Tēnā koe Percy,

 

I acknowledge receipt of your information request below, received by
Police on 03/09/2024.

 

Your request reference number is 01-24-31216.

 

As your request raises privacy considerations, we seek further information
to assist us in making an assessment of any public interest considerations
favouring disclosure that might outweigh the protection of any privacy
interest.

 

Please reply to this email with the following:   

- some evidence of your relationship with the person whose information you
have requested and/or some evidence that there is a public interest in you
receiving the information that outweighs the other person's privacy.

 

The information you provide will be deleted upon completion of your
request.

 

Pursuant to section 15(1) of the Official Information Act 1982, Police
have 20 working days to complete your request commencing from the day
after it was received. Working days do not include Saturdays, Sundays or
public holidays.

 

You will receive a response to your request as soon as possible.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Tess TKL015

Supervisor
Information Requests | Service Group

 

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Tēnā koe Percy,

 

Please see the attached letter in response to your request for
correspondence between Rosemary Riddell and Police in relation to the
death of Polly Riddell and the charges against Carl Longshaw.

 

Kind regards,

 

EHHBU9

Senior Analyst
Information Requests | Service Group

 

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Good morning Percy,

Thank you for your reply.

 

Whilst Police recognise that the parties involved in this case have a high
profile, this does not preclude their right to privacy.

 

As you have noted, the core details of the case are publicly available.
This publicly available information includes the timeline of the case’s
evolution and the accountability of officials involved in it. Police do
not believe further understanding of accountability would be served
through releasing the private correspondence requested.

 

Police have conducted a public interest test and considered many factors
when making the decision to refuse your request. In this instance, the
privacy of Rosemary, and the Riddell family, is deemed to outweigh the
public interest in the release of these communications.

 

Kind regards,

 

EHHBU9

Senior Analyst
Information Requests | Service Group

 

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