Good morning,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION - Our Ref: FOI 7166/22

With reference to your e-mail received on 29/12/2022 requesting the
following information:

May you please give me a list of the Northamptonshire Police Vehicle Fleet
from January 1st-December 31st, 2022? That includes vehicles before
January 1st, 2022 that are still used in 2022.

Details

 1. Date: January 1st-December 31st, 2022
 2. Model Year
 3. The Vehicle Make & Model
 4. Type of Vehicle (Example-Saloon, Wagon etc)
 5. Van's Wheelbase, Roof Size and Numbers of Wheels
 6. Number of Doors (Example: 3-Door, 5-Door etc)
 7. Registration Number Plate
 8. The Role of the Vehicle (Including Armed Response Vehicle)
 9. Roof Number
10. Marked or Unmarked
11. The Year the Vehicle was Commissioned
12. Video Camera (Yes or No)

Every effort will be made to ensure that you receive an appropriate
response on time, however please note it is not always possible to be able
to complete the response to your request within 20 working days.

Northamptonshire Police routinely publish information on our website via
the Publication Scheme. The aim of the Publication Scheme is to promote
openness and transparency by voluntarily placing information into the
public arena.

The Disclosure Log contains copies of information that has been disclosed
by Northamptonshire Police in response to requests made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. Whilst it is not possible to publish all
responses we will endeavour to publish those where we feel that the
information disclosed is in the wider public interest. The Disclosure Log
will be updated once responses have been sent to the requester.

I have provided the relevant link below.

[1]https://www.northants.police.uk/foi-ai/a...

Mrs Singy Bagniuk | C0166 | Senior Information Sharing Researcher

Information Assurance | Enabling Services

Tel : 101 | Ext. 348736 (If calling from outside Northamptonshire please
call 03000 111 222)

Address : Northamptonshire Police Headquarters | Wootton Hall |
Northampton | NN4 0JQ

The content of this email should be treated as OFFICIAL SENSITIVE unless
otherwise indicated.

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Good afternoon,

FINAL RESPONSE - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION - Our Ref: FOI 7166/22

With reference to your e-mail received on 29/12/2022 requesting the
following information:

May you please give me a list of the Northamptonshire Police Vehicle Fleet
from January 1st-December 31st, 2022? That includes vehicles before
January 1st, 2022 that are still used in 2022.

Details

1.         Date: January 1st-December 31st, 2022

2.         Model Year

3.         The Vehicle Make & Model

4.         Type of Vehicle (Example-Saloon, Wagon etc)

5.         Van's Wheelbase, Roof Size and Numbers of Wheels

6.         Number of Doors (Example: 3-Door, 5-Door etc)

7.         Registration Number Plate

8.         The Role of the Vehicle (Including Armed Response Vehicle)

9.         Roof Number

10.       Marked or Unmarked

11.       The Year the Vehicle was Commissioned

12.       Video Camera (Yes or No)

Please see Northamptonshire Police’s response in the attached document.

I trust you find this information to be satisfactory but if you have any
further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Northamptonshire Police provides a review and appeals procedure within the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If you decide to make an
appeal and, having followed the full process you are still dissatisfied,
you will then have the right to direct your comments to the Information
Commissioner who will give due consideration to the matter. See Appendix
'A' attached.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Singy Bagniuk | C0166 | Senior Information Sharing Researcher

Information Assurance | Enabling Services

Tel : 101 | Ext. 348736 (If calling from outside Northamptonshire please
call 03000 111 222)

Address : Northamptonshire Police Headquarters | Wootton Hall |
Northampton | NN4 0JQ

The content of this email should be treated as OFFICIAL SENSITIVE unless
otherwise indicated.

Dear Ivanel Bernard Elong

RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - Ref:
007166/22

I have been asked to review the previous decision regarding your Freedom
of Information request dated 29/12/2022 and the reply you received on
27/01/2023. On behalf of Northamptonshire Police, I would like to
apologise for the delay in getting this information to you.

