FOI 689/25

REQUEST

1. South Wales Police Force Operational Guidance on Restorative Justice outcomes.
2. (Confirmation as to whether any of the attending police officers had their body worn cameras on at any point ) as well as any guidance as to when they should be deployed.

RESPONSE

We consulted with our Justice services unit who have provided the following information reading your request

Question 1

Please see attached document entitled ‘SWP Restorative Justice Operational Guidance’.

Question 2

Please see document entitled ‘body-worn-video-procedure-v14_Redacted’

In relation to the redacted document, the following exemption applies:

Section 40(2) - Personal Information

Section 40(2) is an absolute class-based exemption and therefore the authority is not required to consider the public interest in disclosure.

The Data Protection Act covers processing of personal data about a living individual.  Personal data means data which relate to a living individual who can be identified-

1. from those data, or
2. from those data and other information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the possession of, the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual.

Information will “relate to” a person if it is about them, linked to them, has some biographical significance for them, is used to inform decisions affecting them, has them as its main focus or impacts on them in any way.

If we disclosed these details, this would provide significant detail which could identify an individual and would breach the first principle of the Data Protection Act 2018.

In accordance with the Act, this letter represents a refusal notice for your request.