FOI Friday: Cops under probe, postie problems and restaurant reports

1. Cops under probe The Lancashire Telegraph lifted the lid on 50 cases of serious misconduct brought again Lancashire Police officers which were, in the main, kept under wraps. Cases include allegations of assault, theft, drink driving, possession of child porn, fraud, making threats to kill and rape. Of course, 50 cases among such a

FOI Friday: Nightstalker, OAP abuse, crime in villages and shredded letters

The nightstalker case The conviction of Delroy Grant, the Nightstalker sex attacker who police failed to catch despite being given a golden opportunity to do so, has been headline news this week. The News Shopper in London took the opportunity to republish an invesitgation it conducted into the hunt for the Nightstalker prior to Grant’s

FOI FRIDAY: Cuts, cuts and cuts – 10 FOI stories connected to spending

With the spending cuts being brought into sharp focus this week, I thought it’d be a good idea to look at some of the spending-related Freedom of Information requests which have made headlines in recent weeks. At a time when every pound spent is being accounted for, using FOI to keep the public informed of

FOI Friday: 10 things we’ve learnt this week thanks to the Freedom of Information Act

Car accidents involving the police In the Midlands, according to the Sunday Mercury, police cars were involved in more than 6,000 accidents in two years. Police took responsibility for a third of them – and the amount paid out in compensation was £1million. A simple FOI but very effective. The price of water Councils often