Wellbeing Dogs in Essex Police
Publication Number: 1507
FOI Number: 18329
Disclosure:
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Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at Section 1(1)(a)) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.
The second duty (at Section 1(1)(b)) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.
However, where exemptions are relied upon (Section 17 of FOIA), there is a requirement to provide the applicant with an explanation either:
- a) stating the fact
- b) detailing the exemption(s) in question and
- c) why the exemption applies (if not apparent).
Information Request – Which has been numbered to aid in this disclosure
- How many wellbeing dogs do you have in your force?
- If so what breed are they?
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your request.
Second Duty – See below
Fact – See below
Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 20 March 2023
Q1. How many wellbeing dogs do you have in your force?
A. Essex Police has four Wellbeing Dogs.
Q2. If so what breed are they?
A. Two are Golden Retrievers and two are Belgian Malinois.
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.
The following information, articles and links available via our FOI publication scheme and the further Essex Police website may also be of interest:
Police Dogs/Canine Units 2016-2021 | Essex Police
I200 - Policy Dogs | Essex Police
I0213 Procedure - Police Dogs Transport, Retirement, Exercise and Kennelling | Essex Police
I0218 Procedure - Police Dogs Training on-off Duty and Exercise | Essex Police
The History of the Essex Police Dog Unit | Essex Police
Essex Police Dog Section (@EPDogs) / Twitter