01/FOI/26/007787/I - List of systems

Request:

Please provide a list of any systems, tools or projects currently in use, being trialled, procured but not yet operational, or under development by or on behalf of the force that fall within the following definition of “data-driven policing.”

For the purposes of this request, data-driven policing refers to systems, tools or projects that use data analytics, statistical modelling, algorithmic processing, risk assessment, predictive analytics, machine learning or artificial intelligence to inform or support policing decisions, assessments, prioritisation or operational activity.

For each system, tool or project, please provide: 

1. The name of the system, tool or project and a brief description of its purpose.

2. Whether it is:
o operational;
o being trialled;
o procured but not yet operational; or
o under development.

3. Whether it uses, or is intended to use, data that:
o originates solely from the force or other policing bodies; or
o also includes data originating from non-police organisations, such as local authorities, NHS bodies, other public-sector organisations or private organisations.

4. Copies of any Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), or equivalent Privacy Impact Assessments, held in relation to each system, tool or project. Where a document is already publicly available, a link to it is sufficient.

For clarity, this request includes systems that identify or present patterns, trends, associations, links, risks or other data-derived contextual information, or that produce scores, classifications, predictions, alerts, recommendations, prioritised lists or other analytical outputs. 

This includes systems used to inform or support human judgement where the final decision remains with a human user, including systems described as providing only information or additional context and systems that the force does not formally describe as “artificial intelligence.”

Response:

Humberside Police can confirm we do hold the information you requested however due to the way it is held in our systems it is not in an easily retrievable format. Therefore Section 12 of the Act applies.

To locate, retrieve and collate all information for this request would far exceed the appropriate time limit of 18 hours. This is because we have a number of systems, many of which may be relevant to your request with regards to being data driven and containing risk assessments. Research would have to be conducted with various departments and individuals around the Force to obtain the information.

Section 12 – Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds the appropriate limit.

s1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’ (18 – hours).

Activities that may be counted within our time estimations are:

• Determining if the information is held;
• Locating the information, or a document containing it;
• Retrieving the information, or a document containing it; and
• Extracting the information from a document containing it.

The following have not been included within our calculations:

• The time spent identifying information to be exempted
• The time dedicated to the process of redaction.

Please take this as a refusal notice in accordance with section 17(5) of the Act which states; A public authority which, in relation to any request for information, is relying on a claim that section 12 or 14 applies must, within the time for complying with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice stating that fact.

Ordinarily under our section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance, we would advise you how to refine your request to a more manageable level. However, due to the difficulties outlined above, I cannot see how this can be achieved in this case.

Please note that police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide information and statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for the comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.