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Dear Northumbria Police,

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

1a. How many people were arrested at protests under Breach of the Peace during the time period 1st June 2019 to 30th September 2019?
1b. Of those arrests, how many people were charged?

2a. How many people were arrested at protests under Breach of the Peace during the time period 1st June 2020 to 30th September 2020?
2b. Of those arrests, how many people were charged?
2c. Of those arrests, how many people are still released under investigation?

For all the above questions, please disaggregate by age, race and gender (if available).

Yours faithfully,

J Thomas

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Northumbria Police

Thank you for your email below.

 

It is noted that your request is substantially similar to other requests
submitted by other individuals on the Whatdotheyknow website.

 

Whilst in the spirit of the Act we endeavour to respond to requests
fairly, we also expect those making such requests to submit them in
accordance with the legislation and not abuse these rights by using
pseudonyms or working in concert with others.

Therefore in processing your request, and to ensure its validity , it is
necessary for Northumbria Police to seek proof from you of your real name
to ensure compliance with Section 8 of the Act.  As the website you use is
open to the public you may wish to contact Northumbria Police FOI team
directly via the email address that this email is from.  Please also ensue
that you quote the reference number supplied in the subject line of this
email.

 

I appreciate your assistance in this matter and advise that your request
is on hold until the required evidence of your real name is received.

Regards

FOI Team

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Dear Northumbria Police,

I have already tried to contact the Northumbria Police FOI department directly with my ID. Can you please let me know the correct email address to send it you. The email address that you are sending your replies from is not visible to me.

Yours sincerely,

J Thomas

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Northumbria Police

Thank you for the below. If you could forward your ID directly to the following email address it would be much appreciated:
[email address]

Kind regards

FOI Team

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Dear Freedom of Information Mailbox,

Unfortunately I am still unable to see the email address that has been inserted. The only email address I can find is *enquiries(at)northumbria-pcc.gov.uk* which I was informed is for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and not for Northumbria Police.

Yours sincerely,

J Thomas

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Northumbria Police

It appears that the website you are sending from does not show such information.

The Northumbria Police website has the relevant address to which you should send.
A simple search for Freedom of Information will take you to the relevant page where our mailbox details can be found.

Regards

FOI team

www.northumbria.police.uk

'Northumbria Police will be outstanding in the service we provide'

'We will do this through protecting the Vulnerable, delivering quality Investigations and applying Problem solving to everything we do to protect the communities we serve.'

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Freedom of Information Mailbox, Northumbria Police

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

 

Thank you for your email received on 20 November in which you provide ID
in order to make a valid request for information that Northumbria Police
may hold in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

We are in the process of dealing with your request and a response should
be provided to you by 18 December 2020 which is in accordance with the
legislation.

 

Please note that your two requests, submitted via the following
whatdotheyknow reference number’s, have been aggregated with regards to
time constraints under the Act, as they refer to the same subject area –
arrests at protests:

J Thomas [1][FOI #706768 email]

J Thomas [2][email address]

 

As such we will only be providing a response to the following email
address: J Thomas [3][FOI #706768 email].  No
further correspondence will sent to the following email address: J Thomas
[4][email address].

 

Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within
statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances delays may be
unavoidable.  We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to
process your request as quickly as is practicable.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Management Unit

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Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

 

Thank you for your email dated 20 November in which you provide ID in
order to make a valid request for access to certain information which may
be held by Northumbria Police.

 

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority
(including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

 

You asked:

 

1a. How many people were arrested at protests under Breach of the Peace
during the time period 1st June 2019 to 30th September 2019?

1b. Of those arrests, how many people were charged?

 

2a. How many people were arrested at protests under Breach of the Peace
during the time period 1st June 2020 to 30th September 2020?

2b. Of those arrests, how many people were charged?

2c. Of those arrests, how many people are still released under
investigation?

 

3a. How many people were arrested at protests under the Coronavirus Act
2020 during the time period 1st June 2020 to 30th September 2020?

3b. Of those arrests, how many people were charged?

3c. Of those arrests, how many people are still released under
investigation?

 

For all the above questions, please disaggregate by age, race and gender
(if available).

 

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I
provide a response for your attention.

 

As you are aware, this request has been aggregated due to time/cost
considerations with those submitted by your colleagues on the same subject
matter.  That request was refused under Section 12 due to cost/time,
however rather than refuse this request also we have provided the
information as a matter of goodwill.

 

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the
Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police.  I can confirm
that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

 

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

 

The following caveats should be noted with regards to the data supplied
below:

·       This search has partially been carried out via free-text searches
for the following terms:- Protest, demo, march, procession, assembly.

·       These have been determined based on HO codes as well as the
initial applicant request.

·       Terms related to force operations around protests have also been
included.

·       Categories wherein there have been no arrests have not been
included in the tables above.

·       This data is accurate as of 27/11/2020.

·       There were no arrests found for the 2019 period requested.

 

We have not been able to identify any arrests at protests during the time
period of 01/01/2019 to 30/09/2019.

 

2020 Arrests Total Male Female White 20-29 50-59 70-79
Breach of the Peace 3 3 0 3 1 2 0
Covid Regulations 5 4 1 5 1 3 1
2020 Charges Total Male Female White 20-29 50-59 70-79
Breach of the Peace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Covid Regulations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Under Investigation Total Male Female White 20-29 50-59 70-79
Breach of the Peace 2 2 0 2 0 2 0
Covid Regulations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a
specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an
indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another.
Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the
procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses
between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative
purposes.

 

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual
property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be
strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as
amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not
re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

 

You may be interested to know that Northumbria Police routinely publish
information via the Disclosure Log. The aim of the Disclosure Log is to
promote openness and transparency by voluntarily placing information into
the public arena.

 

The Disclosure Log contains copies of some of the information that has
been disclosed by Northumbria Police in response to requests made under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Whilst it is not possible to publish all responses we will endeavour to
publish those where we feel that the information disclosed is in the wider
public interest.

 

The Disclosure Log will be updated once responses have been sent to the
requester.

 

I have provided the relevant link below.

 

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How to complain

 

If you are unhappy with our decision or do not consider that we have
handled your request properly and we are unable to resolve this issue
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If you are still unhappy after we have investigated your complaint and
reported to you the outcome, you may complain directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office and request that they investigate to ascertain
whether we have dealt with your request in accordance with the Act.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Michael Cleugh

Data Protection and Disclosure Advisor

 

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'Northumbria Police will be outstanding in the service we provide'

'We will do this through protecting the Vulnerable, delivering quality
Investigations and applying Problem solving to everything we do to protect
the communities we serve.'

 

 

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information
contained in this message and any attachment(s) is confidential and
intended only for the attention of the named organisation or individual to
whom it is addressed. The message may contain information that is covered
by legal, professional or other privilege. No mistake in transmission is
intended to waive or compromise any such privilege. This message has been
sent over public networks and the sender cannot be held responsible for
its integrity. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any
disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the
information contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to
the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the
Data Protection Act, 2018. Any views expressed are those of the sender
and, unless specifically stated, do not necessarily represent the view of
Northumbria Police. We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage
sustained as a result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to
carry out such virus checking as is necessary. If you have received this
message in error, please notify the sender by e-mail at once and delete
the message immediately. For more information about Northumbria Police
please visit our website - http://www.northumbria.police.uk

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