A list of Basic Command Unit(BCU) Commanders

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.022966

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please provide a table of all 32 Boroughs and the Borough Commanders email address

Decision

I have today decided to disclose some of the requested information. Some data has been withheld as it is exempt from disclosure and therefore this response serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) by virtue of the following exemptions:

Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement

Reason for decision

Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement - Section 31(1)(a) of the Act provides that any information is exempt if its disclosure under the Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime.

I have claimed this exemption in that the release and publication of the contact details of the Borough Commanders, would provide persons intent on disrupting the work of the MPS, with information that would assist them in this endeavour.

The release and publication of the Borough Commander’s email addresses, would provide persons intent on disrupting the work of the MPS, with information that would assist them to do so. In this regard, a person with this intent would be likely to use this information to make inappropriate contact with the MPS or send them vast amounts of unsolicited correspondence. This would tie up the resources of these individuals and cause disruption to the work of the MPS.

Having considered your request, I accept that there is a public interest in transparency when any request is made for police information. The public interest favouring release must be balanced against any associated risk and/or prejudice that would be caused by disclosure. Having carefully considered this, I have found that the public release and publication of contact details of the Borough Commander’s, would provide persons intent on disrupting the work of the MPS, with information that would assist them in this endeavour. Given this I have found that the release of this information is not in the public interest.

Disclosure

List of Borough Commanders (please note that the MPS have twelve BCU Command Units)

AS – Central South Command Unit – Colin Wingrove
AW – Central West Command Unit – Owain Richards
CE – Central East Command Unit – Marcus Barnett
CN – Central North Command Unit – Andrew Carter
EA – East Area Command Unit – Stephen Clayman
NA – North Area Command Unit – Treena Fleming
NE – North East Command Unit – Richard Tucker
NW – North West Command Unit – Sara Leach
SE – South East Command Unit – Trevor Lawry
SN – South Area Command Unit – David Stringer
SW – South West Command Unit – Elisabeth Chapple
WA West Area Command Unit – Sean Wilson

Please note that the MPS have changes in our leadership due to promotions and lateral moves so this data is correct as of today.

We have an extensive ‘contact us’ page which can be accessed via the below. If this function is used to contact the MPS and a specific individual is named, your email will be directed accordingly - MPS Contact Us Page