Selection criteria for senior PSoS officers

The request was refused by HM Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland.

Dear Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland,

Articles in the Scottish press today about the selection process
for ACCs in PSoS note that there is a list of qualifications that
were deemed to be equivalent to the SCC/PNAC accreditations
mentioned in the role advertisement and related documentation.

Whilst the individual who is named as being a conduit for this list
has now retired from the HMICS I have no doubt that it may be
needed in the years ahead for any future CC/DCC/ACC appointments.

Could I please have a copy of the list of courses that are deemed
to be equivalent to the PNAC and/or SCC accreditation

(For clarity accreditation means successfully passing said courses)

Could you please give details of the location, duration and
syllabus for each course that has been considered as a potential
equivalent together with details of those courses that were
considered to be equivalent, the date that decision was made and
the dates of any reviews of that decision?

Yours faithfully,

Mike Roulston

HM Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland

Dear Mr Roulston

This email is to acknowledge your Freedom of Information request, regarding the selection criteria for senior PSoS officers.

Our department will respond to your request within the fixed 20 working days' time frame from our receipt of your request. Receipt of request date: 07/04/2014.

Regards
Joanna Drapper

Research and Inspection Support
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland (HMICS)
1st Floor West
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
Tel: 0131 244 5614
http://www.hmics.org/

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HM Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland

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Dear Mr Roulston,
 
Please find attached the FOI response to your email dated 7 April 2014.
 
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
Joanna Drapper
Research and Inspection Support
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland (HMICS)
1st Floor West
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
Tel: 0131 244 5614
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Dear Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland,

Could I please have a copy of any document, paper or electronic, associated with the consideration process mentioned in your response e.g. letters, emails, briefing notes, meetings agendas or minutes etc.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Roulston

HM Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland

Dear Mr Roulston,

Thank you for your request dated 07 May 2014 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for:

"a copy of any document, paper or electronic, associated with the consideration process mentioned in your response e.g. letters, emails, briefing notes, meetings agendas or minutes etc."

We received your request on 08 May 2014 and will respond in accordance with FOISA by 06 June 2014, which is 20 working days from date of receipt.

If you have any queries, please contact [email address] quoting case number FoI/14/00768. For all future correspondence could I please ask you to reply to our departments mailbox rather than directly to myself, the reason being I am not always in the office and so might not pick up your email in time.

Yours sincerely

Joanna Drapper

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Dear Mr Roulston,

Please find attached the FOI response to your email dated 7 May 2014, along with an attached email correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Joanna Drapper

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Dear Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland's handling of my FOI request 'Selection criteria for senior PSoS officers'.

With regard to the email exchange in 2012 I cannot believe that the issue arose "out of the blue" and the fact that it is marked "Urgent" suggests that there was a history creating that urgency.

The email exchange refers to sensitivity and personal data and you appear to be referring to potential harm in releasing the ACC report.

You do not explain what that harm might be or how it has been affected by the passage of time. This selection process is complete and as I understand it there have not been subsequent similar processes.

You make no mention of supplying the report in a redacted form to negate these issues.

Finally given that the press normally approach organisations prior to publication of such articles I find it odd that you are unable to produce any emails shortly before my request asking "What do we know about this?" within your organisation?

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

Mike Roulston

HM Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland

Dear Mr Roulston,

I acknowledge your request for an internal review of your FOI response. Your request has been passed onto the appropriate person.

Yours Sincerely
Joanna Drapper

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HM Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland

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Mr Roulston, please find attached the response to your request for a review under FOISA.

Kind Regards

Kevin

Insp. Kevin Struthers
Staff Officer
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland (HMICS)
1st Floor West
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
www.hmics.org

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