Police Contacts With Scientology (+connected scientology entities)

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Tony Ortega
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Dear Sussex Police,

Please confirm if any Senior Police Officers above the rank of Superintendant, senior civilian staff or police officers above the rank of Sergeant at the police stations closest to Scientology properties located at Third Floor,79-83 North Street Brighton, BN1 1ZA or 9-12 Middle Street, First Floor, Media House, Brighton, BN1 1ZA have had any meetings with the Church of Scientology or any its connected entities. If meetings have talken place please provide any connected paperwork which may include minutes or actions arising from said meetings. Please also include any email correspodence connected to contact with the Church or its entities for the 5 years starting from the date at which you recieve this letter.

Please also provide details of any gifts, donations or hospitality
provided to the Suussex Police employees or representatives, or
any charity the Police Force nominates by Scientology
organisations, over the past 5 years.

By 'Scientology organisations', I mean organisations which promote,
recruit members for, or raise money for, Church of Scientology
Religious Education College Incorporated.

To the best of my knowledge a list of such organisations would
include:

Jive Aces / Church of Scientology Inc / Greenfields School /
Greenfields Educational Trust / Hubbard Foundation / Aassocation for Better Living and Education (ABLE) / Applied
Scholastics / Narconon / Criminon / The Way to
Happiness Foundation / Church of Scientology
Religious Education College Inc (COSREC) / Office of Special Affairs (OSA) /
Sea Org / Youth for Human Rights International / Citizens
Commission on Human Rights (United Kingdom) Ltd /World Insitute of Scientology Enterprises/Drug Free World.

Yours faithfully,

Tony Ortega

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Sussex Police

Date: 12/02/2020

Your Ref:   Freedom of Information request - Police Contacts With Scientology (+connected scientology entities)    

Our Ref: FOI 392/193/20
(Please quote this reference in any further correspondence).

Contact Name: Roger Brace FOI Officer
Email : [email address]

Contact number: 101 ext 545251

Dear Tony,

Thank you for your request which was received by Sussex Police.

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Yours sincerely

FOI

Sussex Police HQ
Lewes
BN7 2DZ

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