February 2017 Freedom of Information Request
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February 2017 Freedom of Information Request Reference No: FOI 001396/17 I write in connection with your request for information received by the Norfolk Constabulary on the 26th January 2017 in which you sought access to the following information: How much money did the police force raise by selling lost property / goods seized from criminals in 2014? 2015? 2016? If possible (and within cost limit), can I have a list of the goods sold, broken down by each year, and the price they fetched? Or, if this is not possible (or it runs over the cost limit), can I have a description of the top three items which fetched the highest amount of money each year, and the amount they each fetched? Norfolk Constabulary holds information relevant to your request. Response to your Request Norfolk Constabulary has located the following information as relevant to your request. The following areas are included in this response:- Found Property Found property is that which has been handed into the Police by members of the public. If Found Property is not a prohibited item and is not claimed by the owner or finder, we will dispose of it. Disposal may include return to an issuing authority or a governing body or disposal via waste. If the item has a value which can be realised we will put that item into Auction. The amounts held in the balance account roll over each year and transfers are made each year to the Police Property Act fund, from which donations are made to support charitable causes as approved by the Chief Constable and the Norfolk Community Foundation. The amounts held will also include cash which is identified as found property, i.e. monies which may be found in a purse or wallet. Seized Property Property Subject to Enquiry (PSE) is that which has come into the possession of the police in relation to an enquiry or an investigation. The person from whom property is seized may not be convicted of any offence once the investigation is completed. We only dispose of property once authorisation from a Court or the Officer in the Case is given to do so, or were legislation or case outcome dictates. Provided the item of property is not prohibited, property may be returned to the owner (if identified), the person it was seized from or some other person as directed (for example Next of Kin), donated to charity, returned to an issuing authority or disposed of as waste. Property may have to be disposed of in order to satisfy a Court Order. If property is not to be destroyed and it is not collected by an owner or other nominated person and we consider it has a value we will put the items into Auction. Unless property is sold in accordance with a Court Order, the proceeds from the sale of these items are held in the Police Property Act fund and the totals roll over each year. The lists of the property sent to auction show the actual hammer prices before the 15% commission is deducted. Vehicles Vehicles may also be seized subject to an investigation, or seized in relation to Road Traffic Offences, for example Section 165 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 allows for a vehicle to be seized if it is being driven other than in accordance with a