Metropolitan Police Service
- Date 14 December 2022
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 8: Upheld
The complainant has requested a copy of the latest version of the Gangs Operating Model from the Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”). The MPS advised that it did not hold such a document, although it did hold a draft document which was not officially signed off and not used. The Commissioner’s decision is that the draft document was caught within the scope of the request. The Commissioner would ordinarily require the MPS to either disclose the draft document or issue a valid refusal notice under section 17 of FOIA. However, he is considering a further complaint from the complainant under reference IC-187488-P9X0, which concerns its actual disclosure and so no steps are ordered in this notice.