Basically, the police are asking for information that they would not expect to be able to ask for under a s.29 and avoiding the hassle of obtaining a court order. The request itself is essentially, "Please give the police my information." with the police specifying what information they want.
As with requests from solicitors I have made the assumption that they have obtained consent to access the records in a manner in accordance with their professional responsibilities.
How you handle it really depends on how you would handle a request directly from a subject that said, "Please give me my information but send it to someone else."
In the interests of the smooth running of things, I have in the past waived the SAR fee, assumed the police have confirmed the identity of the subject and disclosed the requested information (where we had it).
Andrew Goodfellow-Swaap
Complaints, Mediation & Information Officer
Nottinghamshire County Council
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