Sussex Police
- Date 9 December 2015
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant has requested from the Sussex Police force the 1983 senior officer’s closing report of a murder investigation. The Commissioner’s decision is that the force has failed to respond substantively to this request and the Commissioner finds that, in so doing, it breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the force to respond to the request to ensure compliance with the legislation.