Complaints against GMP

The request was partially successful.

Dear Independent Police Complaints Commission,

Under the FoIA I would like the following information regarding Greater Manchester Police.

1. How many complaints were made to the IPCC about Greater Manchester Police in 2008 and 2009? Please provide a breakdown of what complaints were made (e.g. assault, racial abuse, wrongful arrest, etc.).

2. How many independent investigations were carried out on GMP in 2008 and 2009? Please provide a breakdown of what the complaints were that were investigated.

3. How many of these resulted in complaints being upheld?

4. How many internal investigations into complaints against GMP had to be reviewed by the IPCC? Please provide a breakdown of what complaints were made (e.g. assault, racial abuse, wrongful arrest, etc.).

5. How many of these were upheld? Which cases were these?

Please confirm acknowledgement of this request.

Yours faithfully,

Andy Lockhart

Dear Independent Police Complaints Commission,

Could you please confirm that you received my previous request and are looking into it.

Yours faithfully,

Andy Lockhart

!FOI Requests,

Our Ref : 10012000

28th January 2009

[FOI #27759 email]

Dear Mr Lockhart,

Re: Your request

Thank you for your email dated 24th January 2010 in which you make a
request for
information which I now confirm receipt of.

I would like to inform you that there will be a delay in responding to
your request.
The reason for this delay is because the IPCC has over recent months
seen an increase
in the number of information requests it receives and this has in effect
caused a
delay in responding to requests.

I would like to assure you that your request is being processed and once
a decision
has been finalised you will be contacted. I would like to apologies for
the delay and
hope that this does not cause you any inconvenience.


Yours sincerely

Athena Cass
Freedom of Information Team
Independent Police Complaints Commission

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Dear Independent Police Complaints Commission,

Since the above FoI request is now overdue, having not been dealt with in the statutory 20 days, please advise me when the IPCC will give me my response.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Lockhart

Dear Independent Police Complaints Commission,

Please reply to my email and tell me when my request will be dealt with. It is now a month overdue and I have received no communication from the IPCC to advise me when to expect the information I require, and which should by law have been given to me by 19 February.

Yours faithfully,

Andy Lockhart

Dear Independent Police Complaints Commission,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Independent Police Complaints Commission's handling of my FOI request 'Complaints against GMP'.

It has now been two months since I made my original request and the response is now well overdue. I have received no correspondence since 29 January despite repeated emails asking for updates on the progress of my FoI request.

Whether or not the IPCC is getting many requests at present, it is not acceptable to simply ignore correspondence when the request should have been dealt with by law by 21 February, regardless of circumstances.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours faithfully,

Andy Lockhart

Andy Lockhart

Dear Independent Police Complaints Commission,

Please respond to my requests. I have had no correspondence since 29 January despite several polite reminders, and no acknowledgement of my request for an internal review.

The situation is wholly unacceptable and unlawful, and I will be writing to the Information Commissioner unless I have received the information I require by Friday 21 May.

Yours faithfully,

Andy Lockhart

Phil Johnston,

7 Attachments

<<Lockhart A 1002000 - decision ltr.pdf>> <<A. Lockhart 1002000 - GMP
recorded allegations 0708 0809.pdf>> <<B. Lockhart 1002000 - GMP
completed inv allegations 0708 0809.pdf>> <<C. Lockhart 1002000 - GMP
outcome of completed inv 0708 0809.pdf>> <<D. Lockhart 1002000 - D.
GMP outcome of appeals 0708 0809.pdf>> <<E. Lockhart 1002000 - GMP ind
invs 08-09.pdf>> <<F. Lockhart 1002000 - GMP ind invs 07-08.pdf>>
Dear Mr Lockhart,
I refer to your request of 24th January 2010, included below. Please
find attached to this e-mail my decision letter together with six tables
of data, as explained in the letter. I am sorry about the long delay in
replying.

Philip Johnston
IPCC

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