Northamptonshire Police provide an internal review process as per guidance
provided by the Information Commissioners Office. It is advised that where
an internal review process is available it is because the requestor is
unhappy with how the request has been handled or they do not think the
decision is correct.

I have considered the request you have made and consider that the response
that has been given is in accordance with the Act however in relation to
ARVs it requires further articulation under the same exemption. Under the
Act, we cannot, and do not request the motives of any applicant for
information. We have no doubt the vast majority of applications under the
Act are legitimate and do not have any ulterior motives, however, in
disclosing information to one applicant we are expressing a willingness to
provide it to anyone in the world. This means that a disclosure to a
genuinely interested applicant automatically opens it up for a similar
disclosure to anyone, including those who might represent a threat to
individuals.

S31(1)(a)(b) – Law Enforcement

Section 31 is a prejudice-based qualified exemption and there is a
requirement to articulate the harm as well as carrying out a public
interest test.

Evidence of Harm

As you may be aware, disclosure under FOIA is a release to the public at
large. Whilst not questioning the motives of the applicant, releasing any
information held regarding covert/specialist vehicles could pose a
significant risk to present and future law enforcement capability,
potentially placing both members of the public and the occupants of the
vehicles at risk. Policing would be undermined as offenders would gain
knowledge about these specialist vehicles and, therefore, would use this
knowledge to avoid detection. This would have a detrimental impact on
policing and a failure in providing care to both members of staff and the
public at large. Disclosing this information would lead to policing being
undermined as it would be used by those wishing to cause disruption or
harm to the communities we serve.

Factors favouring disclosure under Section 31

Releasing information held relating to these vehicles would give the
public confidence that public money was being spent on the most
appropriate type of vehicles.

Factors against disclosure under Section 31

Releasing information held relating to these vehicles  would enable
criminals to know the capability of these vehicles which would jeopardise
the ability of the police to carry out their duty. Disclosure would
undermine policing and have a negative effect on the prevention and
detection of crime and the apprehension and prosecution of offenders.

It is widely known that police forces use covert/sensitive vehicles as
part of their delivery of effective operational law enforcement, however,
to reveal the number and details of these vehicles would reveal tactical
resources available to the force and would undermine ongoing covert
investigations. If this request was submitted nationally and the
information disclosed this awareness would provide a geographical picture
of the tactical covert vehicle strength of each individual force from a
covert perspective.

Whilst there is a call for transparency of policing operations and
investigations, the safety of the officers using these vehicles must also
be considered and undoubtedly disclosure would compromise their personal
safety. The same applies to armed response and sensitive vehicles. To
provide specific vehicle details would have a detrimental effect on the
force’s ability to deal with detection and prevention of crime.

Balance test

The police service is tasked with protecting the community and solving
crime and should not disclose information that would jeopardise this. By
disclosing the requested information would mean that criminal
investigations would be less effective and the small increase in public
awareness would not be adequate compensation for such an impact. I have,
therefore, decided that this information will not be provided. Pursuant to
Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice in response
to some of your request.

Please also note that information we provide and/or publish changes over
time due to various reasons and so comparisons should not be made between
current information and that made available several years ago.

After lodging an appeal with the Northamptonshire Police, if you are still
dissatisfied with the decision, you may make an application to the
Information Commissioner for a decision on whether the request for
information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the
Act.

For information on how to make an application to the Information
Commissioner please visit their website at [1]www.ico.org.uk 
Alternatively, telephone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF                                          Phone:  0303 123 1113

Kind Regards

Gemma Barrie | C1374

Senior Freedom of Information Officer and Researcher

Enabling Services – Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Fire and
Rescue Service and Northamptonshire OPFCC

Telephone: 101 | Ext No. 343701/341172 – (if calling from outside
Northamptonshire, please call 0300 111 222)

Email: [2][email address]

Address: Force Headquarters, Wootton Hall, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton
NN4 0JQ

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[5]www.northantsfire.gov.uk

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