FOI 12383 and 12384
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 12383 and Warwickshire Police 12384
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 13th August 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
Please state how many of the following crimes were alleged to have occurred and recorded by your force as happening in Sports Direct and JD Sports shops:
Assault offences to include all assault offences (8.01, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06 and 8.07) as well as common assault (105) in the years (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018.
Please note I am only interested in assaults which involved members of the public assaulting employees of Sports Direct or JD Sports. The data should be broken down by year and by whether the assault happened in Sports Direct or JD Sports.
In addition, please provide me with a summary from the crime report notes/modus operandi (MO) for the five most recent cases
REPLY:
West Mercia Police 12383
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Offence |
Store |
Number of Offences |
Description |
Year |
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Assaults Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm |
JD Sports |
2 |
Two members of staff assaulted - one whilst breaking up original fight. |
2017 |
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Assaults Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm |
Sports Direct |
2 |
Two members of staff assaulted - one whilst assisting first assaulted colleague |
2017 |
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Assaults Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm |
Sports Direct |
1 |
Staff member assaulted when challenging suspect who was attempting to return earlier stolen items. |
2018 |
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Warwickshire Police 12384
Nil return