Talk:Police force

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It is interesting that the wording of the FOI Act where it lists who is required to comply states:

'A chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales. [1]

I wonder why this does not simply state "police forces in England and Wales".

Does this make chief officers required personally to comply with the act? What implications does this have for requests for information held by the Association of Chief Police Officers. While a Police Force might refuse a request on the basis that an officer has information, not because of their force role, but as a member of ACPO, if Chief Officers are individually covered by the Act a request could be made directly to a officer?

Richard Taylor 22:31, 31 May 2009 (UTC)