Staff who work in the MPS Wildlife Crime Unit

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026459

I note you seek access to the following information:

I would be grateful if you would let me know whether your organisation has
a) a dedicated wildlife crime unit and
b) how many police officers you employ whose main responsibility is wildlife crime.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

I would be grateful if you would let me know whether your organisation has
a) a dedicated wildlife crime unit and

The MPS does have a Wildlife Crime Unit. Please see the link below for more information:

MPS Wildlife Crime Unit

b) how many police officers you employ whose main responsibility is wildlife crime.

The Wildlife Crime Unit have two Detective Constable’s (DC’s) whose responsibility is in Wildlife Crime.

There are also two Police Staff. One is a researcher and the other is an analyst.
A Detective Sergeant (DS) also works part-time.