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Metropolitan Police Service (Decision Notice) [2014] UKICO FS50504126 (20 February 2014)
Summary: The complainant requested information regarding the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). The MPS denied that it held information within the scope of the request that related to overt policing. In relation to covert policing, the MPS refused to confirm or deny whether it held this information and cited the exemptions provided by sections 23(5) (information supplied by, or relating to, security bodies), 24(2) (national security) and 31(3) (prejudice to law enforcement) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the MPS stated correctly and in line with section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA that it did not hold relevant information relating to overt policing. He also finds that the MPS applied sections 23(5), 24(2) and 31(3) correctly in relation to covert policing and so was not obliged to confirm or deny whether the requested information was held.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 23 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 24 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 31 - Complaint Not upheld