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Thank you for your Freedom of information (FOI) request logged under the
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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public
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 1. Please provide me with an up-to-date data set showing date, time,
location street, location town, offence description/care make/ care
model/category/type, and disposal method at a minimum for each
individual alleged offence submitted by third parties online to report
road traffic incidents / alleged traffic offences with supporting
video/dashcam/helmet cam or similar footage with an offence date of 11
February 2023. If information is not held for NFA'd
allegations/reports then okay to exclude those (as this was mentioned
by Essex police as something that will take manual time in my FOI
request for which an interval review was conducted

 

 2. Please add your case reference number if possible too but no need if
there are concerns about this.

 

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your request. 

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With regard to Question 1 we can advise that once processed Essex Police
do not retain street, time, town or vehicle type. 

 

Essex Police can however report as follows:

 

Caveat: The data is correct as at 07/12/2023 

 

Questions 1 and 2:

 

Offence Outcome
1 Careless or Inconsiderate Driving 2 NFA Insufficient Evidence
1 Careless or Inconsiderate Driving 40 Process
8 Not Complying with Traffic Sign 20 Process
14 Non Compliant VRM 1 NFA No Offence
7 No MOT 8 Intel Only
0 Non Specific 2 NFA Insufficient Evidence

 

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Information exemption as to provide the level of detail requested may
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[4]Extra Eyes | Essex Police

 

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From: Info Rights Freedom Essex
Sent: 29 November 2023 14:16
To: Sarah Khan <[14][FOI #1053001 email]>
Subject: RE: FOI 19391- Third party reporting of traffic offences and
means of disposal for offences on 11 February 2023

 

Thank you for your supplementary request for information, which has been
logged under the above reference number.

 

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(FOIA). If a time extension is to be applied to your request, you will be
informed; the reason for the extension will also be provided.

 

Please note that Essex Police may refuse detailed or multiple requests
that are submitted at the same time, as per [15]Section 14 of the FOIA.
Furthermore, if the information sought is already publicly available, you
may be redirected to our publication
scheme: [16]https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/ac...
other official links, such as the [17]PFCC, [18]Home Office or
the [19]Office for National Statistics

 

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Email: [22][Essex Police request email]

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Police
website [23]https://www.essex.police.uk/hyg/fpnessex...

 

 

 

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Essex Police is in receipt of your complaint to FOI request: 

 

FOI 19391 Third party reporting of traffic offences and means of disposal
for offences on 11 February 2023

 

Essex Police will conduct a review as requested.  

 

As you will be aware the Information Commissioner's guidance for reviews
held under Section 50 of the Act is that they should be completed
within twenty working days of receipt of the complaint (unless exceptional
circumstances arise in which case the authority may extend the deadline by
a further twenty days) this will give a deadline of the 19/01/2024.

 

As advised in our reply if you are not content with the outcome of the
review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via [1]Information Commissioner's Office
(ICO) 

 

We will write again by that date. 

 

Kind regards 

 

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Police

Telephone: 101 | Email: [2][Essex Police request email]

Address: Information Management Department, Information Rights Section,
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use your personal data please visit our Privacy Notice via the Essex
Police website [3]https://www.essex.police.uk/hyg/fpnessex...

 

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Thank you for your Freedom of information (FOI) request and subsequent
Internal review logged under the above reference.

 

I have made further enquiries and I hope the below response provide a
timeline and provides some more clarity.

 

Revised original request -

Please provide me with an up-to-date data set showing date, time, location
street, location town, offence description/care make/ care
model/category/type, and disposal method at a minimum for each individual
alleged offence submitted by third parties online to report road traffic
incidents / alleged traffic offences with supporting video/dashcam/helmet
cam or similar footage with an offence date of 11 February 2023. If
information is not held for NFA'd allegations/reports then okay to exclude
those (as this was mentioned by Essex police as something that will take
manual time in my FOI request for which an interval review was conducted.
If possible to add please add car/vehicle make and model for each offence
too if available in your system already and the case reference number (but
if there are concerns about this then okay to leave out).

 

Disclosure response

FOI Duty   

First Duty – Essex Police does not hold all the information relating to
your request. 

Second Duty – Not applicable  

Fact – This disclosure is subject to the following exemption

Exemption – Section 40 Personal Information 

Questions 1 and 2:

 

Offence Outcome
1 Careless or Inconsiderate Driving 2 NFA Insufficient Evidence
1 Careless or Inconsiderate Driving 40 Process
8 Not Complying with Traffic Sign 20 Process
14 Non Compliant VRM 1 NFA No Offence
7 No MOT 8 Intel Only
0 Non Specific 2 NFA Insufficient Evidence

 

No further information will be provided by virtue of Section 40 Personal
Information exemption as to provide the level of detail requested may
identify individuals.

