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:
For the period 1st April 2018 to 30th June 2018 can you please tell me how many drone/UAV related calls have been received by Northumbria Police, with a breakdown of the nature of the incident, any action taken, and the month the call was received.
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.
A search of the full incident description was carried out using the following key words:
Drone
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
With the above in mine, I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
Nature of incident |
April |
May |
June |
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Information Only |
8 |
2 |
8 |
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Nuisance/Suspicious flying |
4 |
7 |
13 |
||
Theft of drone |
2 |
0 |
2 |
||
Total |
|
|
14 |
9 |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Action taken |
|
Apr |
May |
Jun |
|
Area checked |
3 |
3 |
1 |
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Caller advised |
1 |
2 |
5 |
||
Crime created |
2 |
0 |
2 |
||
Logged for information |
8 |
2 |
13 |
||
Officer attended and drone operator spoken to |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Total |
|
|
14 |
9 |
23 |