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Thank you for your Freedom of information (FOI) request logged under the
above reference.  

  

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public
authorities:    

   

Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at [1]Section 1(1)(a) is to
confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.   

The second duty (at [2]Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has
been confirmed as being held.    

However, where exemptions are relied upon ([3]Section 17 of FOIA), there
is a requirement to provide the applicant with an explanation either:  

a) stating the fact   

b) detailing the exemption(s) in question and  

c) why the exemption applies (if not apparent).  

   

Information Request

 

For the individual years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, would you
be able to provide data pertaining to the number of stop and searches
conducted by Essex Police in the areas of:

 

• Colchester

• Tendring

• Maldon

• Braintree

• Uttlesford

• Chelmsford

• Harlow

• Epping

• Brentwood

• Thurrock

• Basildon

• Castle Point

• Rochford

• Southend

 

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police holds some of the information relating to your
request 

Second Duty – See below 

Fact - It is not possible to extract and verify all the data in your
request 

Exemption - [4]Section 12(1) 

Refusal - [5]Section 17(5) of FOIA 

 

Reasoning – Essex Police are unable to provide a comprehensive data report
to meet this request as the data is not available in a readily extractable
format, nor is it held on a central log.

 

In respect of the data by a specific list of Districts, it is not possible
to split the District Policing Areas into individual Districts for the
time frame in question, this would entail a manual review of all relevant
case files to determine if details are held of the exact location and
precise District.

 

To establish if information is held would, therefore, exceed the time and
cost limits under the FOIA and would qualify as the creation of data as
the results cannot be processed by means of purely sorting or filtering
data sources or running a database query tool. There is no requirement
under the act to create data purely to answer FOI requests.

 

Duty to assist – When refusing a request on cost ([6]Section 12(1)/12(2)),
outside of the act and in effort to assist we can provide the following

 

Essex Police can report as follows:

 

Caveat: The data is correct as at 25 March 2024.

 

The following table provides the total Stop and Search Data by DPA:

 

DPA: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Basildon 933 1,698 4,327 3,709 2,911 2,372
Brentwood / Epping 404 1,198 2,332 1,671 1,399 1,469
Castle Point/Rochford 278 1,098 1,425 908 717 942
Chelmsford / Maldon 1,093 3,048 3,109 1,788 1,995 1,956
Colchester 639 2,769 5,187 2,200 1,644 1,614
Harlow 312 1,471 1,766 1,028 1,335 1,308
Southend 636 2,013 2,876 2,635 1,921 2,372
Tendring 813 1,694 1,965 1,380 1,208 1,008
Thurrock 618 1,171 1,358 1,278 1,336 1,444
Uttlesford / Braintree 330 1,327 1,687 1,503 2,342 1,814

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is
accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed
primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes
of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although
data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the
results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand
our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.

 

Please note the above request will be included within our [7]Publication
Scheme.

 

Thank you for your interest in Essex Police.

 

Freedom of Information

Information Rights Team | Information Compliance & Assurance

Information Management Dept. | Professionalism Command

Essex Police

Email: [8][Essex Police request email]

Telephone: 01245 452647 (Open office hours, Monday to Friday or
answerphone facility available)

Address: Information Rights Team, Information Management Dept., Essex
Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA 

Services offered by Information Rights Team: [9]Information Rights | Essex
Police

 

Find out what is happening in your area: [10]Your area | Essex Police

Contact Us: [11]Help us help you | Essex Police 

Report non-emergency crime online: [12]Report | Essex Police

How do we use your data: [13]Privacy notice | Essex Police

 

FOI requests

Before submission of an FOI Information request, please visit: [14]How to
access information from a public body | ICO and please review our
publications regarding various subjects through [15]Accessing information
| Essex Police to prevent unnecessary requests.

 

Your right to complain

 

If you feel your request has not been properly handled, or you are
otherwise dissatisfied with the outcome of your request you have the right
to complain.

 

Under [16]Section 17(7)(a)(b) FOIA complaints should be submitted within
40 working days from the date of this response and should be addressed to
the Information Rights Manager at the above address or by email to:
[17][Essex Police request email] we will conduct a review to
investigate your complaint and endeavour to reply within 40 working days.
Please explain which aspect of the disclosure you are not satisfied with,
and if your complaint concerns the decision to apply an exemption.

 

If you are still dissatisfied following our review, you have the right
under the [18]Section 50 FOIA to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner. Before considering your complaint, the Information
Commissioner would normally expect you to have exhausted the complaints
procedures provided by Essex Police.  The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via [19]Home | ICO

 

 

 

 

 

From: Info Rights Freedom Essex <[Essex Police request email]>
Sent: 06 March 2024 09:09
To: Daniel Rees <[FOI #1096902 email]>
Subject: FOI 19899 Stop and Search Data 2018-2023

 

Thank you for your request for information, which has been logged under
the above reference number.

 

Essex Police will endeavour to respond to your application within 20
working days, as set out within the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA). If a time extension is to be applied to your request, you will be
informed; the reason for the extension will also be provided.

 

Please note that Essex Police may refuse detailed or multiple requests
that are submitted at the same time, as per [20]Section 14 of the FOIA.
Furthermore, if the information sought is already publicly available, you
may be redirected to our publication scheme:
[21]https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/ac... or other
official links, such as the [22]PFCC, [23]Home Office or the [24]Office
for National Statistics

 

Should you need to contact us whilst your information request is being
processed, please email [25][Essex Police request email], quoting
the above reference, and a member of the team will assist.

 

Freedom of Information

Information Rights Team | Information Compliance & Assurance

Information Management Dept. | Professionalism Command

Essex Police

Email: [26][Essex Police request email]

Telephone: 01245 452647 (Open office hours, Monday to Friday or
answerphone facility available)

Address: Information Rights Team, Information Management Dept., Essex
Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA

Services offered by Information Rights Team: [27]Information Rights |
Essex Police

 

Find out what is happening in your area: [28]Your area | Essex Police

Contact Us: [29]Help us help you | Essex Police

Report non-emergency crime online: [30]Report | Essex Police

How do we use your data : [31]Privacy notice | Essex Police

 

 

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