Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire

The complainant has requested information about the purchase and use of mobile phone surveillance equipment from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire (“the PCC”); to date she has not received a substantive response. The Commissioner’s decision is that the PCC has breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within 20 working days of receipt. She requires it to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17 of the FOIA.