FOI 0700-2026/27- Meta glasses crimes

Request:

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your police force regarding recorded offences, crimes, or incidents involving Meta smart glasses (including Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and Ray-Ban Stories).

Search Methodology & Keyword Guidance

To assist with retrieving this information within the statutory cost limit set out under Section 12 of the FOIA, please conduct an electronic keyword search (or database query) across your primary crime recording systems, command and control incident logs, and Modus Operandi (MO) free-text fields.

Specifically, please search for the following exact phrases and keywords (including case-insensitive / Ctrl+F equivalent searches):

• "META smart glasses"
• "Meta glasses"
• "Ray-Ban Meta"
• "Ray Ban Meta"
• "Ray-Ban Stories"
• "smart glasses"

Information Requested

For the 5-year period from 1 October 2021 to 1 October 2026:

1. Total Incident / Crime Count: The total number of recorded crimes or incident logs where one or more of the search terms above appear in the free-text summary, incident description, or MO notes, broken down year-by-year (e.g., 2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024, 2024–2025, 2025–2026).
2. Offence Classification Breakdown: A breakdown of these recorded matters by offence category (e.g., Voyeurism, Harassment, Public Order, Theft, Assault, or Breach of Privacy), where available.

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1 & Q2. A search has been conducted on occurrences and crimes with the requested keywords and timeframe specified, which provided a zero results.

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.