My timeline is related to FOIA requests, and more, made to, and ignored by: 1] the Chief Constable of South Wales Police, Mr. M. JUKES  and 2] the entity known as G4S PLC [who run “security” in the relevant prisons Mr. MAURICE KIRK is connected to in this matter: HMP Cardiff and HMP Parc]. These 2 subjects, as the timeline below shows, were asked, via a formal F.O.I.A. [S.A.R. / DPA request for a copy of this letter – authored by Maurice Kirk and meant to be sent to myself – which was stopped from leaving HMP Cardiff by the G4S prison employees and/or SWP as it had an alleged “substance” on it which might [qu.] “caused distress to another” [unqu.] [referring to the charge M KIRK was remanded in custody regarding]. This withheld letter obviously exists as Mr. Kirk was charged with attempting to send it to myself, along with other letters to others [at least one other, whereby the charge was later dropped too after M KIRK’s remand in HMP on the strength of these “noxious letters”, which did not have any “noxious substance” attached to them eg. anthrax, or in the case of former MP Mr. A. Cairn’s letter, which was supposed to have “heroin” attached to it – the charge pertaining to that, which also enforced the custodial remand of Maurice Kirk, being dropped also at a later date. I requested too any other letters pertaining to myself that were not sent to me from either HMP Parc or HMP Cardiff from Mr. Kirk, during the times Mr. Kirk was resident in either of these prisons in 2019, whether they had any alleged “substances” on them or not. As can be seen from the timeline, everything has been ignored by each government department contacted. After the alotted period of time had passed for these FOIA requests to be responded to, which they weren’t by either the SWP, or G4S, the INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE [I.C.O.] was contacted, and a formal complaint was made regarding these 2 entity’s refusals to act regarding the statutes in place regarding the formal F.O.I.A. [S.A.R.] / D.P.A. requests made to them. However, the I.C.O. refused to deal with my formal complaint to them, so a complaint was made about everything to the Secretary of State for Justice – Mr. Robert Buckland, at the Ministry of Justice, London [MoJ]. The “Disclosure Team” at the MoJ responded, at first, replying with my original FOIA request to SWP, but then prevaricated, asking at first for my ID, which was immediately sent to them, but then, amazingly, they replied again asking what I wanted with them, even though I -AND THEY – had sent the original FOIA request made to the SWP Chief Constable which I had included in my original notification to Mr. Buckland. After the failure of SWP’s Chief Constable to respond to the FOIA request, originally made in September 2019, a formal request for an INTERNAL REVIEW was made to SWP – a request to investigate this non-compliance by this SWP to ignore a formal FOIA request. However, this request for an “Internal Review” into SWP’s non-actions was also wholly ignored also by them, so a formal complaint was made to the “tiger with no teeth” the “Independant Office for Police Conduct” – the IOPC – who promptly passed my complaint of malfeasance by SWP back to – guess who? – the SWP themselves – the very entity guilty of so much malfeasance already, and regarding not only FOIA requests. The IOPC passed my complaint onto the SWP “Professional Standards” – we are not holding our breath waiting for them to respond and do their jobs with due diligance and responsibility. So, no responses from anyone anywhere, including the Sectretary of State for Justice himself, regarding the rules THEY MADE [re: FOIA requests], but refuse to comply by! 

These cases are ongoing, need I add?

 

TIMELINE [minus relavent attachments]:

June 23 2020 – complete email thread re: contact from SWP’s “name redacted” asking re: “M. Kirk” is at the very bottom of the list shown as number: 2

 

September 17 2020  – FOIA request to SWP  M. JUKES [attached]

 

September 21 –  acknowledgement letter from J JENKINS, Disclosure officer of SWP [JUKES] telling me to go to G4S, not SWP [attached]

 

Sept. 26 – sent INTERNAL REVIEW REQUEST to SWP –  [sent by email – see below]

 

Sept. 28 – acknowledgement email from SWP re: INTERNAL REVIEW REQUEST – [sent by email – see below]

 

Sept. 28 – FOIA request to G4S – [identical FOIA request as to SWP [M JUKES – see attmts. 1,2]

 

 

Sept. 30 – acknowledgement letter from G4S to FOIA request [attached]

 

October 26 – reminder email to SWP re: INTERNAL REVIEW REQUEST [see below in email thread]

 

October 30 –  ditto Oct. 26 above

 

November 02 – SWP acknowledgement to Oct. 26 + 30 emails re: INTERNAL REVIEW REQUEST ignoring by SWP [see below in email thread]

 

November 18 –   letter to Mr. Robert Buckland, Secretary of State for Justice MoJ, UK, re: ignoring by all of FOIA request [attached]

 

December 04 – acknowledgement letter from MoJ re: FOIA requests ignored by SWP, G4S, + ICO [attached]

 

 

December 10 – MoJ write again re: the FOIA request

 

“Disclosure Team <[email protected]>

Thu 10/12/2020 12:01

Dear Mr Graham,

Thank you for your email and providing your proof of identity.

