Meetings about protests
Dear Cardiff Metropolitan University,
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.
Dear Harriet,
Reference Number: RI2610.
Thank you for your request for information (under the Freedom of Information Act 2000) regarding meetings about protests.
The University can confirm that there hasn't been any meetings between the police and any university staff since 1 October 2023 to discuss Pro-Palestine protest activity. Therefore, the answers to your questions is either 'zero' or 'not applicable'.
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If you have any queries about this response or would like any further information about your request, or the Freedom of Information Act in general, please do not hesitate to contact us again by e-mail ([email address]).
Yours sincerely,
Esther Steele
Governance and Compliance Advisor / Ymgynghorydd Llywodraethu a Chydymffurfiaeth
Cardiff Metropolitan University / Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
Western Avenue / Rhodfa'r Gorllewin
Cardiff / Caerdydd
Wales, UK / Cymru, DU
CF5 2YB
Email / E-bost: [email address]
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Hello Emma,
Thank you for your response however I am coming back to you as the reply does not seem to have answered parts 3-5 of my request.
You state that the uni has held no meeting so the answer is either
However question 3 is about all email correspondence, not just those concerning meetings, so the answer for this is not dependent on the answer to question 1.
Likewise Q4 and 5 are about the use of facial recognition and are not dependent on meetings having been held.
Could you please check again and clarify?
Yours sincerely,
Liberty Investigates
Hi Harriet,
With sincere apologies you are correct; the answers should have been as
follows:
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
There has been 0 such meetings at Cardiff Met.
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
As above there have been 0 such meetings at Cardiff Met.
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.
There have been no emails with the police liaison officer / local police
force about such activity.
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?
There has been no such communication.
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)
N/A
Best wishes,
Esther
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