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REQUEST
This is a request for information according to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
It relates to wrongful arrests and compensation.
Please can you provide the following information. Please note there are X parts to my request.
(1)
Between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2025, how many times has your force made a wrongful arrest, when “protest” was recorded as part of the arrest, or the arrest was recorded as taking place at a “protest.”
Please provide data by calendar year.
(2)
For each wrongful arrest when “protest” was recorded as part of the arrest, or the arrest was recorded as taking place at a “protest”, please can you provide the offence under which the arrest was made, e.g. the offence of locking on; assaulting an emergency worker.
(3)
Between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2025, how much compensation has your force paid out to victims of wrongful arrest, when “protest” was recorded as part of the arrest, or the arrest was recorded as taking place at a “protest.”
Please provide data by calendar year.