FOI 384/25 Bulletins on Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
Enquiry Reference: FOI 384 - 25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Please accept my apologies for the late response. Below is your request and our response.
The anti-Muslim hate monitoring service Tell Mama has data sharing agreements with various police forces and provides them with regular, I believe they are quarterly, bulletins on anti-muslim hate crimes and incidents.
Please can you provide me with:
- A copy of all quarterly* bulletins on anti-muslim hate crimes and incident received by your police force from Tell Mama in the calendar year 2024?
(Please note, I've said quarterly bulletins because, as far as I'm aware, this is how regularly they provide bulletins on anti-muslim hate crime and incidents to police forces. However, please provide all such bulletins provided in 2024 even if they were provided over a different time frame, such as once or twice during the year)
I understand that some information within these bulletins may be considered sensitive. However, I am not requesting any personal data or operationally sensitive details that would engage exemptions under Section 40 (personal data) or Section 31 (law enforcement). If necessary, I am happy to receive redacted versions of the bulletins to ensure compliance with FOIA exemptions.
Having made enquiries within the Force our answer on this occasion is no information held, we can find no trace of this bulletin or whom if at all this is sent to.
The Cleveland Police response to your request is unique and it should be noted that Police Forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures to capture and record data therefore responses from Cleveland Police should not be used as a comparison with any other force response you receive.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker