Dear Joshua,

Thank you for your email.

I have forwarded your request to our Ministerial Services team.

They will be in touch with you in due course.

Kind regards

PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE

MCA
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To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: Joshua Grainger <[OIA #726 email]>
Date: 18/01/2013 10:25AM
Subject: Official Information Act request - Police Vetting Information

     Dear New Zealand Police,
    
     I was recently made aware of the ability that the Police have to
     'vet' people for employers, which has the ability to not only show
     up person's criminal convictions, but also details of any
     interactions with the Police that a person may have had as a
     victim. I would like to request some information under the Official
     Information Act about this.
    
     I would like to request:
    
     a) a list of the approved organizations that Police vetting is
     available for, as it is my understanding that organizations need to
     be approved before they can request vetting
    
     b) any statistics about how often Police vetting is used, including
     any statistics about when the police refuse to vet someone due to
     privacy concerns
    
     c) the Police website mentions a 'memorandum of understanding.' I
     would like to request this memorandum.
    
     d) any correspondence that the Police have had with the office of
     the Privacy Commissioner regarding the practice of Police vetting
     (other than concerning an investigation under the Privacy Act,
     which is excluded from being considered official information).
    
     e) a copy of any privacy impact assessment (PIA) that has been
     created regarding the practice of Police vetting.
    
     f) a copy of any criteria, guidelines, manuals, or other documents
     that the Police use in deciding whether to red-stamp a vetting
     request.
    
     g) whether the Police have found that they have wrongfully released
     any information in response to a vetting request, and if so, any
     statistics about how often this occurs.
    
     h) whether the Police have withdrawn the authorization for an
     organization to request Police vetting due to inappropriate
     handling of private information, and if so, any statistics about
     this.
    
     For the purposes of s16(1) I am a New Zealand citizenship who is
     resident in New Zealand. You can consider the relevant sections of
     my request (I imagine questions (c), (d) and (f)) as requests for
     internal rules under s23 of the Official Information Act, or
     alternatively if they do not fit the criteria of s23, an ordinary
     s16 request.
    
     Feel free to contact me if you wish me to clarify my request.
    
     Yours faithfully,
    
     Joshua Grainger
    
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Dear Joshua

 

Please find attached the New Zealand Police response to you Official
Information Act request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jason Smith

Ministerial Services

New Zealand Police - Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa

 

 

 

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