Police/British Military Weapons

KEYWORDS

Police, British, Military, Weapons, Offences, Crimes, UK, Amnesties, Surrenders

PUBLICATION NUMBER

PUB 1100

FOI REFERENCE NUMBER

14825

REQUEST TITLE

Police/British Military Weapons

DATE RANGE

2017 to 2020

INFORMATION REQUESTED

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:

Please list, including location and offence, all crimes committed by people in possession of UK police or British military issued weapons, in each of the last three full calendar years, broken down by year, along with 2020 to date.

How many UK police or British military issued weapons have been recovered (not including amnesties or surrenders) by your force, in each of the last three full calendar years, broken down by year, along with 2020 to date.

DISCLOSURE WITH EXEMPTIONS

Full Refusal, Section 17

INFORMATION CORRECT AS AT

01.10.20

DATE OF DISCLOSURE

07.10.20

RELATED DOCUMENTS

N/A

FOI 14825 RESPONSE

Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does not hold information relating to your request.

Therefore, and in accordance with Section 17(1) of the FOIA, this response serves as a formal notification of refusal of your request on the basis that Essex Police does not hold, for the purposes of FOIA the information requested.

To provide some explanation, and to meet our duty to assist under Section 16 of the FOIA, Essex Police can advise:

We can report on Firearm and Weapon Offences overall, however, we do not record whether the weapon seized was of a specific Police/Military issue.

From an Essex Police Firearms point of view, we do daily checks to ensure all firearms and weapons are accounted, therefore, we know that no offences have been committed with Essex Police issued weapons.