Information Commissioner's Office

Surrey Police

2 November 2015, Police and criminal justice

The complainant requested from Surrey Police (the police) information about the movements of a police helicopter which had searched for a missing person over an area including that in which the complainant lives. The police provided him with information about that flight but the complainant was not satisfied that there had not been a further reason for the search by the helicopter beyond that stated by the police. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on a balance of probabilities, the police are correct to say that they do not hold information about any other reason for the helicopter search. He therefore did not uphold the complaint. The Commissioner does not require the police to take any further steps.

FOI 1: Not upheld