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Dear West Mercia Police,

Please could I receive the following information;
1. Do your officers wear white shirts or black wicking shirts whilst on operational duties.
2. In what year do the change from white shirts to black wicking shirts take place.
3. Are male officers still issued with custodian helmets.
4. If not, when did this change take place.
5. If not, what headwear are they issued with instead.

Yours faithfully,

TJ.Roberts

Information Compliance, West Mercia Police

Dear Mr Robertson
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 12205 and
Warwickshire Police 12206
 
I write in connection with your request for West Mercia Police and
Warwickshire Police information which was dated and received on 16th July
2019.
 
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act). 
 
Please note that due to an unprecedented number of requests being received
for subject access and FOI, for the foreseeable future requests are now
being triaged and addressed in the following order; Subject Access
requests and then FOI requests.  Every effort will be made to meet our
statutory timescales for responses, subject to the information not being
exempt or containing a reference to a third party. and we ask for your
understanding.
We will aim to provide the information within 20 working days as required
by the Freedom of Information Act.
 
There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request.  If this is the case you will be informed and
the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment
from you. If you chose not to make payment then your request will remain
unanswered.
 
Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.
 
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or telephone the Information Compliance Unit quoting the reference number
above.
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
Information Compliance Administrator
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
P O Box 55
Hindlip  WR3 8SP
 
DD 01905 331545 (Ext. 2545)
 
 
 

Information Compliance, West Mercia Police

 
 
 
Dear Mr Roberts
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 12205 and
Warwickshire Police 12206
 
I write in connection with your request for West Mercia Police and
Warwickshire Police information which was dated and received on 16th July
2019.
 
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act). 
 
Please note that due to an unprecedented number of requests being received
for subject access and FOI, for the foreseeable future requests are now
being triaged and addressed in the following order; Subject Access
requests and then FOI requests.  Every effort will be made to meet our
statutory timescales for responses, subject to the information not being
exempt or containing a reference to a third party. and we ask for your
understanding.
We will aim to provide the information within 20 working days as required
by the Freedom of Information Act.
 
There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request.  If this is the case you will be informed and
the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment
from you. If you chose not to make payment then your request will remain
unanswered.
 
Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.
 
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or telephone the Information Compliance Unit quoting the reference number
above.
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
Information Compliance Administrator
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
P O Box 55
Hindlip  WR3 8SP
 
DD 01905 331545 (Ext. 2545)
 
 
 

Information Compliance, West Mercia Police

Dear Mr Roberts

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 12205 and
Warwickshire Police 12206

 

I write in connection with your requests for information received on 16^th
July 2019.

 

I regret to inform you that West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police has
not been able to complete its response to your request within the 20
working days.

 

I am unable to provide a specific timescale for response but every effort
will be made to ensure an appropriate response will be made as soon as
possible.

 

Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused. Your attention is
drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.

 

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or telephone the Information Compliance Unit quoting the reference number
above.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police

PO Box 55

Hindlip

Worcester

WR3 8SP

01905 331545 / 331565

 

 

 

West Mercia Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1
and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed
information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information
will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright
owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached
information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, West Mercia Police
Headquarters, PO Box 55, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SP.

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West Mercia Police Headquarters

Information Compliance Unit

Hindlip Hall

Hindlip

PO Box 55

Worcester

WR3 8SP

or

email: [1][West Mercia Police request email]

 

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[3]www.westmercia.police.uk

 

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