Relevant chapters of the police manual on deaths in police custody
Olivia Dennis made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
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From: Olivia Dennis
Dear New Zealand Police,
I am making a request for the relevant chapters of the police manual that outlines the policy around deaths in police custody.
Yours faithfully,
Olivia.
From: Olivia Dennis
Dear New Zealand Police,
I think the specific chapter of the police manual I am after is called 'people in police detention', but if there are any other chapters related to deaths in police custody then I am interested in those too.
Yours faithfully,
Olivia Dennis
New Zealand Police
Dear Ms Dennis
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below, received by NZ Police on 24 September 2020.
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.
Kind regards
Fiona
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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Dear New Zealand Police,
I think the specific chapter of the police manual I am after is called
'people in police detention', but if there are any other chapters related
to deaths in police custody then I am interested in those too.
Yours faithfully,
Olivia Dennis
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From: "Olivia Dennis" <[FYI request #13861 email]>
Date: 24/09/2020 10:26AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Relevant chapters of
the police manual on deaths in police custody
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Dear New Zealand Police,
I am making a request for the relevant chapters of the police manual that
outlines the policy around deaths in police custody.
Yours faithfully,
Olivia.
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Kia ora Olivia
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 24 September 2020.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.
Kind regards,
Sarah
PNHQ
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
Your request was for one or more entire chapters of the Police manual. Though Police have only provided an excerpt from one chapter, they have not given any reason why they refused to release the entire chapter(s) that you asked for.
Like the unlawful delay of 23 working days, this is unacceptable behaviour which is not in line with the requirements of the Official Information Act. If you would like Police to release the entire chapter of the Police manual that they have given you an excerpt from, you would have strong grounds to lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman.
Like all agencies subject to the OIA, Police has an obligation to provide assistance to their requesters. If they believed your request was unclear, in that an excerpt of a chapter of the Police manual was all that you required despite having requested one or more entire chapters, then they should have consulted with you to confirm this instead of simply deciding not to provide all the information that you have asked for.
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