FOI 19436-25 Mobile phone checks

Request:

How long is it taking Northamptonshire police to get a smartphone checked at present

Response:

This is variable depending on urgency and risk, and is assessed on a case by case basis. However, we can provide average timescales as follows:

Urgent cases = hours
Non urgent high risk cases = 190 days on average
Non urgent medium risk cases = 199 days on average
Non urgent low risk cases = 102 days on average

The numerical data presented in this response is an unaudited snapshot of unpublished data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.

Northamptonshire Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the production of statistical information for Freedom of Information responses.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when the data is used.