David Mery - Freedom of Information requests

Origin of the images used to identify suspects at the riots

Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 22 January 2012.

Partially successful.

FoI request about the 5110 images not from camera phones posted at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/origin_of_the_other_5110_images/

Safe transport of detainees on arrest

Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 5 January 2012.

Awaiting internal review.

Even though I was specifically asked to create a new refined request, the response to this request was posted in response to the original one at http:/...

Criteria for the determination of fairness and proportionality of the CCTV recording of strip searches

Request to British Transport Police by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 4 January 2012.

Partially successful.

Some comments about this response at http://gizmonaut.net/blog/uk/2012/01/btp_no_guidelines_about_cctv_recording_strip_search.html

BTP CCTV SOPs and use in strip search rooms

Request to British Transport Police by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 4 December 2011.

Partially successful.

Should be 'necessity and proportionality' in my previous annotation.

CCTV in BTP custody suites

Request to British Transport Police by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 28 November 2011.

Successful.

I've analysed some of this information in http://gizmonaut.net/blog/uk/2011/11/btp_pervert_cctv_policy.html

BTP CCTV SOPs and use in strip search rooms

Request to British Transport Police by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 28 November 2011.

Partially successful.

I've analysed some of this information in http://gizmonaut.net/blog/uk/2011/11/btp_pervert_cctv_policy.html

Availability of custody suites & ICV visits

Request to Metropolitan Police Authority by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 25 November 2011.

Partially successful.

After some very helpful and constructive calls and emails, we agreed on the following rewriting of my request: Can you please provide, preferably in...

Availability of custody suites & ICV visits

Request to Metropolitan Police Authority by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 23 November 2011.

Partially successful.

I have mentioned this request in http://gizmonaut.net/blog/uk/2011/11/mpa_uffc-question_mps-response--to-mpa-ndnad-review.html Some of the informatio...

Safe transport of detainees on arrest

Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 23 November 2011.

Refused.

I have mentioned this request in http://gizmonaut.net/blog/uk/2011/11/mpa_uffc-question_mps-response--to-mpa-ndnad-review.html

BTP CCTV SOPs and use in strip search rooms

Request to British Transport Police by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 23 November 2011.

Partially successful.

The response part of the letter I received is: --- In accordance with Section 1 of FOIA I can confirm that British Transport Police (BTP) hold the in...

CCTV in BTP custody suites

Request to British Transport Police by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 22 October 2011.

Successful.

I made a related request 'BTP CCTV SOPs and use in strip search rooms' at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/btp_cctv_sops_and_use_in_strip_s/

CCTV in BTP custody suites

Request to British Transport Police by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 4 October 2011.

Successful.

The SDH guidelines must be the 'Guidance on the safer detention & handling of persons in police custody' available at http://www.nacro.org.uk/data/file...

Traffic management cameras and ANPR

Request to Islington Borough Council by David Mery. Annotated by David Mery on 28 August 2011.

Successful.

Thanks Richard, I've emailed team @WTDK about this URL related bug. The 'ICPS Tickets - user guide' I mentioned is available (pdf) at http://www.isli...

Information regarding stop search statistics

Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by Mr D Dordoy. Annotated by David Mery on 15 August 2011.

Successful.

Monthly figures are published by the Met at http://www.met.police.uk/foi/units/stop_and_search.htm

Removal of DNA samples, and backup records from the NDNAD

Request to National Policing Improvement Agency by Paul Honigmann. Annotated by David Mery on 30 November 2009.

Successful.

You'll find some answers to 1/ and 2/ in a request I made some time ago: http://gizmonaut.net/foia/2008-12-12_NPIA.pdf (The question was quoted in the...

Ministers on the DNA Database

Request to Home Office by Paul Burke. Annotated by David Mery on 20 August 2009.

Information not held.

Damian Green's request has been approved. He's off the NDNAD. http://gizmonaut.net/blog/uk/2009/08/acpo_ndnad_advice_no_change.html br -d

Role of Prevent Central Unit

Request to Home Office by kaerast. Annotated by David Mery on 1 August 2009.

Refused.

From http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmhaff/212/212we13.htm The OSCT Prevent teams have two main functions. — leading o...

Compensation for wrongful arrest

Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by N Newson. Annotated by David Mery on 22 July 2009.

Partially successful.

The full 'MPA/MPS Policing London Annual Report 2008/09' is published as Appendix 1 linked on the right of http://www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/mpa/2009/0...

DNA collection

Request to Department of Health and Social Care by ROBERT CROSS. Annotated by David Mery on 17 June 2009.

Successful.

May be coming, indeed. See Q6 in GeneWatch Q&A: Lords' Genomic Medicine Report. http://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/HoL_...

Ministers on the DNA Database

Request to Home Office by Paul Burke. Annotated by David Mery on 9 June 2009.

Information not held.

One MP on the record as having had his DNA taken upon arrest and who has since requested removal is Damian Green. I haven't seen any news about whether...

Statistical information relating to Stop and Search operations at Clapham Junction Station

Request to British Transport Police by K F Joyce. Annotated by David Mery on 31 May 2009.

Partially successful.

If you do a follow up email for clarification, here are a few things you may want to ask: Re 2) is interesting in that it implicitly excludes stop an...

unlawful retention of innocent peoples DNA and fingerprints

Request to West Yorkshire Police by John Anderson. Annotated by David Mery on 11 May 2009.

Successful.

> Whilst this judgement has gone against the Government, it does not have any impact upon the current retention fingerprint and DNA policy until UK law...

Jacqui Smiths use of the term 'our shared values'.

Request to Home Office by Paul Perrin. Annotated by David Mery on 29 April 2009.

Partially successful.

Jacqui Smith also defined shared values as democracy, tolerance, and human rights in her BBC interview for the launch of Contest 2. More info and link...

DNA Database response

Request to Ministry of Justice by Mr Harding. Annotated by David Mery on 24 April 2009.

Information not held.

The government did report to the CoM at its 17-19 March meeting. The government apparently dealt with the individual measures and provided information...

unlawful retention of innocent peoples DNA and fingerprints

Request to Staffordshire Police by John Anderson. Annotated by David Mery on 22 March 2009.

Successful.

These ACRO "lines to take" have been interpreted slightly differently by the different forces. For a few examples see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009...

unlawful retention of innocent peoples DNA and fingerprints

Request to Kent Police by John Anderson. Annotated by David Mery on 10 March 2009.

Successful.

You may be interested in this response from the Kent police: http://gizmonaut.net/foia/2009-01-27_Kent_Police.pdf br -d

Results of random searches under S.44 of the Terrorism Act 2000

Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by James Bridle. Annotated by David Mery on 16 September 2008.

Partially successful.

Surprisingly the MPS have not clarified that the "officer in the video" showing the stop of search of Terence is not a Met officer but a BTP one. There...

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