Freedom of Information Request: Child Pornography Searches and Convictions

Waiting for an internal review by Bedfordshire Police of their handling of this request.

AdrianPaulBryanVince

Dear Bedfordshire Police,

Wednesday 19th April 2017

Dear Sirs

Freedom of Information Request

Please can you kindly provide myself with the following Information:

1. Between 2011 and 2015, how many Search Warrants have been carried out in regard to allegations, intelligence or tip-offs in regard to possession of online Child Pornography?

2. Of these Searches, how many found clear evidence of possession of online Child Pornography?

3. Of these, how many contained more than a handful, or significant numbers of, Category A and/or Category B images and/or videos?

4. Of those Convicted, how many were given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (S.H.P.O. Or the earlier titled S.O.P.O.)?

5. Of those Convicted, how many had previously been Convicted of Sexual Contact Crime(s) against Children?

6. Of those Convicted, how many were later Convicted of Sexual Contact Crime(s) against Children?

If there is a Charge for this Information, please kindly let me know.

Thanking you in advance of your response.

Regards

Yours faithfully,

AdrianPaulBryanVince

AdrianPaulBryanVince

Dear Bedfordshire Police,

Apologises for the lack of clarity in respect of one part of my FOI request.

I hereby clarify my FOI request as follows:

By "Sexual Contact Crimes" against Children, I mean Crimes such as Rape, Indecent Assault, Molestation of a Child or Children under 16, or Grooming of a Child or Children under 16 with evidenced or clear intent to commit Sexual Offences;

Furthermore, by "more than a handful" of Cat A or Cat B images, I mean at least 1% of the overall number of images, except where that 1% of images would be over 25 images (to wit, the total number of images was over 2,500);

The number of images for those under 1% and those over 1% would be very much appreciated, together with the percentage and associated numerical statistics for those with a moderate to very large total of overall images (to wit over 1,000 to potentially millions images.)

The more data the better, but I am conscious you have time limits and there would be a potential charge for a lot of information and research.

Of course, given sufficient statistics, I could work out the percentages for myself, but I will leave yourselves to decide whether or not you are willing to table all of the relevant numbers and percentages (I would suggest that an Excel table would work these out automatically).

Thanking you in advance.

Yours sincerely,

Adrian Paul Bryan-Vince

Freedom of Information, Bedfordshire Police

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Dear Mr Vince,

 

Please see attached your FOI request response.

 

Many Thanks

 

Geneen Bill

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AdrianPaulBryanVince

Dear Geneen / Freedom of Information,

In view of your comments regarding Resources and Time Costings, I am hereby
significant simplifying my FOI Request as follows (I have calculated that this will
reduce the amount of Data required by around 70% - the change in the Time Period
reduces this by 60% in itself):

1. [ During 2014 and 2015 ], how many people were Charged with Offences of
Possession of Child Pornography?

2. Of those Charged, how many were Convicted?

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4. Of those Convicted, how many were given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order
(S.H.P.O or S.O.P.O.)?

5. Of those Convicted, how many had previously been Convicted of Sexual
Contact or Grooming Crime(s) against Children Under 16?

6. Of those Convicted, how many were later Convicted of Sexual Contact or
Grooming Crime(s) against Children Under 16?

Thanking you in advance of your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

AdrianPaulBryanVince

AdrianPaulBryanVince

Dear Freedom of Information,

In view of your comments regarding Resources and Time Costings, I am hereby significant simplifying my FOI Request as follows (I have calculated that this will reduce the amount of Data required by around 70% - the change in the Time Period reduces this by 60% in itself):

1. [ During 2014 and 2015 ], how many people were Charged with Offences of Possession of Child Pornography?

2. Of those Charged, how many were Convicted?

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4. Of those Convicted, how many were given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (S.H.P.O or S.O.P.O.)?

5. Of those Convicted, how many had previously been Convicted of Sexual Contact or Grooming Crime(s) against Children Under 16?

6. Of those Convicted, how many were later Convicted of Sexual Contact or Grooming Crime(s) against Children Under 16?

Thanking you in advance of your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

AdrianPaulBryanVince

Freedom of Information, Bedfordshire Police

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Dear Mr Vince,

 

Please see the attached response to your FOI request.

 

Kind Regards

 

Geneen Bill

Information Rights

 

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AdrianPaulBryanVince

Dear Geneen / Freedom of Information,

I do not accept that you do not hold, or have access to, the Data Requested in Questions 2 to 5.

West Mercia Police, for example, having provided all of the Information Requested;

Furthermore, the majority of other Police Forces say they do Hold ALL such Data and Information.

I therefore hereby request an Internal Review.

Yours sincerely,

AdrianPaulBryanVince

Freedom of Information, Bedfordshire Police

Dear Mr Vince,

I will log the internal review but I would suggest you contact the Crown Prosecution Service as they hold conviction data.

Kind Regards

Geneen Bill
Information Rights

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AdrianPaulBryanVince

Dear Geneen / Freedom of Information,

Both West Mercia Police and North Yorkshire Police have provided all of the Requested Data for 2014 / 15;

Almost all other Police Forces have stated that they are in Possession of the Requested Data.

I do not accept that you do not have Access to this Information.

Yours sincerely,

AdrianPaulBryanVince

AdrianPaulBryanVince

Dear Freedom of Information,

It is now 1st October 2017 and you have still not Complied with my FOI Request from 19th April 2017!

Yours sincerely,

AdrianPaulBryanVince