Prevention from Harassment Warning Letters (423A/23)
Request
1. How many prevention from harassment warning letters did your force issue in:
2019
2020
2021
2. How many prevention from harassment warning letters sent in 2019 involved at least one incident taking place on a social media platform? By social media I mean use of any of the following platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and/or WhatsApp
3. How many prevention from harassment warning letters sent in 2020 involved at least one incident taking place on a social media platform? By social media I mean use of any of the following platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and/or WhatsApp
4. How many prevention from harassment warning letters sent in 2021 involved at least one incident taking place on a social media platform? By social media I mean use of any of the following platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and/or WhatsApp
Response
Zero – West Midlands Police stopped using ‘prevention from harassment warning letters’ (also known as Police Information Notices or PINs) in May 2018.
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