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Author: Justine Barrett

Dog Thefts (1210A/23)

Please can you tell me the number of dog thefts reported to your force for each of the following financial years: 2018-19, 2019-2020, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23?
If possible, please state the three most commonly stolen breeds of dog and the number of each taken?

Mobile Fingerprint Technology (1114A/23)

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information regarding your force’s use of mobile fingerprint technology. Please provide the following information about your force’s use of mobile biometric technology for the periods between 1st January 2022 and today’s date; if you do not hold this information for the whole length of the period stated above, please provide it for the period starting from the date you began recording the information:

1. The number of times the mobile biometrics devices were used.

Diversity and Inclusion (1489A/23)

I am writing to request the number of employees employed by your force on 1 January 2023 whose roles were specifically focused on promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Parcel Theft (1186A/23)

1) How many instances of parcel theft (i.e. parcels stolen from somebody’s doorstep, or other cases where thieves steal a package, for example by impersonating a delivery person or homeowner) were reported between the following dates (NOTE: If the request will be too time-consuming, please share the most recent cases first)?

Account Freezing Orders (1192A/23)

1) The number of Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders issued from January to December 2022 (or for the last full calendar year available)
2) The number of Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders issued from January to December 2021

County Lines (1140A/23)

Please provide the following information, per calendar year, for the years 2019, 2020,2021,2022

1) How many drug supply arrests of juveniles aged 16 or under have been recorded that are deemed to be “County Lines” offences? Could these figures be broken down by year, please?

PSD Complaints (749A/23)

This FOIR is in relation to “complaints” made to West midlands Professional standards department, (who have stated that they are experiencing a back log of complaints from the IOPC,) that have been returned to the PSD from the IOPC.

How many complaints from the IOPC, have been returned to PSD, in the following years,

2021, 2022 and 2023.