Firearms

Dear [name removed]

Reference No: SM138/12

Thank you for your application for information concerning


1. Please list all the firearms that Merseyside Police Officers
carry/have access to.

2. How many armed Police Officers are there within Merseyside
Police service?

3. How many A.R.V. (Armed Response Vehicles) are there within
Merseyside Police Service?


This will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working
days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt nor containing a reference to a third party.
In the event that we are not able to achieve this deadline you will be informed at the earliest opportunity and
given a revised time-scale.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you have requested. If this
is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from
you.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transfer to another public authority in order to answer your
query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

Yours sincerely,

Sandra Miller
Disclosure Analyst
Information Bureau
Merseyside Police
PO Box 59, Liverpool. L69 1JD
Telephone: 0151 777 7019 Fax: 0151 777 7099
Email : [Merseyside Police request email]

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Dear [name removed]

Response Letter - FOI Application SM138/12

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by Merseyside Police on 13 /07/12 I note that you seek access to the
following information:

1. Please list all the firearms that Merseyside Police Officers
carry/have access to.

2. How many armed Police Officers are there within Merseyside
Police service?

3. How many A.R.V. (Armed Response Vehicles) are there within
Merseyside Police Service?

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 Firearms Department
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: Response Table SM138.12 .doc)(See attached file:
SM138.12 PIT.doc)

Complaint Rights

Your attention is drawn to the information following this response, which
details your rights review and of complaint.

(See attached file: Complaints info.doc)

Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write
to, or e-mail me, at the below address, quoting the reference number above.

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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and from Merseyside Police may be subject to monitoring and recording.
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