In order to process your request you would have to clarify what information you are requesting as well as the search location as outlined in our previous letter.

Kind Regards,

Disclosure Team, Information Services Follow us on Twitter @MoJGovUK  [ENDS]” This was replied to immediately with details of the original F.O.I.A. request to SWales police, et al. Nothing has been heard of, to date, 28 Dec. 2020.

December 15 – formal complaint to IOPC re: SWP ignoring INTERNAL REVIEW REQUEST orig. Sept. 26 [see email directly below the December 22 2020 reply from the I.O.P.C.]

 

December 22 – formal reply from I.O.P.C. [directly below] to my December 15 2020 complaint to them re: SWP ignoring INTERNAL REVIEW REQUEST [see December 15 update, directly above] stating my complaint has been passed onto the Prof. Standards of SWales police.

 

[TIME LINE ENDS as we await a response from SWP Professional Standards after the I.O.P.C. passed on my complaint to them re: the failure by the SWP to respond to my complaint regarding the SWP Chief Constable’s refusal to act re: my request for an Internal Review, etc.

 

!enquiries <[email protected]>

Tues 22/12/2020  07.58

 

December 22 2020

 

Dear Mr Graham

 

Thank you for contacting the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 15 December 2020 regarding your complaint against South Wales Police. The case reference number is 2020/146918, which you should quote in all future correspondence.

 

We are completely independent of the police service and are responsible for making sure that the police complaints system in England and Wales works effectively and fairly.

 

Our role is to forward your complaint to the relevant police force, which must decide whether to record the complaint. Recording means that a record is made of the complaint giving it formal status as a complaint under the Police Reform Act 2002.

 

I have passed the matter to the Professional Standards Department (PSD) of South Wales Police. You should usually hear from the PSD within 15 working days. However, given the current corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic it may take longer for the PSD to be in contact. Please contact them directly if you have not had a response from them.

 

South Wales Police
Professional Standards Department
Ty Richard Thomas
Newlands Avenue
Brackla Industrial Estate
Bridgend
CF31 2DA

Tel: 01656 655 555

[email protected]

 

If you have any further information you wish to pass on, please forward it directly to the above address.

 

I have attached some further information on the complaints process for your attention.

 

Yours sincerely

 

redacted
Customer Contact Advisor

Independent Office for Police Conduct
PO Box 473

Sale

M33 0BW

 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @policeconduct

www.policeconduct.gov.uk  [ends]

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020, 4:04 am butlin cat, <[email protected]> wrote:

 

15 December 2020

 

Dear I.O.P.C.,

 

I wish to make a formal complaint about SOUTH WALES POLICE’s failure to comply with my request for an Internal Review pertaining to the Chief Constable Mr. M. JUKES failure to comply with my FOIA [SAR] / DPA request [which is attached: attachments 1,2, should’ve been dated 17 Sept. 2020, and updated with a clearer version, sent shortly after on and dated the 28 Sept. 20: attachments 3,4].

 

The acknowledgement message from SWP regarding my request is shown below, dated the 28 September.

 

 SWP have misled me throughout regarding this Internal Review requested by myself, stating in their last email, directly below, dated 02 Nov. 2020 that they would “be in touch with me” after my request dragged on and on – but of course they didn’t respond in any shape or form and their statement is completely false, and in reality SWP are ignoring my Internal Request throughout.

 

SWP also ignored my initial FOIA request, attached [attachments 1,2], which caused my request for the Internal Review in the first place and the MoJ are currently dealing with this malfeasance regarding the SWP’s deliberate ignoring the UK Governments rules in place regarding formal FOIA [SAR] / DPA requests made to them.

 

I complain regarding this blatant malfeasance by these public servants SOUTH WALES POLICE regarding their ignoring of the Internal Review request originally sent to SWP, dated the 26 September 2020, the message shown below, and acknowledged by SWP on the 28 September 2020 – that acknowledgement shown below too.

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Mr. J. Graham  – concerned citizen

[redacted]

 

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Sent: 02 November 2020 09:55
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: F.A.O. MS. MORGAN, SWP Fw: INTERNAL REVIEW

 

Dear Mr Graham

Thank you for your e-mail.  I am sorry no-one has made contact with you about this.  Please bear with me whilst I make some enquiries and I will come back to you as soon as I can.

