Refused custody images

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1994

Version Date: 23/05/2024

The Corporate Communications Department have provided the following information.

Please be advised that the below may not be a definitive list as this information is not readily available.

We have searched contact from journalists utilising the terms “request”, “custody”, “image” and “photo”. 

On how many occasions has your force refused a request from the media to release a custody photograph of someone who had been convicted of a crime? 

Please tell me why you refused to release the photograph into the public domain and tell me the crime the person was convicted of, along with their sentence

Please answer this question for the time period of March 2024 

Utilising the search terms mentioned above, during March 2024 Dorset Police has refused three custody image requests

Offence	Sentence	Reason for refusal
Common assault and Assault causing actual bodily harm	24 months	Refusal was after consultation with the victim - victim did not want release of image
Assault causing actual bodily harm	20 months	Operational reasons
Assault causing actual bodily harm	26 week jail sentence suspended for 12 months	Criteria not met as not custodial