- Reference Number: 2100
- Date released: 22 September 2009
Request
(For the following years 2003/4, 2004/5, 2005/6, 2006/7, 2007/8
and 2008/9, please provide the following information: how many
crimes in your force area were recorded and tagged as having CCTV
involvement? How many of those resulted in a successful
prosecution?
Response
In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is
provided below;
We are unable to provide any data in relation to your request.
In the last 12 months alone there were just under 10,000 crimes
detected. To find out if CCTV images were used to aid the detection
would require a manual examination of each crime report and
subsequent evidence file. This it is estimated would exceed the
appropriate limit. The appropriate limit is defined in the Data
Protection and Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit)
Regulations 2004, which is covered by statutory Instrument Number
3244 of 2004. Furthermore, Section 12 of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 allows a public authority to refuse to respond to a
request for information where the cost of compliance would exceed
the appropriate limit as defined by the above mentioned
regulations.
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