Tēnā koe James

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.

Your reference number is IR-01-23-19724

You can expect a response to your request on or before 24/07/2023 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi,
Jonelle
Ministerial Services - Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: James <[FOI #23251 email]>
Sent: Friday, 23 June 2023 8:15 pm
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Operation Cobalt

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear New Zealand Police,

As per the 1News segment dated 23/06/2023 Operation Cobalt has made 8,311 arrests and 39,959 charges have been laid.

Under the OIA please provide the following information:

Of the 8,311 people arrested, how many are actual/confirmed gang members on the National Gang List (NGL)?

Please confirm if the 8,311 arrested contains people who have been arrested more than once in the period concerned? If so, please provide details on the number of people with multiple arrests.

Of the 39,959 charges laid please detail how many charges, if any have been dropped as of 23/06/2023.

Please detail how many of 39,959 charges are for traffic offences, disturbing the peace, or charges carrying 6 months or less prison time?

To date (23/06/2023) how many convictions have occurred from the 39,959 charges laid?

To date (23/06/2023) of the 8,311 arrested how many are on remand? In custody? On bail? Yet to go to court?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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Kia ora

I refer to your request below.

I have been asked to advise you that Police requires an extension of time in which to respond to your request, pursuant to section 15A(1) of the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). Specifically, section 15A(1)(a), the request is for a large quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the organisation, and section 15A(1)(b), consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.

Police requires until 14 August 2023 to provide a substantive response to your request. We are endeavouring to provide this to you as soon as possible.

You have the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to make a complaint to an Ombudsman about this extension. If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel free to contact [email address]

Kind regards, Michelle
Advisor - Ministerial Services Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2023 9:03 AM
To: 'James' <[FOI #23251 email]>
Subject: OIA Acknowledgement - IR-01-23-19724

Tēnā koe James

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.

Your reference number is IR-01-23-19724

You can expect a response to your request on or before 24/07/2023 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi,
Jonelle
Ministerial Services - Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: James <[FOI #23251 email]>
Sent: Friday, 23 June 2023 8:15 pm
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Operation Cobalt

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear New Zealand Police,

As per the 1News segment dated 23/06/2023 Operation Cobalt has made 8,311 arrests and 39,959 charges have been laid.

Under the OIA please provide the following information:

Of the 8,311 people arrested, how many are actual/confirmed gang members on the National Gang List (NGL)?

Please confirm if the 8,311 arrested contains people who have been arrested more than once in the period concerned? If so, please provide details on the number of people with multiple arrests.

Of the 39,959 charges laid please detail how many charges, if any have been dropped as of 23/06/2023.

Please detail how many of 39,959 charges are for traffic offences, disturbing the peace, or charges carrying 6 months or less prison time?

To date (23/06/2023) how many convictions have occurred from the 39,959 charges laid?

To date (23/06/2023) of the 8,311 arrested how many are on remand? In custody? On bail? Yet to go to court?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #23251 email]

Is [New Zealand Police request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to New Zealand Police? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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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.
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Kia ora James

I am writing to advise that the responses to your two OIA requests regarding Operation Cobalt are still being drafted. I'm sorry we didn't accurately realise how long it would take to complete these requests when we originally extended. I just wanted to assure you your requests are being worked on, and I expect there shouldn't be too much more of a delay -perhaps another week. Sorry for any inconvenience. You do have the right to complain to the Ombudsman about these delays. Please feel free to get in touch and we will keep you updated on their progress.

Ngā mihi

Sophie
Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

-----Original Message-----
From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2023 9:03 AM
To: 'James' <[FOI #23251 email]>
Subject: OIA Acknowledgement - IR-01-23-19724

Tēnā koe James

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.

Your reference number is IR-01-23-19724

You can expect a response to your request on or before 24/07/2023 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi,
Jonelle
Ministerial Services - Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: James <[FOI #23251 email]>
Sent: Friday, 23 June 2023 8:15 pm
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Operation Cobalt

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear New Zealand Police,

As per the 1News segment dated 23/06/2023 Operation Cobalt has made 8,311 arrests and 39,959 charges have been laid.

Under the OIA please provide the following information:

Of the 8,311 people arrested, how many are actual/confirmed gang members on the National Gang List (NGL)?

Please confirm if the 8,311 arrested contains people who have been arrested more than once in the period concerned? If so, please provide details on the number of people with multiple arrests.

Of the 39,959 charges laid please detail how many charges, if any have been dropped as of 23/06/2023.

Please detail how many of 39,959 charges are for traffic offences, disturbing the peace, or charges carrying 6 months or less prison time?

To date (23/06/2023) how many convictions have occurred from the 39,959 charges laid?

To date (23/06/2023) of the 8,311 arrested how many are on remand? In custody? On bail? Yet to go to court?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #23251 email]

Is [New Zealand Police request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to New Zealand Police? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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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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Tēnā koe James                                   

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 23 June 2023.

 

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.

 

Ngā mihi

Dylan

 

Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

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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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