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FOI IIOC Offences (824-2023/24)

Request

Please see updated request with the date amended for part d). The dates should be  1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

a) The total number of recorded offences of indecent images (still or moving) of children and prohibited images of children for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
b) The number of recorded offences which related to pseudo images of children.
c) The total number of recorded offences where an Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated child abuse image was detected.
d) For each offence for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 please break it down by the platform used to commit the offence where known using the following key word search:  Snapchat, Facebook/Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, X/Twitter, Kik, TikTok, YouTube, Discord, Skype, Facetime, Roblox, Oculus, VR, Metaverse, Only Fans, Signal, iCloud, iMessgae, Dropbox, Mega, Patreon, other social media or messaging site, other cloud storage site and online gaming.
e) The number of recorded offences of which contained a cyber-flag.

Original Request 20112023

a) The total number of recorded offences of indecent images (still or moving) of children and prohibited images of children for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
b) The number of recorded offences which related to pseudo images of children.
c) The total number of recorded offences where an Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated child abuse image was detected.
d) For each offence for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 please break it down by the platform used to commit the offence where known using the following key word search:  Snapchat, Facebook/Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, X/Twitter, Kik, TikTok, YouTube, Discord, Skype, Facetime, Roblox, Oculus, VR, Metaverse, Only Fans, Signal, iCloud, iMessgae, Dropbox, Mega, Patreon, other social media or messaging site, other cloud storage site and online gaming.
e) The number of recorded offences of which contained a cyber-flag.

Response

Extent of Searches to Locate Information

Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police to locate relevant information. 

Decision

I am not obliged to provide you with a response to your request pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please note that when one part of your request falls under Section 12, we are not obliged to review the rest of the questions and the whole request is therefore exempt.

Section 12(1) applies to your request as the cost of complying with your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of identifying and retrieving any relevant information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Due to the nature of our recording systems the information requested, if held, is not in an easily retrievable format. Our information retrieval process generally relies on a computer ran report which captures any information recorded upon the surface of a record or within specified fields. Where relevant information is held deeper in the record, or outside of a specified field, a manual assessment is required to retrieve that information. Whether the images were indecent, pseudo or AI is not recorded within a specific field. In order to retrieve the requested information, it would be necessary to manually review all crimes of possession or making indecent images of children to determine which, if any are relevant to your request, which would exceed the time limit allowed under the Act. 

Pursuant to Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.

Pursuant to Section 16 of the Act I am required to offer you advice and assistance with regarding to refining your request to within the ‘appropriate limit’ (time/cost limit). However, we may be able to answer a,d & e if you resubmit your request and omit b & c. If you wish to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.