Staffordshire Police
- Date 23 August 2022
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld
The complainant requested from Staffordshire Police information relating to Operation Eustace, an independent investigation following allegations of an alleged incident involving senior officers in 2007. In a revised response, Staffordshire Police stated that it does not hold information to questions 1 and 3 of this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities Staffordshire Police does not hold information to questions 1 and 3 of the request. Therefore, the Commissioner does not require Staffordshire Police to take any steps as a result of this decision. First-tier tribunal (General Regulatory chamber) information rights appeal EA/2022/0269 under appeal.