Best wishes
[redacted]

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From: butlin cat <[email protected]>

Sent: 30 October 2020 01:05
To: Chief Constable <[email protected]>; Jukes,Matt swp5330 <[email protected]>
Subject: F.A.O. MS. [redacted], SWP Fw: INTERNAL REVIEW

30 October 2020

 To: Mr. M. Jukes, Chief Constable, and Ms. [redacted], P.A. to Mr. M. Jukes, Chief Constable, SWP,

 Please see, yet again, my unanswered message, directly below, regarding the INTERNAL REVIEW that you acknowledge in your message to me of the 28 Sept. 2020, also below.

sincerely,

 J. Graham

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From: butlin cat <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, 26 October 2020, 09:28
To: [email protected]
Subject: INTERNAL REVIEW

26 October 2020

Dear Ms. [redacted], SWP,

Can you please tell me what’s happening regarding the “Internal Review” I am told was underway via your message of the 28 Sept. 2020 [below] re: the refusal of my F.O.I.A. [S.A.R.] / DPA request already sent to Mr. Jukes? It is now the 26th October 2020.

Thank you.

J. Graham  concerned citizen

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, 28 September 2020, 11:04
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: F.A.O. MR. M. JUKES: – INTERNAL REVIEW

Dear Mr Graham

I write to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail dated 26^th September.  Your request for a review is being reviewed and we will be in touch with you in due course.

Best wishes

[redacted]

PA to the Chief Constable

…………………………………………………………………………….

From: butlin cat <[email protected]>
Date: 26 Sep 2020 00:36
Subject: F.A.O. MR. M. JUKES: – INTERNAL REVIEW
To: “Jukes,Matt swp5330” <[email protected]>
Cc:

From:  Mr. J. Graham, redacted

To:  Chief Constable of S. Wales police: Mr. M. Jukes, Police HQ., Cowbridge Rd., Bridgend, S. Wales,  CF31 3SU

 26 September 2020

 REQUEST FOR AN INTERNAL REVIEW

 Dear Mr. Jukes,

 Seeing as I am denied my F.O.I.A. [S.A.R.]  / Data Protection Act request sent already [and attached to this message] to yourself, and after receiving the letter below [attached also] from a Mr. [redacted], a “Disclosure Officer” of S. Wales police I hereby ask for a formal internal review regarding the denial of my request.

 It is believed the S. Wales police force does have the letter referred to in my request as Mr. Kirk was criminally charged and remanded in custody connected to the letter addressed to myself [amongst others] written by Mr. Kirk whilst previously resident in prison earlier in 2019, the letter allegedly having allegedly a possibly noxious “white substance” on it. This letter was stopped from being sent to myself by prison authorities / police at the time. The criminal charge of the letter which was attempted to be sent to myself has subsequently been dropped by the CPS.

 I have already sent 3 forms of ID pertaining to myself after your request for ID.

 For your information, the addition / amendment not sent with my written request, which was sent to Mr. Jukes at the S Wales police HQ at Cowbridge Rd. via recorded delivery R. Mail, is:

 ” Sent: 18 September 2020 10:59
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: F.A.O.: Chief Constable Mr. M. Jukes, S. Wales police – Update to my F.O.I.A. / Data Protection Act / S.A.R. request

 TO: Chief Constable of S. Wales police: Mr. M. Jukes, Police HQ., Cowbridge Rd., Bridgend, S. Wales,  CF31 3SU

 FROM:  Mr. J. G. Graham, ————

 18 September 2020

 UPDATE TO MY F.O.I.A. / D.P.A. Request to the Chief Constable Mr. M. Jukes, dated and sent 17 Sept. 2020:

 Dear Mr. Jukes, Chief Constable of S. Wales police:

 Please refer to my F.O.I.A. request to you, sent via R. Mail and also attached to this message. I apologise for leaving out an important part of my FOIA / Data Protection Act / S.A.R. request to you – that is:

 Mr. Maurice Kirk [d.o.b. 12/03/1945, at present residing at [redacted]  was charged by the police in mid-2020 with:

 ” attempting to send a substance which caused distress to another [approx. May 2019] – the letter was stopped from leaving the prison last May 2019″

 Mr. Kirk was in prison at the time of sending this letter, it being addressed to myself prior to it being stopped from leaving the prison, by authorities. This charge to Mr. Kirk was subsequently dropped in approximately June 2020.

 My FOIA requests asks for a copy of this letter which was stopped as it had an alleged “substance” on it which might [qu.] “caused distress to another” [unqu.] – as it obviously exists as Mr. Kirk was charged with attempting to send it to myself. I request any other letters pertaining to myself that were not sent to me from either HMP Parc or HMP Cardiff from Mr. Kirk, during the times Mr. Kirk was resident in either of these prisons, whether they had any alleged “substances” on them or not.

 The letter relating to the charge that was dropped for Mr. Kirk was referred to in part by the S. Wales police officer who wrote by email to myself – a copy of that email dated 06th July 2020 from officer “redacted” of S. Wales police being sent with my 1st and original FOIA request letter to you sent on the 17 September 2020 via Royal Mail Recorded Delivery 1st class.  My F.O.I.A. request and attachment is attached to this email.

 Thank you.

 signed:  J. Graham  redacted [ends]

 My request is connected to = Case Reference no. T20200177 at Exeter Crown Court – pertaining to Mr. MAURICE KIRK, d.o.b. 12/03/1945 , of Taunton, Somerset, UK.

 sincerely,

 J. Graham

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2]

From: redacted

Sent: 29 September 2020 11:34

To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Subject: RE: –

Thank you for your reply

PC xxxx ———–

 

IST Hub / Hwb IST

Cardiff Bay Police Station / Gorsaf Heddlu Bae Caerdydd

James Street / Stryd James

Cardiff Bay / Bae Caerdydd

Cardiff / Caerdydd

CF10 5EW

Contact Number / Rhif Estyniad: Direct Dial – 02920338424 or 01656 869211 Ext 34388

 

Email / E-bost: redacted

View our website / Ewch i’n gwefan: www.south-wales.police.uk

 

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below are all the messages [2 of them: 23 June + 06 July 20 – the 3rd received 11 weeks later 29 Sept. 20 is above] received from SWP [redacted], with my reply to the 1st mess from them only –  note the 2nd message of 06 July from SWP, asking for a “statement”, was not replied to either, despite their 11 week later 29 Sept. 2020 message above.:

 

From: redacted

Sent: 06 July 2020 13:08

To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Subject: Statement

 

Good afternoon Mr Graham,

 

With regards to your previous email confirming your relationship with Mr Maurice Kirk and the fact that you had not received any mail containing a white powder, would you be prepared to provide a statement containing those details and your knowledge of a white powder discovered within letters that you believe to be toothpaste.

 

Regards

 

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PC xxxx ——————–

 

IST Hub / Hwb IST

Cardiff Bay Police Station / Gorsaf Heddlu Bae Caerdydd

James Street / Stryd James

Cardiff Bay / Bae Caerdydd

Cardiff / Caerdydd

CF10 5EW

Contact Number / Rhif Estyniad: Direct Dial – 02920338424 or 01656 869211 Ext 34388

 

Mobile – redacted

 

Email / E-bost:  redacted

View our website / Ewch i’n gwefan: www.south-wales.police.uk

 

Ydych chi angen siarad gyda’r heddlu ond nad oes angen ymateb brys arnoch? Ffoniwch 101? Gellir defnyddio’r rhif i roi gwybod am achos nad yw’n un brys i unrhyw heddlu yng Nghymru a Lloegr.

 

Mewn argyfwng, ffoniwch 999 bob amser.

 

Do you need to speak to police but don’t require an emergency response? Call 101? The number can be used to report a non-emergency to any force in Wales and England.

 

In an emergency, always dial 999.

 

Mae Heddlu De Cymru yn croesawu derbyn gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg. Byddwn yn ateb gohebiaeth a dderbynnir yn Gymraeg yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

 

South Wales Police welcomes receiving correspondence in Welsh and English. Any correspondence received in Welsh will be answered in Welsh and corresponding in Welsh will not lead to

 

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On Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 01:32:58 BST, butlin cat <[email protected]> wrote:

 

Dear Ms. ——————-,

 

In answer to your enquiry I can confirm I know Maurice Kirk as an acquaintance more than a friend.

 

I must add I have never received any letter from him with anything resembling a “white powder” attached to it. I understand that this “white powder” in question, after formal forensic investigation, proved to be common toothpaste.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Thank you,

 

J. Graham  

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From: redacted

Sent: 23 June 2020 20:58

To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Subject: RE: –

 

Good evening sir,

 

Thank you for contacting me. The local officers attended your address at my request to establish if a J Graham esquire still lived there and if so to pass on my contact details.

 

The reason for my enquiry is to ask you if a male by the name of Mr Maurice KIRK is known to you. A letter addressed to a J Graham found to contain an unknown  white powder was seized at HMP Cardiff but my initial enquiries via the Royal Mail post code checking application did not match the addressed envelope.

 

The letter was seized as a precautionary safety matter as this was not the first letter that Mr Kirk had addressed to someone containing an unknown white powder.

 

I would be grateful if you wold confirm if Mr Maurice Kirk is known to you and in what capacity i.e. a personal friend  or a relative for example.

 

I hope that officers attending your address did not cause you any alarm or inconvenience.  

 

Regards

 

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PC redacted

 

IST Hub / Hwb IST

Cardiff Bay Police Station / Gorsaf Heddlu Bae Caerdydd

James Street / Stryd James

Cardiff Bay / Bae Caerdydd

Cardiff / Caerdydd

CF10 5EW

Contact Number / Rhif Estyniad: Direct Dial – 02920338424 or 01656 869211 Ext 34388

 

Email / E-bost: redacted 

View our website / Ewch i’n gwefan: www.south-wales.police.uk

 

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