorded information is respect of requests (1), (2), (3) and (4) above. However I propose transferring the requests to Lincolnshire Police as that organisation may hold the requested information either in part or in full. Alternatively, you may wish to submit your request directly to the Lincolnshire Police. Contact details are provided below for your convenience:

Force Data Protection Officer
Lincolnshire Police
PO Box 999
Lincoln
LN5 7PH

Or by email to: [email address]

If I do not receive your consent to transfer requests (1), (2), (3) and (4) to Lincolnshire Police by 19 December 2019, I will assume you no longer wish to proceed those requests with this office and will treat them as withdrawn.

Please find below our response to requests (5) and (6) above:

(5) No.
(6) No.

Your attention is drawn to the attachment, which details your right of complaint.

Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write or contact me quoting reference number 30/19.

Regards,

John King
Corporate Administration Officer

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
Deepdale Lane, Nettleham, Lincolnshire LN2 2LT
Tel: 01522 947227
www.lincolnshire-pcc.gov.uk

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King, John

Thank you for your response.

Please transfer the remainder of my questions to Lincolnshire police.

S Rhosier

King, John

Please confirm the transfer of this request.

S Rhosier

King, John, Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

I will be away from the office until 6 January 2020.  If you have an
urgent message please contact the main office on 01522 947227 or email
lincolnshire-pcc.gov.uk

 

Thank you.

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King, John, Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST 30/19

Thank you for your email of 23 December 2019. I can confirm that information request 30/19 (items 1 to 4) was transferred to Lincolnshire Police on 12 December 2019.

Regards,

John King
Corporate Administration Officer

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
Deepdale Lane, Nettleham, Lincolnshire LN2 2LT
Tel: 01522 947227
www.lincolnshire-pcc.gov.uk

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Palphramand, Neil, Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

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Dear S Rhosier,

 

Please find attached your FOI response.

 

Regards

 

Data Protection Disclosure/Research Officer,

Information Management Unit

Lincolnshire Police

PO Box 999

LN5 7PH

 

[1]www.lincs.police.uk

 

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