#foifriday — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #foifriday, aggregated by home.social.
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Two York Council electric bin lorries were unable to operate when it rained.
An #FOI showed they stopped working for a combined total of 481 days between Jan 2021 & Nov 2022.
Head of environmental services Ben Grabham said there had been "a few reliability issues".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64371642
#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #MobilePhones #Police #Thefts
More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/01/freedom-of-information-in-the-news--week-ending-27-1-2023--foifriday/
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Are mobile thefts in decline?
An #FOI to West Yorkshire Police revealed 165 mobile phones were stolen in the Bradford city centre area last year – of which 157 incidents were recorded as crimes.
The 2018 figure stood at 475 phones stolen (343 crimes).
#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #MobilePhones #Police #Thefts
More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/01/freedom-of-information-in-the-news--week-ending-27-1-2023--foifriday/