Obtaining Incident Report - Public Interest
Dear NSW Police Force,
An inquiry about obtaining a copy of an incident report, with the Officer at the Station saying there was no way, and only the Incident Number was available.
1. Please clarify, I believe a copy can be had either through a GIPA or Form P862 can be used to obtain an Incident Report, is this correct? b) What is the difference apart from $30 for the former and $87 for the later?
2. Please also clarify what form / procedure is required to ensure accuracy of personal information on Police file eg. address?
3. If there is an error in the Police Incident Report, is there a procedure to amend that detail? b) What detail can be amended?
Yours faithfully,
Mr Muter
Good Afternoon Mr Muter.
You can apply for a copy of the incident report through this Unit - the
External Information Access Unit - by completing one of the below
application forms.
Please return this completed with a copy of your ID and the application
fee of $30.00.
$87.00 is the cost for a report through the Insurance Services Unit.
If you feel that the information contained within the event report is not
correct once you have received it, you can apply to have this amended
through our Privacy Unit.
Regards,
Kate
External Information Access Unit
From: Leo Muter <[FOI #2976 email]>
To: GIPA requests at NSW Police Force <[NSW Police Force request email]>
Date: 23/01/2017 11:49
Subject: Government Information (Public Access) request - Obtaining
Incident Report - Public Interest
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Dear NSW Police Force,
An inquiry about obtaining a copy of an incident report, with the Officer
at the Station saying there was no way, and only the Incident Number was
available.
1. Please clarify, I believe a copy can be had either through a GIPA or
Form P862 can be used to obtain an Incident Report, is this correct? b)
What is the difference apart from $30 for the former and $87 for the
later?
2. Please also clarify what form / procedure is required to ensure
accuracy of personal information on Police file eg. address?
3. If there is an error in the Police Incident Report, is there a
procedure to amend that detail? b) What detail can be amended?
Yours faithfully,
Mr Muter
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How can I access and amend my personal information?
You have certain rights under the Freedom of Information Act 1989, Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 to access and amend personal information held by us about you.
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