Child Exploitation
Dear Merseyside Police,
With the recent Govt drive in tackling online child pornoraphy, the former Chief Executive of CEOP, Jim Gamble, states that the Govt's efforts will prove to be fruitless and that the police should be focusing actually identifying the children contained in the images and the actual offenders in the images. Below is a link to Jim's blog. Jim says "The government must invest to save. In my opinion we are not even getting the first principals right, how many people are working today, Sunday 21st July, to identify, locate and rescue the real children trapped in these images? I would guess the answer is none or at best a handful."
As part of academic research, I'd like to know How many either full-time or part-time staff does your force have who review child pornography to try and identify the children contained in them? I don't wish to know how many investigators you have investigating those who have the images or those CSI who look at the computers but I'm looking for the total number of staff you have dedicated solely to identifying the children. If you do have someone who does this how many children were identified during the financial year 2012:2013?
This information is required as part of an academic project for my undergraduate degree.
Yours faithfully,
Sandra LaVilla
Dear Ms LaVilla
Reference No: SM176/13
Thank you for your application for information concerning
As part of academic research, I'd like to know How many either full-time
or part-time staff does your force have who review child pornography to
try and identify the children contained in them? I don't wish to know how
many investigators you have investigating those who have the images or
those CSI who look at the computers but I'm looking for the total number
of staff you have dedicated solely to identifying the children. If you do
have someone who does this how many children were identified during the
financial year 2012:2013?
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Dear Ms Lavilla
Response Letter - FOI Application SM176/13 (please quote in all
correspondence)
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by Merseyside Police on 26/07/13 I note that you seek access to the
following information:
As part of academic research, I'd like to know How many either full-time
or part-time staff does your force have who review child pornography to
try and identify the children contained in them? I don't wish to know how
many investigators you have investigating those who have the images or
those CSI who look at the computers but I'm looking for the total number
of staff you have dedicated solely to identifying the children. If you do
have someone who does this how many children were identified during the
financial year 2012:2013?
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within
Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request. I can
confirm that the information that you requested is held by Merseyside
Police.
To locate the information relevant to your request, searches were
conducted in the Force Crime Operations Unit
The searches located the records relevant to your request.
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you. Please
find attached my full Response Table.
(See attached file: ResponseTable SM176.13.doc)(See attached file: SM
176-13 PIT.doc)
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Yours faithfully
Sandra Miller
Disclosure Analyst
Information Bureau
Merseyside Police
PO BOX 59
LIVERPOOL L69 1JD
Tel: 0151 777 7019
Fax: 0151 777 7099
E-mail: [Merseyside Police request email]
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