List of crimes, charges and or offences utilised for operational/Non-statistical purposes within police information systems/databases

Sean Taylor made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

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From: Sean Taylor

Dear New Zealand Police,

I am seeking a list of offences that are more Specific than the 16 base categories defined by the ANZSOC
More specifically I am seeking how these offences are classified internally within police information systems and would also like to request a full list of these offences preferably in a machine readable format(CSV/Excel)

I would like to state that I am eligible to submit this request because I reside in New Zealand

Yours faithfully,

Sean Taylor

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe Sean

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request below, received by New Zealand Police on 21 July 2022.

Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA. You can expect a response to your request on or before 18 August 2022.

Kind regards, Dylan
Ministerial Services PNHQ

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From: Sean Taylor

Hello Dylan,
This is just a quick reminder that a response to my official information request is due on the 18th of August 4 days from now.

Eagerly awaiting your response,

Sean Taylor

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From: Ministerial Services
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Tēnā koe Sean                                  

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 21 July 2022.

Ngā mihi

 

 

Jeremy
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()

You made it clear in your request that you preferred to receive this information in a CSV or Excel format. However, NZ Police have instead released it as a PDF.

Section 16(2) of the OIA requires agencies to release information in the way preferred by the requester unless it a specific reason listed under s16(2) applies, such as that to release the information in this way would impair efficient administration.

If there is such an exemption that allows an agency to release information in a way that is not preferred by a requester, then s16(3) requires that the agency provide that reason to the requester.

https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publ...

NZ Police has not given any such reason, and I don't believe any of the allowed reasons applies in this case. I expect it's likely that NZ Police prepared the information as a spreadsheet first, then converted it into a PDF for release.

I recommend you reiterate the part of your request to them regarding your preferred format, and ask them again to provide the information to you in that format. In the past, I have had success when reminding Police about similar parts of my own requests that they have ignored.

If that doesn't work, then I recommend you complain to the Ombudsman. Even if you can use the information in the PDF form it has been provided in, complaining would be useful to other requesters to challenge NZ Police's decision to provide it as a PDF even though you asked for it to be released in another format.

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From: Sean Taylor

Dear Ministerial Services,

I requested that the information be provided in a CSV or Excel format and you have provided the information as a PDF I am sure that this is just an oversight and that you will be able to provide the information in the requested format now the oversight has been pointed out to you

Yours sincerely,

Sean Taylor

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Sean Taylor left an annotation ()

I have reiterated my request as suggested by Mark

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Kia ora Sean

 

Thank you for getting in touch. Our apologies for the oversight in sending
the data in a different format than you requested. Please find attached a
spreadsheet of the data contained in the pdf you were sent.

Ngā mihi

Sarah

Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

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