FOISA Response No. 811 – Number of ex police officers at PIRC
27 Jan 2023
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Where relevant, we publish our responses to Freedom of Information requests under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
This response addressed the following query:
"Per FOISA 2002 please supply the following information contained in your records as follows:
- The number of ex police officers, retired officers of any rank that were employed by Police Scotland or any other Police Constabulary within The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland that are or have been employed by PIRC as Police Investigators in the last 5 years?"
The PIRC has considered this as a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 ("FOISA"). An application for information held by public authorities under section 1 of FOISA requires that a public authority release all information held, subject to any applicable exemptions.
The number of ex police officers previously employed by any police force within the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland employed by PIRC in the last 5 years is 47.