Stop and account statistics (if collected)
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please could you provide me with as much of the following data as you have available:
1. The total number of searches carried out by the force under "stop and account" powers. Please supply this data by month, for as many months as are available.
2. A breakdown of the total number of "stop and account" searches by the subject's self-defined ethnicity. Please supply this data by month as above.
I understand that not all forces record "stop and account" searches, but I would be grateful for any data you do have.
Thank you for your attention, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like me to clarify this request.
Yours faithfully,
Anna Powell-Smith
Rwy'n cydnabod bod y swyddfa hon wedi derbyn eich ymholiad.
Fel y nodwyd yn y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth ein nod fydd ymateb i'ch cais
o fewn 20 diwrnod gwaith. Fodd bynnag, mewn rhai achosion efallai na allwn
wneud hyn o fewn y terfyn amser. Os bydd hyn yn digwydd, cewch wybod pryd
rydych yn debygol o gael ymateb.
Efallai y bydd angen trosglwyddo rhai ceisiadau i Awdurdod arall er mwyn
ateb yr ymholiad. Unwaith eto, byddwn yn cysylltu â chi os bydd angen
gwneud hyn.
Os bydd gennych unrhyw gwestiynau ynglyn â'ch cais cysylltwch â ni.
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Dear Gwent Police,
I'd just like to clarify the wording in my request: I'm interested in the number of _stops_ made under "stop and account" powers, not the number of _searches_.
As you may have spotted, "stop and account" powers by definition do not involve searches!
If you do not record "stop and account", or do not use "stop and account" by policy, I'd also be interested in knowing that.
Apologies for any confusion, and thanks for considering my request.
Yours faithfully,
Anna Smith
Dear Ms Smith
Please see attached the response to your recent Freedom of Information
request
Kind regards
Sam
FOI Team
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Dear Freedom Of Information,
Thank you very much for your response. Please could I just clarify: do these numbers relate to "stop and account" or "stop and search" stops?
Yours sincerely,
Anna Smith
Rwy'n cydnabod bod y swyddfa hon wedi derbyn eich ymholiad.
Fel y nodwyd yn y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth ein nod fydd ymateb i'ch cais
o fewn 20 diwrnod gwaith. Fodd bynnag, mewn rhai achosion efallai na allwn
wneud hyn o fewn y terfyn amser. Os bydd hyn yn digwydd, cewch wybod pryd
rydych yn debygol o gael ymateb.
Efallai y bydd angen trosglwyddo rhai ceisiadau i Awdurdod arall er mwyn
ateb yr ymholiad. Unwaith eto, byddwn yn cysylltu â chi os bydd angen
gwneud hyn.
Os bydd gennych unrhyw gwestiynau ynglyn â'ch cais cysylltwch â ni.
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I acknowledge receipt of your query received by this office.
As set out by the Freedom of Information Act it will be our aim to respond
to your request within 20 working days. In some cases, however, we may be
unable to achieve this deadline. If this occurs we will advise you of the
likely timescale within which the response will be provided.
Some requests may also require transference to another Authority in order
to answer the query. Again you will be contacted if this is required.
If you have any questions regarding your request please contact us.
Dear Ms Smith
The request has been confirmed as stop and count as per your request.
Kind Regards
Sam
FOI Team
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