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Section 35 Dispersal Orders

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Dear West Midlands Police,

Please provide details of dates for all section 35 dispersal orders given for Birmingham City Centre and how long each order lasted for November and December 2023 to date.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Hibberd

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Nigel Jones left an annotation ()

What you actually wanted was a copy of the section 34 authorisation for section 35 notices to be given out.

The actual section 35 notices (such as the one issued to AB) will contain personal information so will likely be denied.

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Dear Mr Hibberd

 

FOI Request Reference: 1874A/23

Thank you for your request for information, received 03/12/23. Please
accept my apologies for the delay in responding to this request.

 

REQUEST

Please provide details of dates for all section 35 dispersal orders given
for Birmingham City Centre and how long each order lasted for November and
December 2023 to date.

 

RESPONSE

There were 15 authorisations within the month of November & 1
authorisation within December to date of 03/12/23. Within November, 1 day
(17th) saw 2 authorisations for anti-social behaviour & then the planned
football. This accounts for 15 dispersal authorisations over 14 dates.

 

November 3rd - Effective 20:00 hours for a period of 34 hours.

November 6th - Effective 00:57 hours for a period of 48 hours.

November 8th - Effective 18:35 hours for a period of 12 hours.

November 10th - Effective 20:03 hours for a period of 48 hours.

November 15th - Effective 18:11 hours for a period of 12 hours.

November 16th - Effective 15:30 hours for a period of 8 hours.

November 17th - Effective 18:00 hours for a period of 48 hours.

November 17th - Effective 19:17 hours for a period of 38 hours.

November 20th - Effective 17:35 hours for a period of 48 hours.

November 22nd - Effective 16:00 hours for a period of 8 hours.

November 23rd - Effective 18:21 hours for a period of 6 hours.

November 24th - Effective 16:00 hours for a period of 39 hours.

November 27th - Effective 17:14 hours for a period of 48 hours.

November 29th - Effective 17:31 hours for a period of 48 hours.

November 30th - Effective 17:52 hours for a period of 48 hours.

 

December 1st - Effective 16:00 hours for a period of 38 hours

 

A dispersal order is used in a wide range of situations in order to offer
immediate relief to the community. These powers enable officers and PCSOs
to direct a person who has engaged/likely to engage in anti-social
behaviour, to leave a specified area and not to return for a period of 48
hours.

 

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