11882 Deliveroo Crime
I write in connection with your request for information dated 17th April 2020 and received by this office on 20th April 2020. Below are the questions raised in your request and our response.
1) In the 2019 calendar year how many crimes were logged by your force where Deliveroo was recorded as being an element in the offence. [Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search on the MO of crimes for the word/s ‘deliveroo', 'deliver roo'.]
- a) We have made enquiries within the force and can advise that following a keyword search using to ‘Deliveroo’ and ‘Deliver roo’ we have identified one such Crime.
2) Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 1 that are ‘linked’ to Deliveroo by its mention in the MO.
a) July 2019 – 1 - Robbery
3) Taking a start date of January 2019 please provide me with copies of the first 10 MOs that mention Deliveroo. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for the names, ages, geography or any other detail to be redacted to allow for the disclosure of the incident and how it relates to Deliveroo.]
During the hours of darkness in Town Centre Street
3 - 4 unknown males
The victim attends an address by pedal cycle as part of his shift as a Deliveroo Cyclist. Victim encounters males who approach him, one male grabs the victims bag and another demands that the cyclist (victim) gives him his bike the victim cycles away from the males.
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