FOI 4826-25 Hare coursing arrests

Request:

I would like to know the following please under the Freedom of Information Act. How many arrests were made by your police force for the offence of hare coursing (the offence of trespassing with intent to pursue hares) over the last five years?

If you could send the data for each year please. So:
• Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
• Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
• Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
• Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
• Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

Response:

A search was completed in Custody for all arrests made from January 2020 to December 2024 with a CCJS code PS22002 'Trespass with intent to search for or to pursue hares with dogs' for any arrests made from January 2020 to December 2024’. This produced a nil return.

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