Selective Release Of Crime Data

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Dear Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime,

Can you please release to me any documentation relevant to the internal decision that led your news pages to withhold the images, names, and further details on the case below, whilst providing it separately to media sources who have published it with copyright tags for the Metropolitan Police.

The MOPC / Metropolitan Police news report: https://news.met.police.uk/news/18-men-j...

The media coverage: https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-lond...

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Green

MOPAC FOI, Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Dear Stephen

Thank you for your email of 26 January to the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC).

I confirm receipt of your email and that this is being dealt with as a Freedom of Information (FOI) request under the FOI Act 2000. You will receive a response in due course and within the statutory 20 working day timescale.

I will be back in touch with you if there are any delays or I need any further details from you.

Yours sincerely

Matt

Matthew F | Correspondence, Enquiries and FOI Officer | Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime | Website www.london.gov.uk/mopac |Address MOPAC, Ground Floor, 169 Union Street, London, SE1 0LL

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MOPAC FOI, Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Dear Stephen

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request of January 26 to the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC). I confirm that your request has been handled under the FOI Act 2000 and that MOPAC does not hold information relating to your request.

You requested:

Can you please release to me any documentation relevant to the internal decision that led your news pages to withhold the images, names, and further details on the case below, whilst providing it separately to media sources who have published it with copyright tags for the Metropolitan Police.

The MOPC / Metropolitan Police news report: https://news.met.police.uk/news/18-men-j...

The media coverage: https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-lond...

Our response:

MOPAC does not hold any information relating to your request. The referenced article was formulated by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) without input from MOPAC.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) may be able to assist you. You can send your FOI request directly to them, using this link: http://www.met.police.uk/foi/ or using this email address: [email address]

If you are unhappy with the response to your Freedom of Information request, please see the MOPAC website on what the next steps are at: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/may...

Yours sincerely,

Matt

Matthew Foley | Correspondence, Enquiries and FOI Officer | Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime | Website www.london.gov.uk/mopac |Address MOPAC, Ground Floor, 169 Union Street, London, SE1 0LL

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