Offences of 'Making a Threat to Kill' on Facebook 2021
Keywords
Offences, Making, Threat, Kill, Facebook, Posted, Copies, Initial, Modus operandi, MO, Wording.
Publication Number
PUB 1423
FOI Reference Number
16695
Request Title
Offences of 'Making a Threat to Kill' on Facebook 2021
Date Range
2021
Information Requested
1. In the 2021 calendar year how many offences did your force log of "making a threat to kill" where the threat was posted on Facebook?
2. Starting from the month of October 2021 please provide me with copies of the first five MOs that relating to question 1 complete with the wording that was used on Facebook. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for names, ages, geography or any other personal detail to be redacted].
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
11 March 2022
Date of Disclosure
14 March 2022
Related Documents/Links
FOI 16695 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 11 March 2022.
The data was extracted by filtering on ‘Threats to Kill’ in the Full Offence Title and a keyword search in the Initial Modus Operandi (MO) Field for Facebook. Please note that any keyword search may not be entirely accurate and any results would not necessarily answer your submission, and, therefore, could be highly inaccurate and misleading.
1. In the 2021 calendar year how many offences did your force log of "making a threat to kill" where the threat was posted on Facebook?
There were 5 offences of making a threat to kill on Facebook in 2021.
2. Starting from the month of October 2021 please provide me with copies of the first five MOs that relating to question 1 complete with the wording that was used on Facebook. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for names, ages, geography or any other personal detail to be redacted].
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Initial Modus Operandi |
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SUSPECT NAMED AND SUSPECT UNIDENTIFIED HAVE SENT THE VICTIM MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK MESSENGER SAYING THAT WOULD COME FOR AND WILL TAKE SUSPECT ALSO SAID THAT WOULD KILL THE VICTIM. SUSPECT UNIDENTIFIED HAS SAID WE ARE COMING FOR YOU AND KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. SUSPECT HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY THE VICTIM AND HAS SENT THE MESSAGE TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE |
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SUSPECT NAMED HAS SENT A FACEBOOK MESSAGE SAYING "I KILL YOU' WHICH THE VICTIM BELIEVED THE WOULD CARRY OUT |
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