Meetings about protests
Dear University of Portsmouth,
Please can you provide the following information.
1. A list of any and all meetings between the police and any university staff which have taken place at your university since 1 October 2023 to discuss Pro-Palestine protest activity, including but not limited to:
- Encampments
- Chanting
- Written or verbal comments
- Flyering
2. For each of the meetings covered under the scope of question 1, please provide the:
A. The meeting agenda
B. The list of attendees and apologies
C. Meeting minutes
D. Any presentations shown at the meeting
E. Documents circulated during the meeting
3. Please provide copies of all emails sent and received by your university staff and the police liaison officer and/or local police force since 1 October 2023 discussing Palestine protest activity on your campus.
4. Have the police informed your university that they used facial recognition technology at any Palestine protests which have taken place on your campus since 1 October 2023?
5. If the answer to Q4 if yes, please specify:
A. The date(s) of the protest(s) in relation to which officers used facial recognition
B. The type(s) of facial recognition used (i.e Live Facial Recognition, Retrospective Facial Recognition, Operator-initiated facial recognition)
I understand that some of the above information/documents may need to be redacted for personal information but please note that the time taken for redactions does not normally contribute towards the cost limit.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet
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Dear Freedom of Information team,
Just to clarify - my full name is Harriet Clugston.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet Clugston.
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Dear Harriet,
I refer to your emails of 16 and 17 May 2024 in which you submitted a
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your request relates
to information concerning policing at protests.
As you may be aware, the University has 20 working days in which to
respond to your request. Therefore, I will respond more fully by 17 June
2024, although if it is possible to reply before then I will do so.
Should you have any queries before then, however, please feel free to
contact me again by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [1]Neurodiverse Network, the [2]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [4][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [5]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth,
PO1 2EG
[6][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every UK
adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes of
carbon a year – so, [7]think before you thank.
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 09:42, 'Liberty Investigates' via Freedom of
Information <[8][University of Portsmouth request email]> wrote:
Dear Freedom of Information team,
Just to clarify - my full name is Harriet Clugston.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet Clugston.
Dear Harriet,
I write further to your request for information, below, made on 16 May
2024 under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and to my
acknowledgement of 17 May 2024.
Having consulted my colleagues, I am now able to provide the following
response to your request.
The University has no record of any relevant meetings or correspondence as
relevant to your request.
I trust that this is the information that you require, however, if you
have any queries, please feel free to contact me either by replying to the
email which sends this letter, or directly by telephone on 02392 84 3103.
Yours sincerely,
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [1]Neurodiverse Network, the [2]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [4][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [5]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth,
PO1 2EG
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 16:17, C- ID <[6][email address]> wrote:
Dear Harriet,
I refer to your emails of 16 and 17 May 2024 in which you submitted a
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your request relates
to information concerning policing at protests.
As you may be aware, the University has 20 working days in which to
respond to your request. Therefore, I will respond more fully by 17
June 2024, although if it is possible to reply before then I will do
so. Should you have any queries before then, however, please feel free
to contact me again by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [7]Neurodiverse Network, the [8]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [9]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [10][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [11]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace,
Portsmouth, PO1 2EG
[12][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every
UK adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes
of carbon a year – so, [13]think before you thank.
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 09:42, 'Liberty Investigates' via Freedom of
Information <[14][University of Portsmouth request email]> wrote:
Dear Freedom of Information team,
Just to clarify - my full name is Harriet Clugston.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet Clugston.
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