licence, has no valid insurance or both. Section 99 of the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 allows the recovery of a vehicle which has been abandoned/stolen, left as an obstruction or involved in a road traffic collision. If these vehicles are disclaimed, not collected by owners/insurance companies and are not directed to be destroyed, or dealt with as per any Court Order direction, they may also be disposed of via auction if considered to be above £500 in value. When vehicles are sold at auction, auction fees, the statutory recovery and storage charges, incurred by the Recovery Operators, are deducted from the sale price. The Constabulary receive any balance left. Funds must be retained in the event there are any subsequent claims by vehicle owners and any auction monies have to be repaid. All proceeds from scrap value of vehicles goes directly to the Recovery Operator to offset their recovery and storage charges. Year Amount Found Property 2013/14 £52,428 2014/15 £62,407 2015/16 £29,316 2016/17 (to date) £45,465 Seized Property 2013/14 £4,112 2014/15 £8,485 2015/16 £23,499 2016/17 (to date) £29,631 Vehicles (income to the Constabulary) 2014 £12,239.50 (20 number) 2015 £4,984.82 (17 number) 2016 £26,615.56 (49 number) The following items were sold at auction via Cruso & Wilkin. The value shown is what the item was sold for. RED REFLEX 03/01/2014 £4.00 GREY ROCKHOPPER 17/01/2014 £4.00 PURPLE RALEIGH 17/01/2014 £16.00 PURPLE/SILVER LADIES RALEIGH 17/01/2014 £14.00 BLUE BOSS 17/01/2014 £3.00 BLACK VISCOUNT 17/01/2014 £10.00 WHITE MALE CYCLE 17/01/2014 UNSOLD RED REFLEX MATRIX 17/01/2014 £4.00 BLACK/SILVER MTB 17/01/2014 £24.00 BLCK/WHITE LADIES CYCLE 17/01/2014 £25.00 SILVER MTB 17/01/2014 £14.00 BLUE/WHITE ELRRIS 17/01/2014 £18.00 RED/BLACK ANIMAL MTB 31/01/2014 UNSOLD WHITE/GREEN PROBIKE MTB 31/01/2014 £5.00 BLACK STEALTH DIAMONDBACK 31/01/2014 £20.00 MTB BLACK/WHITE TRAX MTB 31/01/2014 UNSOLD BLUE APOLLO MTB 31/01/2014 £30.00 BLACK/SILVER MTB 31/01/2014 £12.00 WHITE/GREEN BMX 31/01/2014 £14.00 SILVER CHALLENGE 07/02/2014 £28.00 WHITE MTB 07/02/2014 UNSOLD SILVER EMMELLE 07/02/2014 UNSOLD UNIVERSAL 07/02/2014 £12.00 BLUE CONCEPT 07/02/2014 £8.00 BLUE VIKING 07/02/2014 UNSOLD PURPLE UNIVERSAL LADIES 07/02/2014 UNSOLD BLACK/YELLO EXCALIBER 07/02/2014 UNSOLD RED/BLACK ANIMAL MTB 21/02/2014 £3.00 BLACK/WHITE TRAX 21/02/2014 £5.00 WHITE MTB 21/02/2014 UNSOLD SILVER EMMELLE 21/02/2014 £3.00 PURPLE UNIVERSAL LADIES 21/02/2014 £3.00 WHITE MALE MTB 21/02/2014 £1.00 BLUE CONCEPT 21/02/2014 £5.00 BLUE APOLLO 21/02/2014 £8.00 BURGUNDY RALEIGH 21/02/2014 £40.00 SILVER APOLLO 21/02/2014 £8.00 BLACK HARLEM 21/02/2014 £3.00 BLACK DEEP SPACE 21/02/2014 £2.00 BLUE TREK 21/02/2014 £22.00 SILVER RALEIGH 21/02/2014 £12.00 RED BMX 21/02/2014 £ 8.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £4.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £4.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £ 4.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £3.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £3.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £3.