Vehicle Fleet - Electric Vehicles
Keywords
Electric, Battery, Vehicles, Fleet, Makes, Models, Internal, Combustion, Engine, Acquire, Marked, Unmarked, Covert, Spend, Costs.
Publication Number
PUB 1236
FOI Reference Number
16112
Request Title
Vehicle Fleet - Electric Vehicles
Date Range
N/A
Information Requested
1) How many electric vehicles are currently in your fleet?
2) How many vehicles (both electric and internal combustion engine vehicles) in total make up your fleet?
3) Please share any plans to acquire more electric vehicles.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
21 September 2021
Date of Disclosure
01 October 2021
Related Documents/Links
Vehicle Fleet - Publication Scheme
FOI 16112 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:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 21 September 2021.
1) How many electric vehicles are currently in your fleet?
Nil.
2) How many vehicles (both electric and internal combustion engine vehicles) in total make up your fleet?
Please see below link to our Publication Scheme:
3) Please share any plans to acquire more electric vehicles.
We plan to focus on the unmarked fleet where range and payload are not such significant factors. We plan to replace the unmarked fleet in parallel with investment in on site charging facilities.
No further details in respect of unmarked or covert vehicles will be provided by virtue of the following exemption:
S31(1) Law Enforcement
Evidence of Harm
To disclose details of unmarked or covert vehicles could cause harm to the Police Service’s ability to protect the public it serves and could prejudice its ability to perform core functions such as the prevention and detection of crime. Releasing this data would give individuals with criminal intent the intelligence required to disrupt Police activity and target innocent members of the public. Criminals would be able to identify in which force areas resources are weak and use this knowledge to their advantage in furthering criminal activity around the county and the country as a whole. The disclosure of information which is likely to undermine the Police Service’s ability to serve the public in preventing and detecting crime and the apprehension and prosecution of offenders can only be considered as being harmful to the public.
Public Interest Test
Factors Favouring Disclosure
The disclosure of this information would adhere to the general principle of openness and transparency and better inform the public about how public funds are spent, better awareness which may reduce crime or lead to more information from the public.
In the current financial climate of cuts and with the call for transparency of public spending this would enable improved public debate.
Factors Against Disclosure
The disclosure of this information would undermine Law Enforcement resulting in more crime being committed. This would have an impact on Police resources and place individuals and the general public at risk. Patterns could be drawn which would enable those intent on criminal activities to strategically plan offences based on this data. The force would then be required to adapt its methods in order to continue to prevent and detect crime.
The Police Service will never disclose information which could identify investigative activity and, therefore, undermine their investigations. To do so would hinder the prevention or detection of crime.
Balancing Test
The Police Service is charged with enforcing the law, preventing and detecting crime and protecting the communities we serve and there is a public interest argument in ensuring we are open and transparent. However, the disclosure of Police resources which would harm the ability of Essex Police to prevent and detect crime is a more influential reason.
As part of that policing purpose, information is gathered which can be highly sensitive relating to high profile investigative activity. Weakening the mechanisms used to monitor any type of criminal activity would place the security of the country at an increased level of danger.
In addition, any disclosure by Essex Police that places the security of the country at risk, no matter how generic, would undermine any trust or confidence individuals have in us, therefore, at this moment in time it is our opinion that for these issues the balance test favours of non-disclosure of the information at this time.
FOI Reference Number
16129
Request Title
Vehicle Fleet - Electric Vehicles
Date Range
N/A
Information Requested
1. How many fully battery-electric vehicles are currently in your forces fleet?
2. What are the makes and models of the battery electric vehicles in your fleet? i.e. Nissan Leaf, BMW i3
3. How much money has your force spent on battery electric vehicles?
4. For what purposes are these vehicles used for?
5. Are any of the vehicles used for emergency response or pursuits?
6. Are there any plans to increase the number of fully electric vehicles in the near future?
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
21 September 2021
Date of Disclosure
01 October 2021
Related Documents/Links
Vehicle Fleet - Publication Scheme
FOI 16129 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:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 21 September 2021.
1. How many fully battery-electric vehicles are currently in your forces fleet?
Nil.
2. What are the makes and models of the battery electric vehicles in your fleet? i.e. Nissan Leaf, BMW i3
Not applicable.
3. How much money has your force spent on battery electric vehicles?
Not applicable.
4. For what purposes are these vehicles used for?
Not applicable.
5. Are any of the vehicles used for emergency response or pursuits?
Not applicable.
6. Are there any plans to increase the number of fully electric vehicles in the near future?
We plan to focus on the unmarked fleet where range and payload are not such significant factors. We plan to replace the unmarked fleet in parallel with investment in on site charging facilities.
No further details in respect of unmarked or covert vehicles will be provided by virtue of the following exemption:
S31(1) Law Enforcement
Evidence of Harm
To disclose details of unmarked or covert vehicles could cause harm to the Police Service’s ability to protect the public it serves and could prejudice its ability to perform core functions such as the prevention and detection of crime. Releasing this data would give individuals with criminal intent the intelligence required to disrupt Police activity and target innocent members of the public. Criminals would be able to identify in which force areas resources are weak and use this knowledge to their advantage in furthering criminal activity around the county and the country as a whole. The disclosure of information which is likely to undermine the Police Service’s ability to serve the public in preventing and detecting crime and the apprehension and prosecution of offenders can only be considered as being harmful to the public.
Public Interest Test
Factors Favouring Disclosure
The disclosure of this information would adhere to the general principle of openness and transparency and better inform the public about how public funds are spent, better awareness which may reduce crime or lead to more information from the public.
In the current financial climate of cuts and with the call for transparency of public spending this would enable improved public debate.
Factors Against Disclosure
The disclosure of this information would undermine Law Enforcement resulting in more crime being committed. This would have an impact on Police resources and place individuals and the general public at risk. Patterns could be drawn which would enable those intent on criminal activities to strategically plan offences based on this data. The force would then be required to adapt its methods in order to continue to prevent and detect crime.
The Police Service will never disclose information which could identify investigative activity and, therefore, undermine their investigations. To do so would hinder the prevention or detection of crime.
Balancing Test
The Police Service is charged with enforcing the law, preventing and detecting crime and protecting the communities we serve and there is a public interest argument in ensuring we are open and transparent. However, the disclosure of Police resources which would harm the ability of Essex Police to prevent and detect crime is a more influential reason.
As part of that policing purpose, information is gathered which can be highly sensitive relating to high profile investigative activity. Weakening the mechanisms used to monitor any type of criminal activity would place the security of the country at an increased level of danger.
In addition, any disclosure by Essex Police that places the security of the country at risk, no matter how generic, would undermine any trust or confidence individuals have in us, therefore, at this moment in time it is our opinion that for these issues the balance test favours of non-disclosure of the information at this time.