Met Police: "It would take up too much time to find out how many Operation Grange staff have had trips abroad on Operation Grange work, and for how long they were away"
Post Tony Bennett Yesterday at 12:45 am
Reply received recently to a Freedom of Information Act question I asked the Met Police nearly three months ago re Operation Grange:
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THE MET GIVE BENNETT THE STRAIGHT UP FINGER
Sykes- Posts : 6835
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Rachel Granada- Posts : 1089
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Oh dear, it seems as if Bennett has been given the finger again by the Met. He got a reply to one of his interminable FOI requests which I won't post as it is of biblical proportions, but tucked away in the Met's response was this little diamond.
I take this opportunity to highlight that your requests have been received at a time when Operation Grange is at a clearly active stage in its Investigative Review. Requests which require officers to take valuable time out from critical investigative work is extremely burdensome on the resources available to them. I am therefore required to explain that while the MPS continue to remain as transparent as possible in respect of the Investigative Review (as evidenced by appropriate MPS engagement with the media), the MPS retains the right to consider refusing future requests on this subject as vexatious due to the disproportionate burden a request such as this has on the Service. Under Section 14(1) of the Act, public authorities do not have to comply with vexatious requests. Section 14(1) may be used where a request, or its impact on a public authority, cannot be justified.
I take this opportunity to highlight that your requests have been received at a time when Operation Grange is at a clearly active stage in its Investigative Review. Requests which require officers to take valuable time out from critical investigative work is extremely burdensome on the resources available to them. I am therefore required to explain that while the MPS continue to remain as transparent as possible in respect of the Investigative Review (as evidenced by appropriate MPS engagement with the media), the MPS retains the right to consider refusing future requests on this subject as vexatious due to the disproportionate burden a request such as this has on the Service. Under Section 14(1) of the Act, public authorities do not have to comply with vexatious requests. Section 14(1) may be used where a request, or its impact on a public authority, cannot be justified.
coco- Posts : 1276
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vexatious
says it all
says it all
Rachel Granada- Posts : 1089
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I bet the Grange Team are utterly fed up of Bennett repeatedly wasting their time.coco wrote:vexatious
says it all
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