FOI 122 / Feb 22 / Dogs v’s Sheep

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 122-2022

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17^th February 2022 as follows:

From January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, how many incidents were reported/recorded involving the following?

• Dogs chasing/worrying sheep
• Dogs attacking/injuring sheep
• Dogs killing sheep

Please see the Warwickshire Police response set out below.

Response: Searches were conducted of the Command and Control system for incidents recorded in 2021, containing the keyword ‘sheep’ within the text field. The resulting records were then manually reviewed to check for relevance and to remove false positives.  However, it is important to note that if there were relevant incidents recorded, but the keyword was not present within the text, then these will not have been returned within the search.  For this reason, information retrieved by way of a keyword search cannot be assumed to be entirely accurate.  Please also note that information from the Command and Control system is currently only available prior to 30th November 2021.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.

Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police

PO Box 4

Leek Wootton

Warwickshire

CV35 7QB

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