Attorney General agreement with the Police (FOI)

​​​​Request

On 20 December 2018 the Attorney General entered into an agreement with the States of Jersey Police, having consulted with the Comité de Connétables and the Comité des Chefs de Police. The agreement deals with information and intelligence sharing between the parties and the areas of responsibility and accountability in operational policing matters.

Source: MacRae “The role of the Attorney General as titular head of Jersey’s Honorary Police” (2020) 24 Jersey & Guernsey Law Review 196 available at:

https://www.jerseylaw.je/publications/jglr/PDF%20Documents/JGLR2002_MacRae(AttGen).pdf

Please provide:

A

A copy of the agreement (the 2018 Agreement) referred to above.

B

Information as to whether or not the 2018 Agreement remains in force.

C

If the 2018 Agreement has been superseded, please provide the following information about each and every agreement that has superseded the 2018 Agreement: (1) the name of the agreement; (2) the date of the agreement; (3) the parties to the agreement; and (4) whether the agreement remains in force.

D

Please provide a copy of each and every agreement (if any) that has superseded the 2018 Agreement.

Response

A

A redacted copy of the 2018 Agreement is attached. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

MOU - SoJP and Honorary Police Agreement - SIGNED_Redacted.pdf​

B to D

It is a requirement for the agreement to be in place under the States of Jersey Police Force Law 2012.

States of Jersey Police Force Law 2012 (jerseylaw.je)

This agreement has not been superseded.

Article Applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.