West Midlands Police has published a list of the most ‘quirky’ Freedom of Information requests it has received.
I’m not going to discuss whether someone at the police force could have spent their time doing something more productive than writing the list and publishing it on BuzzFeed (because the answer is obviously, yes).
Although, the police force claim publishing the quirky requests will encourage more people to make requests.
However, here are nine FOI requests to West Midlands Police that aren’t ‘quirky’ and show the true value of FOI: