Florida sheriff's data (Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)

Samuel Sinyangwe filed this request with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office of Calhoun County, FL.
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. The total number of deputy-involved use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that deputies used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against deputies between 2013-2018.
4. A copy of any documents indicating whether the civilian complaints identified in request #3 were sustained.
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the county and any sheriff's deputies unions.
7. All records regarding deputy-involved shootings (including fatal shootings, non-fatal shootings and shootings at a civilian that missed) between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident, the names of all deputies involved, whether administrative investigations found the incidents to be justified under sheriff's department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the deputies as a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from deputy-involved use of force between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident and the names of all deputies involved.
9. The number of in-custody deaths in jails from 2013-2018 (separated by year), broken down by cause of death (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural causes, etc.)
10. Statistics showing the total jail population each year from 2013-2018 (separated by year).

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, 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 business days.

Sincerely,

Samuel Sinyangwe

From: Calhoun County Sheriff's Office

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Subject: RE: Florida Sunshine Law Request: Florida sheriff's data (Calhoun
County Sheriff's Office)

July 29, 2019

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied
below, and originally submitted on July 12, 2019. Please let me know when I
can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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On July 12, 2019:
Subject: Florida Sunshine Law Request: Florida sheriff's data (Calhoun
County Sheriff's Office)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following
records:

1. The total number of deputy-involved use of force incidents, broken down
by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year). There
is no records system used to compile use of force incidents. Therefore,
there is no list to provide you. Our agency and county are very small. Use
of Force incidents are rare.
2. The total number of people that deputies used force against, between
2013-2018 (separated by year). See attached.
3. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against deputies between
2013-2018. See attached.

4. A copy of any documents indicating whether the civilian complaints
identified in request #3 were sustained. See #3
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department. Attaching
electronically
6. The current union contract between the county and any sheriff's deputies
unions. No union
7. All records regarding deputy-involved shootings (including fatal
shootings, non-fatal shootings and shootings at a civilian that missed)
between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date
of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if
any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the
incident, the names of all deputies involved, whether administrative
investigations found the incidents to be justified under sheriff's
department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the deputies as
a result of the incident. See attached
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from
deputy-involved use of force between 2013-2018, including incident-level
information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all
subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or
deaths resulting from the incident and the names of all deputies involved.
We have none
9. The number of in-custody deaths in jails from 2013-2018 (separated by
year), broken down by cause of death (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural
causes, etc.) None
10. Statistics showing the total jail population each year from 2013-2018
(separated by year). We do not keep a list of statistics. We average
around 50 inmates.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, 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 business days.

Sincerely,

Samuel Sinyangwe

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above link to let us know.

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 77156
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.


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