Manukau Police Assessment Unit

Anatoly Kern made this Official Information Act request to New Zealand Police

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From: Anatoly Kern

19 October 2012

Dear New Zealand Police,

I have been advised that there is a department within NZ Police,
which is "assessing any threat/risk for political figures" referred
as "Manukau Police Assessment Unit"

Could you please confirm the existence of this department and if so
provide the following information under Official Information Act:
1. Full name of the department and manager name/contact details.
2. Current staff information.
3. List of manuals used by this department in assessment process.
4. Number of people under assessment.
5. Number of people recognized as 'threat'.

I would prefer to receive this information electronically by email
via FYI.

I am New Zealand Resident and reside in New Zealand.

Yours faithfully,
Anatoly Kern

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New Zealand Police

19 October 2012

Dear Anatoly,

Thank you for your email. This will be processed as an Official
Information Act request. I am now forwarding it on to the appropriate team
for proecessing but please note this will not be done until the next
working day which is Tuesday 23 October 2012.

Kind regards

PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE
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To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: Anatoly Kern <[FOI #611 email]>
Date: 19/10/2012 02:48PM
Subject: Official Information Act request - Manukau Police Assessment
Unit

     Dear New Zealand Police,
    
     I have been advised that there is a department within NZ Police,
     which is "assessing any threat/risk for political figures" referred
     as "Manukau Police Assessment Unit"
    
     Could you please confirm the existence of this department and if so
     provide the following information under Official Information Act:
     1. Full name of the department and manager name/contact details.
     2. Current staff information.
     3. List of manuals used by this department in assessment process.
     4. Number of people under assessment.
     5. Number of people recognized as 'threat'.
    
     I would prefer to receive this information electronically by email
     via FYI.
    
     I am New Zealand Resident and reside in New Zealand.
    
     Yours faithfully,
     Anatoly Kern
    
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From: THOMSON, Raewyn
New Zealand Police

14 November 2012

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From: Anatoly Kern

21 November 2012

Dear THOMSON, Raewyn,

Thank you for your response.

Per information from Waitemata District Health Board on 7 of August
2012 a person representing himself as Detective Philip Taylor from
'Manukau Assessment Unit' made a call to one of the hospitals and
said that he 'is with unit that assess any threat/risk to NZ
political figures'.

Could you please provide the information about the role of
Detective Philip Taylor and the name of the department where he
works?

Yours sincerely,

Anatoly Kern

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From: THOMSON, Raewyn
New Zealand Police

21 November 2012

Good Afternoon

I am acknowledging receipt of your Official Information Act request.

You will receive a reply in due course

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From: Anatoly Kern

7 May 2013

Dear New Zealand Police,

Let's try again.

I refer to the information available publicly on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_In...

This page, through not being an official information from Police
has a reference to 'Special methods to Investigate Organized Crime'
including a reference to 'The Threat Assessment Unit'

It is described as "Threats - The Threat Assessment Unit
investigates threats against police staff, judges and court staff
and other investigative agency staff. They respond to
counter-terrorist threats or situations. The unit also collects and
analyses potential threats to New Zealand and visiting government
politicians and officials."

Therefore I would like to request the following information about
this Unit (I am not naming it specifically to avoid further abuse
of the process by Police):

1. Full name of this Unit/department and manager name/contact
details.
2. Current staff information (Positions, headcount, management
structure).
3. List of manuals used by this department in assessment process.
4. Current number of people under assessment and historic
information for the past 10 years with per year separation.
5. Current number of people recognized as 'threat' and historic
information for the past 10 years with per year separation.
6. Unit budget for the past 10 years with per year separation.
7. Clarify the relationship of this Unit with 'Investigation
Support Services'.

I would prefer to receive this information electronically by email
via FYI.

I am New Zealand Resident and reside in New Zealand.

Yours faithfully,
Anatoly Kern

Yours sincerely,

Anatoly Kern

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From: MCMAHON, Teresa
New Zealand Police

7 May 2013

 

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WARNING

The information contained in this email message is intended for the
addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.

Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect
those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
error, please email or telephone the sender immediately

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Anatoly Kern left an annotation ( 7 May 2013)

Last reply is an empty message but with subject "Your request to Police dated 7 May 2013 has been received and is being processed", through subject is not shown on replies on FYI website.

If it is going to be a general practice by government agencies to reply by providing information in subject of response and without any attachments it would be nice to have it reflected on FYI.

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