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Social media crimes - 1083/18

Date Responded 19 November 2018

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

Please could I have the figure for number of people detained and questioned by your force because of offensive online messages.

i) Could I have figures for 2015 (01 Jan - 31 Dec), 2016 (01 Jan - 31 Dec), 2017 (01 Jan - 31 Dec), and 2018 (01 Jan - Current Date)

ii) Please could I have the outcome of the investigation (was it dropped, or were prosecutions brought, for example), if available.

iii) Please could I have the locality of the individual involved to the narrowest level without breaching section 40 of the FOI act (for example, local authority if held would be fine)

In Response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention.

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as attached.

FOI 1083/18

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

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