Unlicensed music events/illegal raves, 2020 and 2019
Dear West Yorkshire Police,
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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