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Unlicensed music events/illegal raves, 2020 and 2019

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Dear Durham Constabulary,

I would like to make the following Freedom of Information request with regards to details of unlicensed music events (UMEs) and/or illegal raves reported to and attended by officers from your police force in 2020 and 2019.

For each UME/illegal rave reported to and attended by officers, I would like to know the following:
- The date of UME/illegal rave
- Its location (as specific as possible)
- Details of the event, including the approx. number of people in attendance
- Whether any sections were issued
- Whether any arrests were made
- Whether any equipment or vehicles were seized
- Any other details of actions were taken by your police force in regards to the monitoring and termination of each event

Please provide data for both 2020 and 2019, but with priority given to 2020, up until the most recent date for which data is available. Please aim to provide the response to this FoI request in the form of a table - ideally in an Excel or CSV format.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Clark

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Good Morning

Please find attached two responses to requests on UMEs. The position of the force has not changed. As you will see both are cost refusals. Unfortunately and to be clear the same response applies to your request. Under the circumstances your request has been closed as a s12 refual on the grounds of cost.

Your sincerely

Freedom of Information Decision Maker
Business Innovation and Development
Durham Constabulary

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