Wildlife Officers - 024/20

Date Responded 21 January 2020

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:

Could you please provide the annual number of dedicated wildlife officers Northumbria Police has had from 2009-2019.

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Peoples Services 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 follows.

2009 - 1

2010 - 1

2011 - 1

2012 to 2019 – no dedicated Wildlife Officers

From April 2009 to November 2011 there was one dedicated member of Police Staff carrying out the role of ‘Planning & Wildlife Officer’. Following this, the function was absorbed into other roles within the force and officers receive relevant wildlife liaison training where necessary.

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.

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