Operation Bridger Stats

Dear Sir / Madam

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide

1. The number of incidents recorded by the force between October 7, 2023 and the date of this request under Operation Bridger, the nationwide initiative relating to the safety of election candidates and representatives.
a) Please provide a brief categorisation of the incident (alleged harassment, criminal damage, assault etc).
b) The outcome of the report to Operation Bridger e.g. advice given, recorded as a crime, suspect arrested etc.
[If all of the above data cannot be provided for one reason or another, then consider providing: number of crimes recorded under Operation Bridger / number of alleged crimes recorded under Operation Bridger]

2. The number of incidents recorded by the force in each of the separate years 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 under Operation Bridger.
a) Please provide a brief categorisation of the incident (alleged harassment, criminal damage, assault etc).
b) The outcome of the report to Operation Bridger e.g. advice given, recorded as a crime, suspect arrested etc.
[If all of the above data cannot be provided for one reason or another, then consider providing: number of crimes recorded under Operation Bridger / number of alleged crimes recorded under Operation Bridger]

3. Confirm if your force has a designated Operation Bridger lead/contact point for elected representatives/candidates

Yours faithfully,

Ben Quinn