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Dear E. Martyn

Thank you for your request for information which has been logged today.

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt.

If you no longer require the information, please inform us at your earliest convenience.

Kind regards
Emily Dawson
Disclosure Officer
Information Management
Digital Policing
West Yorkshire Police, Admin 4, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS
Telephone: 01924 296006

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Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your request for information received by West Yorkshire
Police on 11/11/2020.

You requested the following information:

I would be grateful if you could please provide me with the following
information, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In your area...

1. How many arrests were made at BLM protests for all alleged crimes
between 1st January 2020 and 1st November 2020?  

2. Of these arrests, how many were made under the Coronavirus Act 2020
legislation? 

3. Of those arrested, how many were first-time offenders?  

4. How many charges have been brought against those arrested at BLM
protests for all alleged crimes between 1st January 2020 and 1st November
2020? 

5. Of these charges, how many were made under the Coronavirus Act 2020? 

6. Of those charged, how many were first-time offenders? 

7. How many police officers were injured as a result of BLM protests?

8. How many protesters were injured as a result of BLM protests?

For all of the above questions, please break these figures down by age,
race, gender, alleged crime and month.

 Section 17 of the Act provides:

(1) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information,
is to any extent relying on a claim that information is exempt information
must, within the time for complying with Section 1(1), give the applicant
a notice which:-

(a) states the fact,

(b) specifies the exemption in question, and

(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption
applies.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 obliges us to respond to requests
promptly and in any case no later than 20 working days after receiving
your request. We must consider firstly whether we can comply with S1(1)(a)
of the Act, which is our duty to confirm whether or not the information
requested is held and secondly we must comply with S1(1)(b), which is the
provision of such information. However, when a qualified exemption applies
either to the confirmation or denial or the information provision and the
public interest test is engaged, the Act allows the time for response to
be longer than 20 working days, if the balance of such public interest is
undetermined.

In this case, we have not yet reached a decision on where the balance of
the public interest lies in respect of either of the above obligations. We
estimate that it will take an additional 20 working days to take a
decision on where this balance lies by virtue of Section 30.

I would like to apologise in advance for the delay in responding to your
request. Please be assured that we will endeavour to send a response out
to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Rebecca Fawcett

Disclosure Officer

Information Management

Digital Policing

West Yorkshire Police, PO Box 9, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS

Telephone: 01924 296006

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Good afternoon

Please see the attached document in relation to your request.

Kind regards

Gemma Burton

Disclosure Officer

Information Management

Digital Policing

West Yorkshire Police, PO Box 9, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QS

Telephone: 01924 296006

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This email transmission may contain confidential or legally privileged
information and is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the
intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or
reliance upon the contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is
strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this in
error, please use the reply function to notify us immediately and
permanently delete the email and any attachment(s) from your computer or
electronic device. West Yorkshire Police reserves the rights to routinely
monitor incoming and outgoing e-mail messages and cannot accept liability
or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content and, as
internet communications should not be considered as secure, for changes
made to this message after it was sent. Any views or opinions expressed in
this message may not be those of the West Yorkshire Police. This email was
scanned for viruses by the West Yorkshire Polices' anti-virus services and
on leaving the Force was found to be virus and malware free. You must take
full responsibility for any subsequent virus or malware checking.

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