FOI 366143
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 366143
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 15th October 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
REQUEST 1:
Have you or your authority ever instructed your officers, through word of mouth or written instruction, to only recommend and/or make the public aware of Police CPI Ltd (trading as Secured by Design) certified crime prevention products? Y or N? If yes, please supply copies of the instructions.
REQUEST 2:
Have you or your authority ever given permission to Police CPI Ltd for the names of the latter’s employees, purporting to be serving Designing Out Crime Officers, to be listed on your website, and/or under your authority’s name on their website? Y or N?
REQUEST 3:
In the past 2 years, have you or your authority or any organisation you are aware of made any assessment of Police CPI Ltd.’s capabilities with regard to the technical expertise necessary, and their qualifications to assess and certify all crime prevention products to be brought to the attention of the public and victims by your officers. Y or N? If yes, please provide copies of these assessments.
REQUEST 4:
Have you, the Chief Constable, responsible for the expenditure of taxpayers’ money to purchase services from Police CPI Ltd. ever sat on the board of that private company while employed as a police officer. Y or N?
Reply
Your request for information has been considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”), and I am not obliged to provide the information requested.
S.12(1) of the Act states that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the “appropriate limit”. For police forces in England and Wales, the "appropriate limit" is £450 or 18 hours of work as set by the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
The information you have requested is not available in a readily retrievable format. There are over 2500 officers in West Mercia Police. In order to ascertain whether the information you have requested is held would take in excess of 18 hours as each officer would have to be asked individually.
In accordance with s.17(5) of the Act, this acts as a Refusal Notice.
Under s.16 of the Act I have a duty to provide advice and assistance in relation to your request.
Unfortunately, I am unable to identify information that could be supplied within the fees limit.