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Sex Work Liaison Officers - 927/18

Date Responded 09 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:

  1. Does your Constabulary have a nominated officer or officers who acts as a single point of contact in relation to all crimes against sex workers (often called Sex Work Liaison Officers)?

If you do have Sex Work Liaison Officers, please answer the following questions:

2  Does the Constabulary refer to these officers as Sex Work Liaison Officers or are they referred to by a different name? What is this name, if so?

3  How many officers currently have this role in this Constabulary?

4  Are these Sex Work Liaison Officers police officers, PCSOs, special constables or civilian staff? What rank are they?

5  What neighbourhoods do the Sex Work Liaison Officers cover within the Constabulary?

6  Do the Sex Work Liaison Officers monitor both on and off-street sex work?

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 Safeguarding 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.

  1. Yes
  2. Different name – Dedicated Liaison Officers (DLO’S)
  3. 34
  4. Police Officers – Constable
  5. Force area
  6. Yes

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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