GCSB assistance to Police
Valerie Morse made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
The request was successful.
From: Valerie Morse
Dear New Zealand Police,
Thank you for your response to my OIA request.
Please advise:
for the financial year 2014-15
-the number of times Police sought and received assistance from the GCSB
-any times that the Police sought but did not receive assistance from the GCSB
-the name of the offences being investigated by police for which assistance was sought
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Valerie Morse
New Zealand Police
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From: Valerie Morse
Dear New Zealand Police,
I am following up on an OIA I made to Police on 20 January. This OIA is now overdue.
The original OIA asked:
for the financial year 2014-15
-the number of times Police sought and received assistance from the
GCSB
-any times that the Police sought but did not receive assistance
from the GCSB
-the name of the offences being investigated by police for which
assistance was sought
I would appreciate an immediate response to this request. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Valerie Morse
From: MCMAHON, Teresa
New Zealand Police
Dear Ms Morse
Thank you for your email enquiring about your information request.
Our records indicate that this reply was sent to you on 19 January 2016.
Please accept my apologies if it was received.
Yours sincerely
Teresa McMahon
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
PO Box 3017
Wellington
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From: Valerie Morse
Dear MCMAHON, Teresa,
Thank you for your response.
I sent a follow up OIA request on 20 January after receiving your original response. Here it is again:
for the financial year 2014-15
-the number of times Police sought and received assistance from the
GCSB
-any times that the Police sought but did not receive assistance
from the GCSB
-the name of the offences being investigated by police for which
assistance was sought
As this OIA was originally sent on 20 January, it is long overdue. I would be most grateful for an expeditious reply.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Valerie Morse
From: MCMAHON, Teresa
New Zealand Police
Dear Ms Morse
Your request has been received and is being processed.
T McMahon
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From: Valerie Morse
Dear Teresa,
Can you please advise when I might expect a reply from Police regarding my OIA dated 20 January regarding Police assistance received from the GCSB?
The OIA requested the following information:
for the financial year 2014-15
-the number of times Police sought and received assistance from the GCSB
-any times (the number of times) that the Police sought but did not receive assistance from the GCSB
-the name of the offences being investigated by police for which assistance was sought
Yours sincerely,
Valerie Morse
From: MCMAHON, Teresa
New Zealand Police
Dear Ms Morse
I could not find a record of receipt of your 20 January 2016 request but, after you resent it, it was logged and an answer is being prepared.
I will follow up with the person preparing the response.
Teresa McMahon
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From: MCMAHON, Teresa
New Zealand Police
Dear Ms Morse
I have been asked to send you the attached reply to your information
request.
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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
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From: MCMAHON, Teresa
New Zealand Police
Dear Ms Morse
I refer to this request you made to Police on 15 March for the following
information:
"What services or goods does Lockheed Martin currently provide to NZ
Police? What is the duration of the contract?"
I apologise for the delay in recording and responding to your request. A
decision has been made on your request and the reply is currently in the
final stage of its review so should we with you in the next few days.
Teresa McMahon
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
PO Box 3017
Wellington
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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
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Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) left an annotation ()
I'm not sure if the reply is automated or not, but regardless:
Your request is still live, and Police still have a legal obligation to respond to it by the due date. The email address they are asking you to use is their ministerial services address - but it is Police's responsibility to internally forward the request to the correct people, not the requester (which would otherwise reset the clock).
Please reply to Police reminding them that they have received your request, and now have a legal obligation under the Official Information Act to handle it - any internal forwarding is their business.
As they have unhelpfully sent you a response from a different, "un-monitored address", when you write your reply make sure to click the link above the text box to send it to "the main OIA contact address for New Zealand Police". That way it will go to the original monitored address, not the unhelpful "un-monitored" one.
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