Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Thank you for your email received today in which you make a request for
information that Northumbria Police may hold in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We are in the process of dealing with your request and a response should
be provided to you by 14 October 2019 which is in accordance with the
legislation.

Yours sincerely

Information Management Unit

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Provision of Information held by Northumbria Police under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the" Act")
With regard to your email in which you make a request for information that Northumbria Police may hold.
I regret that Northumbria Police will not be able to complete its response to you by the date originally stated. We are still researching the information held and considering whether any exemptions under the Act may apply, in particular S 30 - Investigations and S40 - Personal Information.
I can now advise you that the new date for the provision of a response is 11/11/2019.
I can assure that every effort will be made to ensure that a response will be provided to you within this new timescale.
Your attention is drawn to the attached which contains your complaint rights.

Yours sincerely
Information Management Unit

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Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

Thank you for your email dated 16 September 2019 in which you made a
request for access to certain information which may be held by Northumbria
Police.

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority
(including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

Please supply me with officer and staff conviction data broken down as
follows:

The number of staff and officer convictions, for the years of 2008 and
2018 (Jan 1 - Dec 31 of both years) listed by the year of conviction, the
offence and the outcome.

If your records do not go back as far as 2008 then I will accept the
earliest year you have records for after 2008 and 2018 (the years between
are not being requested).

On the 18^th September you then advised ‘Please note that this request is
not in regards to convictions of staff and officers either before or after
their employment with the force, and is only for staff and officers who
were convicted while still in employment by the force at the time, even if
they were on suspension at the time.’

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I
provide a response for your attention.

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the
Professional Standards Department of Northumbria Police.  I can confirm
that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Year| Offence | Fine |
|----+--------------------------------+----------------------------------|
|2008|Battery and drink drive offence |Community Order 2 years and attend|
| | |Domestic Violence programme |
|----+--------------------------------+----------------------------------|
|2008|Supplying Controlled|(Class C) Caution |
| |drugs                | |
|----+--------------------------------+----------------------------------|
|2008|Supplying Controlled|(Class C) Caution |
| |drugs                | |
|----+--------------------------------+----------------------------------|
|  |  |  |
|----+--------------------------------+----------------------------------|
|2018|Driving Motor vehicle with|Fined £500 and disqualified for 12|
| |concentration of controlled drug|months |
|----+--------------------------------+----------------------------------|
|2018|S.20 Assault |2 and a half years custodial|
| | |sentence |
|----+--------------------------------+----------------------------------|
|2018|Data Protection Act 1988 |Caution |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a
specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an
indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another.
Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the
procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses
between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative
purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual
property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be
strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as
amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not
re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

You may be interested to know that Northumbria Police routinely publish
information via the Disclosure Log. The aim of the Disclosure Log is to
promote openness and transparency by voluntarily placing information into
the public arena.

The Disclosure Log contains copies of some of the information that has
been disclosed by Northumbria 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.

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How to complain

If you are unhappy with our decision or do not consider that we have
handled your request properly and we are unable to resolve this issue
informally, you are entitled to make a formal complaint to us under our
complaints procedure, attached.

If you are still unhappy after we have investigated your complaint and
reported to you the outcome, you may complain directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office and request that they investigate to ascertain
whether we have dealt with your request in accordance with the Act.

Yours sincerely

Michael Cleugh

Data Protection and Disclosure Advisor

[NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED]

'Northumbria Police will be outstanding in the service we provide'

'We will do this through protecting the Vulnerable, delivering quality
Investigations and applying Problem solving to everything we do to protect
the communities we serve.'

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information
contained in this message and any attachment(s) is confidential and
intended only for the attention of the named organisation or individual to
whom it is addressed. The message may contain information that is covered
by legal, professional or other privilege. No mistake in transmission is
intended to waive or compromise any such privilege. This message has been
sent over public networks and the sender cannot be held responsible for
its integrity. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any
disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the
information contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to
the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the
Data Protection Act, 2018. Any views expressed are those of the sender
and, unless specifically stated, do not necessarily represent the view of
Northumbria Police. We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage
sustained as a result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to
carry out such virus checking as is necessary. If you have received this
message in error, please notify the sender by e-mail at once and delete
the message immediately. For more information about Northumbria Police
please visit our website - http://www.northumbria.police.uk

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