911 Domestic Violence Call Response Time 2019 vs. 2020 (Alameda County Sheriff Department)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request from Alameda County Sheriff Department any records, datasets, or materials that contain the following:

For July 2020:
- Average response time of department for all calls
- Average response time of department for domestic violence calls only

For all domestic violence/domestic disturbance calls to the 911 dispatch center in the month of July 2020, separated by individual call:
- Type of call
- Priority level
- Date and time of call received
- Date and time first officer arrived on scene
- Race and ethnicity of victim, if available
- Race and ethnicity of perpetrator(s), if available
- Outcome or resolution of call

For July 2019:
- Average response time of department for all calls
- Average response time of department for domestic violence calls only

For all domestic violence/domestic disturbance calls to the 911 dispatch center in the month of July 2019, separated by individual call:
- Type of call
- Priority level
- Date and time of call received
- Date and time first officer arrived on scene
- Race and ethnicity of victim, if available
- Race and ethnicity of perpetrator(s), if available
- Outcome or resolution of call

The requested documents will be made available to the general public. These records are being requested as part of a collaborative research effort and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.

I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Colin Gerber

Hi,

Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it. Will wait to see if the requested data are available as well.

Out of curiosity, is it possible to get the data you sent in a spreadsheet format rather than PDF? Understandable if that is too burdensome, but if it's easily done that would help us enormously.

Additionally, could you please clarify the difference between DP and EN?

Thanks again for all your assistance.

Sincerely,
Colin Gerber