The location of all publicly funded CCTV cameras
Dear Australian Federal Police,
I would like to know the locations (GPS locations preferably) of all of the publicly funded CCTV cameras.
Yours faithfully,
Damien Donnelly
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Dear Australian Federal Police,
I would like to clarify my initial request. I am actually looking for all publicly funded video and still cameras. (not just CCTV).
Yours faithfully,
Damien Donnelly
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I refer to your letter of 14 February and 22 February 2013.
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Henare Degan left an annotation ()
About a month ago a Right To Know administrator marked this request as "not FOI" which hid the request.
I feel it should not be hidden despite being classified as "not an FOI request" by the authority so I've marked it as "refused" as I feel this represents the authority's response better. They are refusing to consider this an FOI request because it doesn't not fulfil their criteria.
By not hiding this request other people can see that making a similar request would be rejected. It also keeps the valuable advice Alex has given visible to everyone.
Cheers,
Henare
Right To Know administrator
Henare Degan left an annotation ()
Hi Damien,
If you're still interested in this information I'd suggest you submit a new request taking into consideration Alex's advice.
If you need a hand I'm sure Alex or someone else would be happy to answer any questions you had if you make an annotation here.
Cheers,
Henare
Damien Donnelly left an annotation ()
I am still interested, but I guess I will have to start again when I'm have the time for the full shake down.
Thanks for the help.
anonymous left an annotation ()
I came across this while investigating the FOI for an upcoming research project.
I would like to pursue this legally for the aforementioned project, correct wording and citations of legislature is vital for requests like this.
Any assistance with the legislature and the best means to approach it would be welcomed.
I'm almost certain there grounds for a request of this nature within the FOI - but i'm not a lawyer.
anonymous left an annotation ()
I'm going to continue, using Alex's advice.
Will keep you all updated.
Alex Sadleir left an annotation ()
The FOI officer is referring to the fact that your right under Section 15 of the FOI Act is to "access copies of documents" and to do so you must provide enough information to find such a document if it were to exist.
If there is not already a document or a database that has this information, the FOI section probably would not have the discretion to make one for you. They do occasionally create new documents voluntarily when you ask for a total of numbers and such.
One way to find out what documents might exist is a "Harradine report" or "File List" which shows you files of documents you may want to request. For the AFP these can be found at http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/acco...
Or if you wanted to know just the cameras in a particular region, you could ask for documents/emails/letters relating to the installation and maintenance of cameras in that specific region between specific years. This wouldn't work for the whole country because Section 24AA says agencies don't need to process unreasonably large requests.