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Request reference number: 522

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Summary of request

Request:

I would like to request information in relation to the cost of operating stop and search within the Metropolitan police service.

They should be the total cost, including manpower, systems, processes, paperwork, reputational impact, storage of evidence, cost of prosecution, cost of investigation, cost of rotating staff for stop and search.  They should pay for the full life-cycle, including development of powers, implementation, performing stop and search, and after effects of running such a service.

Response:

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request of March 21 to the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC). I confirm that your request has been handled under the FOI Act 2000 and that MOPAC does not hold information relating to your request.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) may be able to assist you. You can send your FOI request directly to them, using this link: http://www.met.police.uk/foi/ or using this email address:  [email protected]

The Home Office may also be able to assist you. You can send your FOI request directly to them, using this link:  https://www.gov.uk/make-a-freedom-of-information-request

If you are unhappy with the response to your Freedom of Information request, please see the MOPAC website on what the next steps are at:
https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-m…
 

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