Policing of Motorhomes in Council Managed Car Parks

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

I would like to make a Freedom of Information request regarding the use of PSNI resources relating to Motorhomes in Council managed car parks.

1. How many instances of Motorhomes camping (parking overnight for the purpose of human habitation) in Council managed car parks have been reported to the PSNI in the last 5 years and what was the action taken (e.g. advised caller, attended car park, advised motorhome owner etc.)?

2. How many instances in the last 5 years have PSNI officers 'moved on, or assisted in 'moving on' Motorhomes that had been camping in Council managed car parks - broken down by Police District, car park, date and number of motorhomes involved?

3. How many instances where PSNI officers have attended a Council managed car park where Motorhome owners were unable to 'move on' due to alcohol consumption and what action was taken as a consequence?

4. How many instances in the past 5 years have PSNI officers been called out to Council managed car parks to deal with, or assist Council Officers to deal with issues relating to Motorhomes?

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Smith

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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Good afternoon Mr Smith,

Thank you for your email dated 13/09/19. In order for me to process your request I need you to confirm your first name.

Kind regards
Johnny
Decision Maker
Corporate Information Branch

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Mr S. Smith.

If you should require further detail to proceed with my FOI request, can you provide an email address so that I may protect my own security and privacy.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Smith

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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Dear Mr Smith

Thank you for your correspondence below

For your correspondence to be treated as a valid request under the FOI Act we need to have your real name. The real name has been defined in our guidance as:

'Title/and or first name with surname satisfies the requirement for provision of a real name'.

Please find below a link to our guidance on Section 8 entitled valid request-name and address for correspondence:

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gui...

Regards

Alison
Corporate Information Branch
PSNI Headquarters Brooklyn
02890 700164

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Thank you, as I have provided my title, initial and surname can you confirm that my request will now proceed?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Smith

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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Dear Mr Smith

As per email below we require 'Title/and or first name with surname satisfies the requirement for provision of a real name'.

If you click on the link in the previous email, the act states under 'What makes a request valid?' that a request should contain the requestors real name to make it a valid request.

Regards

Alison
Corporate Information Branch
PSNI Headquarters Brooklyn
02890 700164

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Police Service of Northern Ireland

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17th September 2019

Dear Mr. Smith,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 13th
September 2019 which was received by the Police Service of Northern
Ireland (PSNI) on 13th September 2019.  I note you seek access to the
following information:

Policing of Motorhomes in Council Managed Car Parks

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. I would like to advise you that PSNI are currently
experiencing a delay in the processing of requests and we aim to respond
to your request as soon as possible.

If your request is unclear and clarification is required the 20 day
legislative time limit dictated by the Freedom of Information Act 2000
will be stopped until we receive clarification of your request. The ICO
guidance at paragraph 40 of the link below sets out that the clock begins
anew the day after the clarification is received. It states

“If the requester subsequently provides enough detail to enable the
authority to identify and locate the information, then the authority must
respond to the clarified request within a new 20 working day time limit
with the ‘clock’ starting the day after it receives the required
clarification. “

The link for this is:

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In the event where the cost of complying with the request would exceed the
“appropriate level”, which is fixed at £450, as stated in the Freedom of
Information Regulations 2004, it is the policy of the PSNI to close the
request. You will however be notified of this decision and given an
opportunity to refine and resubmit the request.

If your request requires either full or partial transference to another
public authority in order to answer your query, again, you will be
notified.

If you have any queries regarding your request please write or contact the
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possible, or in any case within two months of the date of issue of this
letter. In the event that you require a review to be undertaken, you can
do so by writing to the Head of Corporate Information Branch, PSNI
Headquarters, 65 Knock Road, Belfast, BT5 6LE or by emailing
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If following an internal review, carried out by an independent decision
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Information Act, to the Information Commissioner’s Office and ask that
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Freedom of Information Act.  You can write to the Information Commissioner
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Commissioner will not investigate a complaint unless an internal review
procedure has been carried out, however the Commissioner has the option to
investigate the matter at his discretion.

Yours sincerely,

Kim

FOI Decision Maker
Corporate Information Branch
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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Subject:  FOI-2019-02376
27th October 2019

Dear Mr. Smith,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

I refer to your request for information dated 17th September 2019 which
was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on 17th September
2019 concerning:

Policing of Motorhomes in Council Managed Car Parks

Please find attached response to your request.

 

Yours sincerely

Jane
FOI Decision Maker
Corporate Information Branch
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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