What's all this then?
Making a freedom of information request is the right of every citizen - even, so it seems, a for research for pay negotiations.
But it's not only in Britain that the Police have found freedom of information to be a useful investigative tool. Earlier this month the El Paso Times in Texas reported that the FBI had put FOI requests to school districts as part of a probe into corruption in local government contracts.
So for those of you who receive FOI requests, just remember next time - it could be the Police who are asking.
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