FOI release

Smart Glasses

Case reference FOI2026/02050

Received 7 October 2026

Published 4 November 2026

Request

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your police force regarding recorded offences, crimes, or incidents involving Meta smart glasses (including Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and Ray-Ban Stories). Search Methodology & Keyword Guidance To assist with retrieving this information within the statutory cost limit set out under Section 12 of the FOIA, please conduct an electronic keyword search (or database query) across your primary crime recording systems, command and control incident logs, and Modus Operandi (MO) free-text fields. Specifically, please search for the following exact phrases and keywords (including case-insensitive / Ctrl+F equivalent searches): * "META smart glasses" * "Meta glasses" * "Ray-Ban Meta" * "Ray Ban Meta" * "Ray-Ban Stories" * "smart glasses" Information Requested For the 5-year period from 1 October 2021 to 1 October 2026: 1. Total Incident / Crime Count: The total number of recorded crimes or incident logs where one or more of the search terms above appear in the free-text summary, incident description, or MO notes, broken down year-by-year (e.g., 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026). 2. Offence Classification Breakdown: A breakdown of these recorded matters by offence category (e.g., Voyeurism, Harassment, Public Order, Theft, Assault, or Breach of Privacy), where available.

Response

NIL OCCURRENCES WITHIN CITY OF LONDON POLICE AREA.

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