FOI 6620-25 Refusal to Surrender Firearms and Forced Entry
Request to Northamptonshire Police
1. The number of instances in which holders of a firearm or shotgun certificate have refused to surrender their firearm(s) and/or shotgun(s) when voluntarily requested to do so by your constabulary.
2. In relation to (1), the subsequent action taken by your constabulary in each instance.
3. The number of instances in which your constabulary has had to force entry (either with a warrant or under existing statutory powers) into the dwelling of a firearm or shotgun holder.
4. The number of instances in which your constabulary has had to force entry (either with a warrant or under existing statutory powers) to a dwelling where it was suspected (reasonably or otherwise) that illegal firearms were present.
Response
Unfortunately, Northamptonshire Police are unable to provide you with the information requested because it is not held in an easily retrievable format. Compliance with your request would require our analysts to manually review an incommensurate number of records which would far exceed the appropriate cost limit of £450.
Accordingly, please accept this Refusal Notice under s12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act).
We always strive to provide the highest level of service that we can with the finite resources at our disposal. At this stage, we are unable to provide advice and assistance to help you revise your request as outlined in s16 of The Act.