FOI Preferred Pronouns (343-2024/25)

Request

Please can you supply a copy of any policy, guidelines, guidance, protocols, strategy and / or procedures you hold relating to the following:

• media/press releases and/or media engagement
• The use of the preferred pronouns, self identified gender or biological sex of suspects, offenders, missing persons and/or victims in media/press releases and/or media engagement

For clarification where I say self identified gender I mean where a person has a trans or non-binary identity, where I say biological sex I mean the sex of the person as recorded at birth. Where I say media/press releases I mean when police release or provide information directly to the media or via their own social media channels such as facebook or X, for example in relation to crimes, suspects, offenders, victims, missing persons etc.  where I say media I mean media outlets, journalists, newspapers or news outlets.

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 not held by North Yorkshire Police.  

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.