Cllr Ann O’Byrne, ex-Deputy Police & PHD1 Chinatown Liverpool
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We have reproduced the elements of the request and response we are prepared to publish below:
Re: Freedom of Information Request - Our Ref: 2020-10
Request 1:
Please supply the reason why Cllr Ann O’Byrne, ex-Deputy Police Commissioner left this position as (DPCC) was it before [unnecessary material removed] June 18, 2015, [unnecessary material removed]
Response 1:
1. Cllr Ann O’Byrne was Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner between
May 19th, 2014 and June 18th, 2015
In response to reason why Cllr Ann O’Byrne left the position, I must advise that this information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40 (2)(a) of the FOI Act 2000, as it constitutes personal data.
Request 2 :
At the time Ann O’Byrne was acting as the Deputy Police
Commissioner, she was also involved with [names removed], did she not do or run a full background check into [names removed]
Response 2:
2. I am sorry, but the information you have requested is not held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. Therefore my response is“No information held”.
Request 3:
Did Ann O’Byrne not inform the police of her other private dealing with [names and project details removed]
Response 3:
3. I am sorry, but the information you have requested is not held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, as it relates to operational policing matters which are under the control of the Chief Constable.
The correct authority to contact with your request is Merseyside Police and you may wish to email them directly. The email address for their FOI team is: [1][email address]
Request 4:
Will our Merseyside police please supply the reason she left her role and why, along with the date?
Response 4:
4. I am sorry, but the information you have requested is not held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, as it relates to operational policing matters which are under the control of the Chief Constable. The correct authority to contact with your request is Merseyside Police and you may wish to email them directly. The email address for their FOI team is: [2][email address]
Further Request: Did Ann O’Byrne while being (DPC) register all her interests
Further Response:
Details of Cllr Ann O’Byrne’s declaration of interest for 2014 and 2015 can be found on our website:
[3]https://www.merseysidepcc.info/home/abou...
As this information is reasonably accessible to the requester via other means, we are applying a Section 21 exemption under the FOI Act. This provides an absolute exemption. This means that if the requested information is held by the public authority and is reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means (i.e. it is already published in the
public domain), it is not subject to a public interest test.
Request: 5
Did Jane Kennedy help make the decision to appointment Cllr Ann O'Byrne into her new role with the police and did Jane Kennedy know of Ann O’Byrne’s relationship with the above company and persons.
Response to request 5:
5. Information about the appointment of Cllr Ann O’Byrne, including the Rationale Report behind the decision to appoint a Deputy PCC, is publically available here:
https://www.merseysidepcc.info/home/abou...
The response was accompanied by the following signature:
Caitlin Holmes
Private Secretary
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside
Wavertree Police Station | Wavertree Road| Liverpool | L7 1RJ
0151 777 5160 |[5]www.merseysidepcc.info| Twitter: @MerseysidePCC
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