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £3.00 BAG OF MIRACLE GROW 21/02/2014 £3.00 BAG OF COAL 21/02/2014 £1.00 BAG OF COAL 21/02/2014 £1.00 GREY X-RATED 21/03/2014 £3.00 BLACK/WHITE CHILDS 21/03/2014 UNSOLD RED APOLLO 21/03/2014 UNSOLD RED APOLLO CHILDS 21/03/2014 £5.00 SILVER RALEIGH PIONEER 21/03/2014 UNSOLD RED RALEIGH 21/03/2014 £5.00 BLACK SARATUGA 21/03/2014 UNSOLD SILVER CARRERA LADIES 21/03/2014 £10.00 BLACK ZULU LION 21/03/2014 £12.00 BLUE LADIES MTB 21/03/2014 £20.00 SILVER RALEIGH 21/03/2014 £18.00 GREEN COYOTE 21/03/2014 £6.00 BLACK CLAUD BUTLER 21/03/2014 £5.00 BLUE/GREEN RALEIGH LADIES 21/03/2014 £3.00 BLACK/YELLOW EXCALIBER 14/02/2014 £3.00 WHITE MTB 14/02/2014 UNSOLD SILVER EMELLE 14/02/2014 UNSOLD BLUE VIKING 14/02/2014 £3.00 PURPLE UNIVERSAL LADIES 14/02/2014 UNSOLD WHITE MTB 14/03/2014 £1.00 PURPLE UNIVERSAL EXTREME 11/04/2014 £12.00 BLACK REFLEX 11/04/2014 £18.00 SILVER CARRERA 11/04/2014 £18.00 BLACK/SILVER OPTIMA 11/04/2014 £5.00 PURPLE APOLLO 11/04/2014 UNSOLD BLACK ROCK MTB 11/04/2014 £5.00 GREEN/SILVER CARRERA 11/04/2014 £10.00 GREY FALCON 11/04/2014 £16.00 PURPLE CASADA LADIES 11/04/2014 UNSOLD BLACK UNIVERSAL CHILDS 11/04/2014 £3.00 BLACK/WHITE ET CHILDS 11/04/2014 £12.00 BLACK.WHITE ET CHILDS 28/03/2014 UNSOLD RED APOLLO 28/03/2014 £3.00 SILVER RALEIGH PIONEER 28/03/2014 £3.00 BLACK SARATUGA 28/03/2014 £3.00 PURPLE APOLLO 25/04/2014 £5.00 PURPLE CASADA LADIES 25/04/2014 £3.00 RED SHOCKWAVE 16/05/2014 £12.00 SILVER MTB 16/05/2014 £8.00 RED SILVER FOX 16/05/2014 £10.00 BLUE CASCADE 16/05/2014 £6.00 BLUE/GREEN MISTIPULE 16/05/2014 £7.00 SILVER/BLACK APOLLO 16/05/2014 £3.00 RED TREK 16/05/2014 £10.00 SMALL TRAMPOLINE 16/05/2014 £2.00 PUSHCHAIR 16/05/2014 UNSOLD CAMOFLAGE MTB 16/05/2014 £3.00 PUSHCHAIR 23/05/2014 £3.00 BLACK BMX FRAME 06/06/2014 £3.00 BLACK/PURPLE MTB 06/06/2014 £16.00 GREY MTB 06/06/2014 £22.00 GREY VIKING 06/06/2014 £18.00 SCOTT VOLTAGE 06/06/2014 £80.00 SILVER RALEIGH 06/06/2014 UNSOLD BLUE CYCLE 06/06/2014 £3.00 RED/YELLOW UNIVERSAL 06/06/2014 £10.00 RED/WHITE APOLLO 06/06/2014 £3.00 WHITE PACIFIC BIKE 06/06/2014 UNSOLD SILVER RALEIGH 13/06/2014 £12.00 WHITE PACIFIC BIKE 13/06/2014 £14.00 BLUE/WHITE TOWNSEND 27/06/2014 £16.00 PROBIKE DIABLO 27/06/2014 UNSOLD GREEN MALE CYCLE 27/06/2014 £5.00 GREEN BMX 27/06/2014 UNSOLD GREY RACEFACE BMX 27/06/2014 £3.00 BLACK/YELLOW CHILDS 27/06/2014 UNSOLD YELLOW/BLUE CHILDS 27/06/2014 UNSOLD BLUE CHILDS 27/06/2014 UNSOLD RED RALEIGH FIREFLY 27/06/2014 £10.00 BLACK SILVER FOX 27/06/2014 £3.00 BLACK VERTIGO BMX 27/06/2014 UNSOLD RED BMX 27/06/2014 £0.50 BLACK/WHITE CHILDS 27/06/2014 £0.50 WHITE EUTOPIA 27/06/2014 £1.00 SILVER/BLUE SARACEN 27/06/2014 UNSOLD BLUE X-FALCON 27/06/2014 UNSOLD SILVER/YELLOW SARACEN 27/06/2014 £22.00 BRONZE EMMELLE 27/06/2014 £3.00 BROWN RALEIGH 27/06/2014 £5.00 PURPLE FEMALE 27/06/2014 £7.00 BLUE APOLLO VERTIGP 27/06/2014 £16.00 YELLOW/BLUE CHILDS 04/07/2014 UNSOLD BLUE CHILDS 04/07/2014 UNSOLD BLUE X-FALCON 04/07/2014 UNSOLD SILVER/BLUE SARACEN 04/07/2014 £1.00 BLACK VERTIGO BMX 04/07/2014 £0.50 PROBIKE DIABLO 04/07/2014 UNSOLD BLACK/YELLOW CHILDS 04/07/2014 £0.50 GREEN BMX 04/07/2014 £3.00 PROBIKE DIABLO 11/07/2014 £6.00 YELLOW/BLUE CHILDS 18/07/2014 £1.00 BLUE CHILDS 18/07/2014 £1.00 BLUE X-FALCON 18/07/2014 £3.00 TURQUOISE APOLLO 25/07/2014 £12.00 WHITE TALON 25/07/2014 £3.00 MULTI COLOURED BIKE 25/07/2014 £6.00 GOLD PAINTED MALE BIKE 25/07/2014 UNSOLD SILVER EMELLE 25/07/2014