Cyber crime unit information

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Kelsie Makepeace

Dear West Midlands Police,

I was hoping you would please be able to help me with some information that I require for my university independent research project.

I am researching into how the increase of cyber crime rates has influenced budgets given to the cyber crime/security units within different public bodies. Therefore, please can you inform me, where possible, what the budget has been for this unit within your organisation annually from 2006 onwards? In addition, if this budget has been used for anything substantial that year (for example the addition of a high tech crime lab or a specific cyber crime project etc) please could this information be included?

Thank you for your help, it is very much appreciated

Yours faithfully,

Kelsie Makepeace

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Dear Ms Makepeace

 

FOI Request Reference: 3263/17

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 14 March 2017.

 

REQUEST

 

I am researching into how the increase of cyber crime rates has influenced
budgets given to the cyber crime/security units within different public
bodies. Therefore, please can you inform me, where possible, what the
budget has been for this unit within your organisation annually from 2006
onwards? In addition, if this budget has been used for anything
substantial that year (for example the addition of a high tech crime lab
or a specific cyber crime project etc.) please could this information be
included?

 

 

RESPONSE

 

This information is not held by West Midlands Police. We do not have a
dedicated cybercrime unit within West Midlands Police; Cybercrime at force
level is covered within generic investigation and intelligence budgets
alongside other crime types, rather than the overall budget being divided
into specific crime types.

 

However you may wish to direct your request to the Home Office, as they
provide funding to Regional Organised Crime units across the country,
which incorporate Regional Cyber Crime Units (RCCU).

 

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