 

Internal review request

The requested information is not personal information and the authority
should feel free to redact / remove any particular fields for eg unique
case number. Other police forces do publish data at an individual offence
level with the outcome of the case and car make model date time and
location   The met has also released this exact information previously as
has Herefordshire constabulary and so have multiple others. Links to these
were provided in the original request. Additional links where other police
forces provide the same information can be provided if helpful. Some
publish individual offence level data on their website of third party
reports of bad driving.

 

Internal review response

I have made additional enquiries and have been advised that Essex Police
can provide the following, it does not retain information regarding the
time, street town or car make if the incident results in No further
action. This response therefore replaces that previously issued.

 

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public
authorities:   

  

Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at [1]Section 1(1)(a)) is to
confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.   

The second duty (at [2]Section 1(1)(b)) is to disclose information that
has been confirmed as being held.    

However, where exemptions are relied upon ([3]Section 17 of FOIA), there
is a requirement to provide the applicant with an explanation either:   

a) stating the fact    

b) detailing the exemption(s) in question and   

c) why the exemption applies (if not apparent).   

 

Request and IR request as above

 

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your
request.   

Second Duty – See below 

Fact – restricted data held for NFA

Caveat: Data correct as at 18.1.24

 

Essex Police can report as follows:

┌──────────────────────────┬────────┬─────────┬─────────────┬────────────┐
│Offence │Date │Street │Town │Disposal │
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│1 Careless or │ │ │ │No further │
│Inconsiderate Driving │11/02/23│ │ │action │
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│1 Careless or │ │Noak Hill│ │ │
│Inconsiderate Driving │11/02/23│Road │Billericay │Course offer│
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│1 Careless or │ │ │Hatfield │ │
│Inconsiderate Driving │11/02/23│A12 │Peveral │Course offer│
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│1 Careless or │ │ │ │ │
│Inconsiderate Driving │11/02/23│M11 │Theydon │Course offer│
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│8 Not Complying with │ │ │ │ │
│Traffic Sign │11/02/23│M11 │A120 Junction│Course offer│
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│Drive on HardShoulder │11/02/23│M11 │Sheering │Course offer│
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│ │ │ │ │No further │
│14 Non Compliant VRM │11/02/23│ │ │action │
├──────────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────────┤
│ │ │ │ │No further │
│Faulty Tyres │11/02/23│ │ │action │
└──────────────────────────┴────────┴─────────┴─────────────┴────────────┘

 

The car makes involved in courses offered are – Ford Focus, Mercedes
Sprinter , Range Rover Audi A4 and Chevrolet Orlando.

The times reported are between 12.17, 12.36, 12.38.14.30 and 12.07

 

FOI Team | Information Management Department | Information Rights Section
| Essex Police 

Telephone: 101 | Email: [4][Essex Police request email] 

Address: Information Management Department, Information Rights Section,
Essex Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA   

  

For more information about your information rights, or how Essex Police
use your personal data please visit our Privacy Notice via the Essex
Police website
[5]https://www.essex.police.uk/hyg/fpnessex...

  

Essex Police have developed a publication strategy, our aim is to reduce
the demand within the FOI Department and to provide knowledge to the
public to include previous and combined FOI requests together with
relevant links and information. Please visit this area of our website
before submitting FOI requests as information may already be available.
[6]https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/ac...

 

If you wish to contact the ICO or understand how to submit a valid FOI
request, please visit the Commissioner’s website: [7]How to access
information from a public body | ICO 

  

Your right to complain 

 

If you are still dissatisfied following our review, you have the right
under of the [8]Section 50 FOIA  to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner. Before considering your complaint, the Information
Commissioner would normally expect you to have exhausted the complaints
procedures provided by Essex Police.

 

 

 

 

From: Info Rights Freedom Essex
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 11:22 AM
To: 'Sarah Khan' <[FOI #1053001 email]>
Subject: RE: FOI 19391 Third party reporting of traffic offences and means
of disposal for offences on 11 February 2023

 

Essex Police is in receipt of your complaint to FOI request: 

 

FOI 19391 Third party reporting of traffic offences and means of disposal
for offences on 11 February 2023

 

Essex Police will conduct a review as requested.  

 

As you will be aware the Information Commissioner's guidance for reviews
held under Section 50 of the Act is that they should be completed
within twenty working days of receipt of the complaint (unless exceptional
circumstances arise in which case the authority may extend the deadline by
a further twenty days) this will give a deadline of the 19/01/2024.

 

As advised in our reply if you are not content with the outcome of the
review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via [9]Information Commissioner's Office
(ICO) 

 

We will write again by that date. 

 

Kind regards 

 

FOI Team | Information Management | Information Rights Section | Essex
Police

Telephone: 101 | Email: [10][Essex Police request email]

Address: Information Management Department, Information Rights Section,
Essex Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA 

 

For more information about your information rights, or how Essex Police
use your personal data please visit our Privacy Notice via the Essex
Police website
[11]https://www.essex.police.uk/hyg/fpnessex...

 

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