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Time to challenge RSPCA vigilantes..


Mrs Ann Barnes
Police and Crime Commissioner
Kent Police
Force Headquarters
Sutton Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 9BZ

15/ 8/ 2013

cc: Ian Learmonth – Chief Constable
cc: Beverley Newman – Head of Legal Services


Dear Mrs Barnes

Information Sharing Agreements with RSPCA

I understand from media reports that Kent is one of a number of UK police forces that has signed an information sharing agreement with the RSPCA.

I should like to express my very serious concerns that an organisation, which is not an official prosecution authority and is only able to bring private prosecutions over instances of animal cruelty, should have access to a vast range of personal information about individuals. This, I understand, includes information about age, employment, home address and details of parents as well as details of a person’s vehicle(s), police history and details of any firearms licensing.

I believe there is no legal basis whatsoever for providing any of this information to a non-statutory body, particularly one that is widely seen as being increasingly politically motivated.

If any organization or individual suspects that an offence is being - or has been - committed, they may report this to the police or other relevant authority. It is that authority that has the duty to investigate any allegations and proceed appropriately. Those making allegations have the right to take out a private prosecution; they are not, nor should they ever be, permitted to act as a self-appointed arm of the proper law enforcement agencies.

I look forward to your response.

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