Dear correspondent,

On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse thank you for your email.

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Kind regards,
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Dear Jenny

I am writing on behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister of Police, who has asked me to acknowledge and thank you for your email of 4th of November 2014 concerning the entry process of an OIA request when received by Police. Please be assured that your comments have been noted.

I must point out that politicians cannot instruct Police in operational matters. This is a long standing convention that was enshrined in law with the passing of the Policing Act 2008. It ensures that law enforcement and investigation by the Police remain free of any political influence or interference.

Therefore, as the issues you refer to in your correspondence relate to matters that are the responsibility of the Commissioner of Police, I have transferred your email to his office for consideration.

Yours sincerely

Blair Telford
Private Secretary (Police) | Office of the Hon Michael Woodhouse MP | Minister of Police
4.5 Executive Wing | Parliament Buildings | Wellington
Parliament Buildings I Private Bag 18041 I Wellington 6160

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From: JennyM [mailto:[OIA #2151 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2014 7:46 p.m.
To: M Woodhouse
Subject: Official Information Act request - OIA Request entry into NIS/NIA and other police information systems.

Dear Minister of Police,

Please explain to me the procedure for entering an OIA request when it is received by Police.

Example: If a person other than the subject of the request is making the request (for example, a representative of another Government agency makes the request about information on the personal file of a former employee of Police) do, or should, both names have to be entered into the system?

I ask the question because if only the requesting name is entered, then the subject of the request would never know there was one, no matter how many OIA requests they did themselves as there would be no link to it in the system.

Additionally, when it relates to a former employee and their personal file, should senior personnel (as the former employee's former O/C) be requesting that OIA be assigned to them personally for them to monitor after engaging in telephone discussions with the requester days prior to the request being received, and then continue to discuss it with at least two other senior HR staff members rather it being forwarded to HR OOC where the personal files were held especially given that member had left under a confidential and negotiated settlement?

Yours faithfully,

JennyM

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