[Solved] Incorrect information held by SS

Hi,

sorry to hear you have to go through this.

If this is false, I would be deeply concerned and I strongly urge you to go to your MP ASAP. Also copy this to as many senior managers within the dept........

From you statement - 3 is true. What were the police findings? Do obtain any information they have on this under the freedom of information act...check the police website out, but bascially £10 for all the info they have on you.

I am not sure whether things get completely wiped off once allegations are made but they can be put straight once all the correct information is presented.

Tone is reasonable given the severity of allegations:

Dear "Name",

I am deeply concerned with regards to a number of allegations made by one of your officers with regards to a section 47 report and would be grateful for you assistance in this matter.

I was very distressed to see that the report states that I had images of child abuse on my computer. It stated that the computer was destroyed. It also stated that the the police had not investigated.

This is factually incorrect as the police have investigated the matter, my computer was not destroyed and I did not have any pictures of........

I informed your team member at the time that this was false and requested a copy of the report. I have also emailed the current member of your team involved in my case to make her aware of this and to request a copy of the report (amongst other things).

I am writing to you to insist that these false allegations are investigated properly/appropriately given the severity of such an allegation and any conclusion is subsequently amended within you recorted. I am concerned about the implications of the Section 47 report, your investigation and your dealings with me have been influenced by these allegations.

I look forward to hearing from you on this as a matter of urgency.

3 is correct in the the Police have never investigated - there was never anything to investigate.

I have since modified the letter under advice from someone else as follows:

Dear "Name",
I recently caught sight of a Section 47 report you have compiled on me during a meeting with a member of your staff.
I was very distressed to see that the report states that I had images of child abuse on my computer. It stated that the computer was destroyed. It also stated that the the police had not investigated.

I told your team member at the time that this was completely false and requested a copy of the report.
I have also emailed the current member of your team involved in my case to make her aware of this and to request a copy of the report (amongst other things).

I have since taken advice on this and I am writing to you to insist that these falsehoods are removed from your records.
I can categorically state that:
I have had absolutely no contact from the Police regarding anything like this.
The Police have never seized my computer or even looked at it.
I have never destroyed my computer or any part of it and have had the same machine for many years.
There has never been any suggestion that I have had anything to do with child pornography.
I believe you are confusing my case with another investigation.

I am concerned that the Section 47 report, your investigation and your dealings with me have been influenced by this incorrect information.

I look forward to hearing from you on this as a matter of urgency.

I've been in the same boat as yourself, mine was for convictions i didn't actually have.
I wrote to SS asking for an explanation as well as a correcting of the report, prior to the directions hearing.
They only just replied via the stage 1 complaint (around a month after my directions hearing, in which they referred to the report).
The report said i was convicted of criminal damage & assault by battery, when in fact i was charged with both, but only convicted of criminal damage.
I raised this concern with the complaints team & asked for the detail to be corrected & an apology (nothing more).
I now have in writing from SS that in fact they are correct & i was charged + convicted of both, when in fact i know full well i was only convicted and charged with criminal damage.
I've now written to the police data protection asking for details (as well as my previous solicitors who reresented me - the solicitors confirmed what i said).
I will then be writing back to SS to raise it to a S2 complaint & requesting the correction of the initial report & an apology.
I may well also copy the local MP in on it.
As essentially they referred to the document & it has worked against me due to the incorrect info put on by the SW, the social worker has since 'left the organisation'. Typical.

I agree that you should send a copy of this letter to your MP along with some background information and ask for an appointment to discuss it with them. You might be surprised how far reaching their powered can be given an injustice.

I delivered the 2nd version of the letter with a few minor changes today to 2 heads of department. I got receipts for both letters.

I'm not sure about the MP thing, for the following reason:
I live in one county and my children & ex-wife in another.
The investigating department are not in my county / ward (or whatever) so we have different MP's

I intend to submit FOI requests to both county police forces to try & see where these allegations came from.

Would I be able to get incorrect information removed from Police files?

It would be your MP that you would speak to....an MP will only deal with his own constituents problems, but he would be able to look for solutions and liaise with whoever is part of the problem whatever their location nationally.

As far as removing info from police files, I will look into that as I'm not sure...I would hope that it would be possible.

I'm slightly puzzled by the question - if the police haven't investigated anything, surely they wouldn't even have a file?

Here's a link to a website that will advice you on how to get access to police records held on you, then you could check if there's anything there that you don't agree with.

www.ico.org.uk/for_the_public/topic_specific_guides/crime

This a link to another page on the same website that answers FAQs, one of the questions is about how to remove wrong information on a CRB....the same criteria might be useful if you find wrong information on the police files.

www.ico.org.uk/Global/faqs/rights

I'm slightly puzzled by the question - if the police haven't investigated anything, surely they wouldn't even have a file?

Let's hope so?
But the information held by the SS has come from somewhere.

I have the forms to submit to both police forces.
I wonder if the information will be the same from each.