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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11796 and Warwickshire Police 11797
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 7th May 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
Q1) How many crimes were recorded by the force in 2018 relating to the offence of 'attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming'?
Q2) How many PPA (people proceeded against) were recorded by the force in 2018 for the offence of 'attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming'?
Q3) How many of those cases in Q2 used evidence supplied by so called paedophile hunters?
REPLY:
West Mercia Police 11796
Q1 - 26
Q2 - 22
Q3 - 5
Warwickshire Police 11797
Q1 - 12
Q2 - 10
Q3 - 1