Ex Police Officers working for IOM Constabulary

Summary

A request was made to the Department of Home Affairs for details on retired or resigned police officers currently employed by the Isle of Man Constabulary, including their roles, qualifications, and costs. The authority responded that it does not hold this information and advised the requester to contact the Isle of Man Constabulary directly as a separate FOI authority.

Key Facts

• The Department of Home Affairs does not hold the requested information regarding ex-police officers working for the Constabulary.
• The Isle of Man Constabulary is identified as a separate authority for Freedom of Information purposes.
• The requester was advised to contact the Police directly for the information.
• The request was received and closed on the same day, 12 September 2018.
• The response references the Freedom of Information Act 2015 regarding review rights.

Data Disclosed

• 2018-09-12
• 575339
• IM2 5AP
• (01624) 694313
• (01624) 621298

Original Request

1. How many persons who have previous service within the Isle of Man Constabulary, ie Police Officers who have retired or have resigned for other reasons, are employed or engaged by the Department of Home Affairs within the said Constabulary? 2. What roles are such persons carrying out? 3. What are their qualifications to carry our such roles? 4. What is the total cost, to the Department of Home Affairs of employing such people?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive's Office DHA Headquarters Tromode, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 5AP

Telephone: (01624) 694313 Fax: (01624) 621298 Web address: www.gov.im/dha Email: GeneralEnquiries.DHA@dha.gov.im

Our ref: 575339 12 September 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 12 September 2018 and which states:

"1. How many persons who have previous service within the Isle of Man Constabulary, ie Police Officers who have retired or have resigned for other reasons, are employed or engaged by the Department of Home Affairs within the said Constabulary? 2. What roles are such persons carrying out? 3. What are their qualifications to carry our such roles? 4. What is the total cost, to the Department of Home Affairs of employing such people?"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

However, you may wish to contact Police who may be able to help you.

This information is most likely to be held by the Isle of Man Constabulary which is a separate authority for freedom of Information

Please quote the reference number 575339 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely