Campus Watch and Proctor activities
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From: Richard Wang
Dear University of Otago,
In 2007 University of Otago imposed the 'Campus Watch' group to crack down on UOO students having fun. Part of the role of Campus Watch is to make reports to police to get students and others arrested by police.
1) It is presumed that Campus Watch and the Proctor's Office produce regular reports, on some recurring basis somewhere between weekly and per-trimester and annual reports, for University leadership containing summaries of their activities. I am requesting a list of the titles and dates of said reports from 1 September 2022 to the current date.
2) Prior responses to OIA requests by the Office of the Registrar have indicated that the Proctor's Office maintains a 'database', in which it records details like whether the Proctor's Office requested police involvement in mass peaceful student protests against funding cuts. To assist in making further queries as to the involvement of the Proctor in suppressing student protests and fun extracurricular activities outside University property, I am requesting the database schema definition of the database in which these records are held.
In the case of fields which have links to coded lookup tables/lookup lists like 'nationality' or 'status as student', I am requesting the contents of those lookup tables to allow making useful queries against said database (for example, if there was an 'action taken' table with codes like 'PCAM' for 'Police called, arrest made' linked to the 'incident' table, one would need to have a list of all 'action taken' codes and descriptions to inquire as to how many cases the Proctor's office have called police and gotten students arrested). I am of course not requesting the contents of any tables which contain personal student information like names.
Ngā mihi,
Richard
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Tēnā koe Richard
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.
If we have any questions or need to seek clarification on any points we will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date your request was received (by 24 October 2024). If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard (she/her)
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga
University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Tēnā koe Richard
I refer to your information request dated 29 September 2024 made under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the date your request was received (by 25 October 2024). Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit. We are therefore writing to notify you, pursuant to section 15A of the Act, of an extension of the time to make our decision in respect of your request, by a further seven working days - to Wednesday 6 November 2024.
This extension is necessary to allow for consultations necessary to make a decision on your request. We thank you for your patience - we will endeavour to provide our response sooner if possible.
If you are not satisfied with our extension of time, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. However, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard (she/her)
Policy Analyst | Kaitātari Kaupapa Here
University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Richard OIA Response 6 November 2024.pdf
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1.Incident Codes.pdf
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Tçnâ koe Richard
Please see attached the University of Otago's response to your Official Information Act request dated 24 October 2024.
Ngâ mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard (she/her)
Policy Analyst – Kaitâtari Kaupapa Here
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council – Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
University of Otago – Ôtâkou Whakaihu Waka
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