Dover has the highest number of animals privately owned under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, according to #FOI, with two tigers, an amur leopard and more than 25 different breeds of venomous snakes kept in the harbour town.
The #VictoriaPolice force is the subject of new revelations after recently marred by allegations of #corruption, including tainting important investigations and potentially lying to lawyers.
Freedom Of Information (#FOI) documents show that in the last decade, 14 Victoria Police officers have retired or resigned while #UnderInvestigation
And, finally, I'm a criminology masters student in my 40s, returning to university, with an interest in researching digital #surveillance and #privacy.
Public bodies sometimes seem to forget is often it's less embarrassing - and cheaper - to hand over information from #FOI rather than try to sustain weak exemption arguments.
Old #FOI, new social media platform. This one has been done for every site and app you could think of - asking for any crimes that mentions a particular one.
Police recorded 6,241 alleged offences linked to TikTok last year, up from 5,000 in 2022.
Statistics obtained by Scottish Labour via #FOI show that 2,079 hours of overtime were worked by staff in maternity and midwifery units in NHS Ayrshire and Arran in 2022/23.
Xmas & New Year is a great time for #FOI requests as you get stories in the bag for when news & journalists are thin on the ground. Here's a thread of some good examples you can save for next year...
How much did the statues, murals and other pieces of public art cost?
The Caerphilly Observer submitted an #FOI and can reveal the Twisted Chimney is the most expensive of all 32 pieces of public art installed across Caerphilly County Borough since 2008.
All 22 ministries refused to answer a request for basic data about how #FOI is working in #Alberta.
At first the province claimed there were no records – a questionable assertion, given every other jurisdiction had provided records. #DanielleSmith at the time said Alberta aimed to remedy the problem
But a second effort... to seek the data was rejected in August. The Globe’s work suggests Alberta is violating its own law