Business Interests

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the freedom of information act. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.

I would like to know how many of your force’s police officers had registered business interests or secondary earnings in 2009. I would like to know what these interests are (eg. bouncer, writer, model etc).

I would also like to know how many of your officers had second jobs in 2005.

I understand that under the act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Please see the following web pages as I believe that your questions may be answered via the following information and is therefore exempt in accordance with section 21 (1) of the Act: Business Interests