Use of specific equipment 067/2022
FOI Reference: 067/2022
Request:
Mobile Fingerprint Scanners
1. The number of Mobile Fingerprint Scanners owned by your force in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive).
2. The number of times Mobile Fingerprint Scanners were used by officers in your force in each year from 2015 to 2021.
3. The number of people who were scanned using mobile fingerprint scanners in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive). If you record the data, please break this down by age, gender and ethnicity.
4. Please list the databases against which your Mobile Fingerprint Scanners check for matches and (if you hold the data) the number of matches against each database recorded in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive).
Knife Arches
1. The number of (i) Knife Arches and (ii) Knife Wands owned by your force in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive).
2. The number of times Knife Arches were used by officers in your force in each year from 2015 to 2021.
3. The number of people who were scanned using (i) Knife Arches and (ii) Knife Wands in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive). If you record the data, please break this down by age, gender and ethnicity.
4. The number of offensive weapons discovered through the use of (i) Knife Arches and (ii) Knife Wands in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive)
Mobile Phone Data Extraction
1. The number of Mobile Phone Data Extraction devices owned by your force in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive).
2. The number of times Mobile Phone Data Extraction devices were used by officers in your force in each year from 2015 to 2021.
3. The number of people whose phones were subject to Mobile Phone Data Extraction devices in each year from 2015 to 2021 (inclusive). If you record the data, please break this down by age, gender and ethnicity.
Mobile Fingerprint Scanners
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
There are a total of 35 mobile fingerprint scanners owned by Dyfed-Powys Police in the timeframe specified.
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Mobile fingerprint scanners were used 341 times between March 2020 and December 2021.
Please note: Mobile fingerprint scanners came into service in March 2020.
Response 3:
I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police.
Response 4:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Dyfed-Powys Police uses IDENT and IABS Databases. All fingerprints scanned for the purpose of prevention and detection of crime are cross matched with IDENT1, the UK national fingerprint database. Further information can be found using the following link:
Knife Arches
Response 1 – 4:
I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that Dyfed-Powys Police does not have Knife Arches and has not owned Knife Arches in the timeframe specified.
Mobile Phone Data Extraction
Response 1 - 3:
I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that Dyfed-Powys Police do not possess (and never have) mobile phone kiosks (which would be used for mobile phone data extraction) in the timeframe specified.
Please note: This response is based on the assumption that your request is in relation to mobile phone kiosks.
It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 18/02/2022)