Drone documenation

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Dear British Transport Police,

This is a FOI request for information regarding the use of aerial drones, UAs, UAVs, and UASs (hereinafter “drones”) within your police force as reported in The Independent on 25th November 2011.

1. How many drones do you own, operate or have access to?

2. Kindly provide any policies, guidelines, manuals and/or instructions on department use of drones, including on the legal process required (including the retention of information gathered), if any, before operating a drone;

3. Kindly provide any requests for proposals, proposals submitted by vendors, contracts, budgets or cost allocations for the purchase and/or use of drones;

3. Kindly provide any records concerning the police force’s plans to use drones in the future including the purposes drones are being considered for;

4. How many requests have been made by your police force to the Civil Aviation Authority for a licence to use a drone, and how many of these requests

a. have been refused?
b. are still outstanding??

Yours faithfully,

Eric King

Rogers, Claire,

Dear Mr. King,

 

Freedom of Information request ref 702-12

 

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the
Act’).

 

Your request was received on 3^rd August and will be processed in
accordance with the Act.

 

Please quote the above reference number on any correspondence.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Claire Rogers

Data Protection & Freedom of Information Researcher

British Transport Police
' Telephone/Teliffon: 02920 525326
6  Fax/Ffacs:  02920 525327  

:  E-Mail/E-Bost: [email address]
+ Mail/Bost: 

Disclosure Unit,
British Transport Police/Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig
3 Callaghan Square/3 Sgŵar Callaghan
Cardiff/Caerdydd
CF10 5BT
DX 153042 CARDIFF 36

 

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Freedom of information,

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Dear Mr. King,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, our reference 702-12.

 

Our response is attached.

 

Regards

 

Claire Rogers

Data Protection & Freedom of Information Researcher

British Transport Police
' Telephone/Teliffon: 02920 525326
6  Fax/Ffacs:  02920 525327  

:  E-Mail/E-Bost: [email address]
+ Mail/Bost: 

Disclosure Unit,
British Transport Police/Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig
3 Callaghan Square/3 Sgŵar Callaghan
Cardiff/Caerdydd
CF10 5BT
DX 153042 CARDIFF 36

 

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