Freedom of Information request revealing collusion between the Information Commissioner and Humberside police deleted by WhatDoTheyKnow

1. Deleted by WhatDoTheyKnow
Information Rights Tribunal EA20170161 (You
can’t make me)
Pippa Clementine made this Freedom of Information request to Humberside Police
Pippa Clementine 28 March 2020
Dear Humberside Police,
The information I would like relates to paragraph 30 of the Information Commissioner's
Representations in Tribunal EA20170161:
https://tinyurl.com/swo2uwa
The Decision Notice referred to is here: https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-
notices/2017/2014391/fs50622653.pdf
"E. Correction
30. A correction is required in respect of paragraph [24] of the Decision Notice. The paragraph
refers to a newspaper article in which it was suggested that a police officer’s witness statement
included the phrase “you can’t make me”. The statement in the Decision Notice that
“[Humberside Police] explained that [the police officer referred to in the article] was the same
police officer who had arrested [the Appellant]” is incorrect. Humberside Police never
confirmed who the police officer involved in the incident referred to in the article was. During
the investigation Humberside Police only commented that the present request appeared to be
motivated by / connected to his arrest by the Arresting Officer (due to the terms of a
subsequent request “You Can’t Make Me 2” OB3 page 419), but did not state whether the
Arresting Officer was involved in the arrest referred to in the article. The Commissioner is
therefore not aware whether the police officer referred to in the article was the Arresting
Officer."
Please confirm who the Arresting Officer is who was linked to the newspaper article referred to
above?
Yours faithfully,
Pippa Clementine

2. Humberside Police
To: Pippa Clementine (Account suspended) Date: 30 March 2020
Good Morning,
Section 8(1)(b) of the FOIA requires that a request for information must include the real name
of the requester. If the requester; fails to provide a name; can't be identified from the name
provided (for example because they have only used their first name or initials); or, is using an
obvious pseudonym, then the request won't meet the requirements of section 8(1)(b) and will
technically be invalid.
For a request to be valid, the requester must provide enough of their real name to give anyone
reading that request a reasonable indication of their identity. This means that if the staff
processing the request cannot identify the requester from the name provided, that request will
be invalid.
Whilst it is not routine that we would seek identification, we have determined that that on this
occasion owing similarities to previous requests we require your identification to proceed with
this request.
Kind Regards,
Information Compliance Unit