Gambling (678A/21)
Request
618A/21 received 14/04/2021:
Would you please provide the following information:
- Does screening for gambling disorder take place among detainees in any part of your force? If yes:
a) Which detainees are being screened?
b) What are the triggers for a gambling screening?
c) Who does the screening and where?
d) What screening tools are used?
e) What pathways are in place if gambling problems are identified?2) How many incidents attended during the period 1 January 2019 through to 31 December 2020 recorded the following key words – gambling, betting or casino? Please provide for each incident:
a) The month/year the incident occurred
b) Alleged offence/reason for police attendance
c) Gender
d) Race
e) Age
f) Outcome of the incident (e.g. charge and summons, caution, community resolution)
Clarification of 618A/21 received 19/04/2021:
Regarding your query, I can confirm that we require information on recorded incidents.
678A/21 received 26/04/2021:
Would you please provide the following information:
- How many crimes attended during the period 1 January 2019 through to 31 December 2020 recorded the key word ‘gambling’? Please provide for each instance:
a)The month and year the crime occurred
b) Alleged offence/reason for police attendance
c) Suspect/offender’s gender
d) Suspect/offender’s race
e) Suspect/offender’s age
f) Outcome (e.g. charge and summons, caution, community resolution)
678A/21 amendment received 28/04/2021:
Please could we amend the request terms slightly as highlighted here:
- How many crimes recorded during the period 1 January 2019 through to 31 December 2020 recorded the key word ‘gambling’? Please provide for each instance:
a)The month and year the crime occurred
b)Alleged offence/reason for police attendance
c) Suspect/offender’s gender
d)Suspect/offender’s race
e) Suspect/offender’s age
f) Outcome (e.g. charge and summons, caution, community resolution)
Response
With regard to 618A/21 question 1, this information has been disclosed under FOI reference: 339A/20 and has been published at the below link.
https://foi.west-midlands.police.uk/gambling-referrals-339a-20/
With regard to 618A/21 question 2, please find this data on the ‘Incidents’ tab of the attached document and note the following:
The information requested at c) – e) are not recording categories on our incident database, therefore we are unable to provide this information. Additionally, the information requested at f) is not a closing category type for incidents, therefore to assist we have instead provided the ‘Closed Incident Type’ field.
With regard to 678A/21, please find this data on the ‘Crimes’ tab of the attached document.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
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