Fox hunting (FOI Ref: 1981A/24)
Request
Our request is to provide a statistical figure for the number for calls for service (calls to police from the public) in relation to fox hunting (traditional red coat hunting only if possible).
The time period will be: on or after 01/08/2024 to (including) 31/10/2024
Second figure (if possible) is to provide a statistical figure for the number of times police officers attended a call for service for this type of activity.
You then further wrote on 13/12/2024 amending your request.
Your request now reads:
keyword searches in the ROCS and incidents 01/08/2024 to (including) 31/10/2024
Hunt
Hunting
Fox Hunt
Fox Hunting
Cub Hunting
Cubbing
Hounds
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
When a member of the public phones the Police, it is initially recorded as:
ROC (record of contact): Where information has been received and Police need no further involvement or action. For example: There will be a road closed on XXXX. Police do not attend a ROC.
Incident: An incident is created where Police involvement is required. Incident: An incident is created where Police involvement is required. If a crime is identified from that incident then a crime is created for the relevant offence. Not all incidents have a crime created. Not all incidents are attended.
Recorded Crimes: These are created from an incident above and are crimes that require recording / investigating
A keyword search was completed and the following relevant data was found:
|
Type |
Date |
Response |
Keyword |
|
Roc |
22/10/24 |
Did not attend |
Hunting |
|
Incident |
04/08/24 |
Did not attend |
Hunting |
The incident above was actually for Staffordshire police.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.