Lost or Stolen Warrant Cards

Keywords

Lost, Stolen, Warrant, Cards, ID, Staff, Officer, Security, Incident.

Publication Number

PUB 1450

FOI Reference Number

16400

Request Title

Lost or Stolen Warrant Cards

Date Range

01 April 2019 to 31 March 2022

Information Requested

Can you please tell me the number of lost or stolen warrant cards in the last three years, by category, latest data available.

Disclosure with Exemptions

Full Disclosure

Information Correct as at

25 April 2022

Date of Disclosure

27 April 2022

Related Documents/Links

N/A

FOI 16400 Response

Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:

Caveats: 

The data is correct as at 25 April 2022.

Date Range:  01 April 2019 to 31 March 2022.

Data:  The Security Incident Type (Home Office Classification - ID Cards: Lost, Missing or Stolen) under the general categories of Related Incidents being submitted and received using the PFL001 Submission Form are detailed below for the period and of those, the ID Cards: Lost, Missing or Stolen incidents were noted.

ID Cards: Lost, Missing or Stolen are not listed specifically in the below and the data will only give a general view of reports received, these may include Police Staff ID Cards, Police Officer ID or Warrant Cards.

There were a total of 169 ID Card incidents reported to Information Security between the period 01 April 2019 to 31 March 2022, 34 of which were later found and an update reported separately.  All security incidents must be reported using the relevant form as soon as possible, therefore, in some instances the items are later found and Information Security is notified.

The remaining 135 ID Cards: Lost, Missing or Stolen are shown below and represented by year:

Incident Type	2019	2020	2021	2022
ID Cards: Lost, Missing or Stolen	35	44	52	4

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete.  However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries.  Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies.  Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.