Location of checkpoints (cop stops) conducted
Jeremy Roundill made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
The request was refused by New Zealand Police.
From: Jeremy Roundill
Dear New Zealand Police,
I request under the Official Information Act, the exact locations, purposes, times and dates, number and type of vehicles, and number and type of staff of Police checkpoints since 2000.
If this request is unable to be fulfilled due to constraints allowed by the Official Information Act, a less detailed response may be supplied. This should still retain the same key information; suburb rather than exact location, month rather than time and date, and excluding vehicle or staff data. For clarity, this request is for the most detailed information which can be provided.
If any clarification or assistance is required, please do not hesitate to contact me.
I am a New Zealand citizen residing in New Zealand.
Please communicate only via email to this email address unless I advise otherwise.
Yours faithfully,
Jeremy Roundill
From: SEDGWICK, Alexandria
New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Roundhill
On behalf of the Commissioner, I acknowledge your request of 13 September
2016. You asked for the exact locations, purposes, times and dates, number
and type of vehicles, and number and type of staff of Police checkpoints
since 2000.
Your request is being actioned and you will be responded to in accordance
with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982.
Kind regards
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From: Jeremy Roundill
Tēnā koe Alexandria Sedgewick,
I have yet to receive a response to my OIA request, which should have been responded to by yesterday.
Nā,
Jeremy Roundill
From: SEDGWICK, Alexandria
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe, Mr Roundhill
On behalf of Police, I sincerely apologise for the delay in receiving a
response to your request in a timely manner.
The time it has taken for internal consultation of your request has taken
much longer than expected. Please be reassured that Police is working on
your request and we will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible.
I remind you of your right to complain to the Ombudsman if you are
unsatisfied with this delay.
Nāku noa, nā
Ali
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Ministerial Services | New Zealand
Police
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Molesworth Street, Thorndon, PO Box
3017, Wellington 6011
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From: Jeremy Roundill
Tēnā koe Alexandria Sedgewick,
I direct you to s15A of the OIA, which allows for this sort of delay. However, in order to comply with the law, you must, under s15A(4), specify the period of time required and the reasons for the extension. This must be supplied, under s15A(3), within 20 working days after the day on which the request was received (in this case, the 20th working day was yesterday).
Please supply me with your reference number for this request to facilitate my complaint to the Ombudsman.
Nā,
Jeremy Roundill
From: SEDGWICK, Alexandria
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe, Mr Roundhill
The Police reference for this request is 16/8540.
Nāku noa, nā
Ali
[1]http://nzpintranet/resources/Secure%20Im... Ali Sedgwick
Ministerial Services Advisor |
Ministerial Services | New Zealand
Police
E:
[2][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180
Molesworth Street, Thorndon, PO Box
3017, Wellington 6011
[3]www.police.govt.nz
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New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Roundhill
I am writing in response to your request, dated 13 September 2013, for
information relating to Police checkpoints, made under the Official
Information Act (OIA) 1982.
Police does not produce statistics on thelocations, purposes, times and
dates, numbers and types of vehicles, and numbers and types of staff of
Police checkpoints (refer section 18(g) of the OIA).
I regret that onthis occasion it has not been possible to provide the
information you have requested. If you have any questionsplease let me
know.
As you may already be aware, you have the right under section 28(3) of the
OIA to seek a review of my handling of your request by the Office of the
Ombudsmen.
Yourssincerely
DrGavin Knight
ChiefData Scientist
NationalPerformance & Insights Centre
New Zealand Police
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From: Jeremy Roundill
Tēnā koe Gavin Knight,
Ngā mihi ki a koe mō tō whakautu.
Your response suggests you may have misread what I asked for in my request.
I did not ask for statistics, but rather raw data:
"I request under the Official Information Act, the exact locations, purposes, times and dates, number and type of vehicles, and number and type of staff of Police checkpoints since 2000."
Can you please either review your answer, or confirm that Police does not store any records (not statistics) regarding checkpoints.
Nā,
Jeremy Roundill
New Zealand Police
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Thank you for your email.
Your response has been forwarded to the appropriate department for follow
up.
Regards
New Zealand Police
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subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.
Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect
those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
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New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Roundhill
Thank you for your follow up request dated 7 November 2016 requesting raw
data for the ‘exact location, purposes, times and dates, number and type
of vehicles, and the number and type of staff of Police checkpoints since
2000’.
Police does not routinely record in a systematic way “the exact locations,
purposes, times and dates, number and type of vehicles, and numbers and
type of staff of Police checkpoints”. Therefore, I must refuse your
request under section 18(g) of the OIA, because the information you
requested is not held.
However, Police does publish statistics on the number of checkpoints
undertaken.
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I trust this explains the response we provided you on 4 November 2016.
Regards,
Dr Gavin Knight
Acting Director
National Performance & Insights Centre
New Zealand Police
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I have made two complaints to the ombudsman on this. One for the time taken to respond (made before the last response) and one to challenge the refusal under s18(g)
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