15 February - Subject Access Request
It
seemed such a good idea when a reader suggested a Subject Access Request
under the Data Protection Act as a simple means of getting information from
Bexley council following the unjustified (†) issue of a Harassment Form 9993
in
April last year. Just pay your ten pounds and in return get copies of all the
council documentation bearing my name. But that was to reckon without the
dishonesty of Bexley council. They simply ignored the request.
Then they refused the Information Commissioner’s (IC) request.
Following more pressure by the IC and another refusal by Bexley council I think it
is time to give up. To get anything out of Bexley council the IC suggests court action.
As Bexley council would have anticipated, I’m not sure it is worth it. I’ve got most of
what I wanted anyway. It may not be absolute proof in the legal sense but Bexley
council’s refusal to offer any documentation on either the harassment issue or their
obscene blogging is a pretty clear indication that to do so would incriminate themselves.
I’ve always thought that council leader Teresa O’Neill and overpaid Chief Executive
Will Tuckley must know quite a lot about both issues but were never going to
come clean. Why else would Tuckley state in his FOI response there had been no police
investigation into the blogging when Olly Cromwell’s trial papers showed that the police went to see
him about it on 7th July? They concluded that there was no prospect of finding the
culprit. Why did Tuckley have to be so devious about that? Somewhere in Bexley council
there is a criminal and Bexley council know it and the inaction has ensured that Bexley
council remains a safe haven for criminals. Knowing that the names Teresa O’Neill and
Will Tuckley will forever be associated with hiding criminal activities is worth a
tenner of anyone’s money. Even more of a bargain that they never cashed my cheque.
† Correspondence with the Independent Police Complaints Commission
and the Met. Police Directorate of Professional Standards has confirmed that
Bexleyheath police and DI. Keith Marshall in particular failed to comply
with any part of standard police procedures when issuing Form 9993. No check as to whether the
complaint was justified. No attempt to discuss the matter with me before the issue of
the Form. A refusal to provide details of the precise offence so that behaviour might be
modified. 100% wrong on every count but the threat of arrest for “criticising”
Bexley council remains.