Your rôle as PCC

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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner

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Please respond to the following:

1. Please provide the list of priorities, by type of crime, which your force is instructed to abide by when allocating investigative resource; specifically to include the priorities of social media crime, wildlife crime, domestic terrorism, and breaches of the Hunting Act.

2. I note that breaches of the Hunting Act are not recordable crimes as per the police/Home Office Orange Book. Why is that omission in place, and do you have plans to make hunting crime recordable for your force to deliver open, transparent and fair policing?

3. Are there any Operations running in your force or as a cross-border collaboration with other forces which target hunt saboteurs?

4. Are there, or have there ever been, any Operations running or about to run in your force or as a cross-border collaboration with other forces which focus in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

5. Are there, or have there ever been, any discussions between you and/or your office/staff with any other police force/government agency/political party/the Home Office and/or members of the current Conservative government which focus(ed) in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

6. Are there, or have there ever been, any discussions between you and/or your office/staff with the Countryside Alliance and/or Vote OK (https://www.vote-ok.co.uk) which focus(ed) in any way on information gathering/sharing for the purpose of classifying/recommending for classification and/or proscription of the Hunt Saboteur Association as Domestic Terrorists?

S Rhosier

West Midlands Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner

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Benjamin Johnson, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner

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Dear S Rhosier,

Please find attached the response to your request.

Kind regards

Ben Johnson
Business Support Officer

West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner
Lloyd House
Colmore Circus Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6NQ

Tel: 0121 626 6060
Int: 801 6035

Web: www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk
Twitter: @WestMidsPCC
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WestMidsPCC

Keeping your personal information safe and secure is a priority for us. We have updated our Privacy Notice in line with the new data protection regulation (GDPR), and we have made it easier for you to understand all the information we collect and why we collect it. To find out more about how we use your personal information please look at our Privacy Notice

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