Cedar Rapids, IA PD Citizen Complaints

Hello, we are in receipt of your request. The Police Department Annual Report that we published has this data for 2015 and 2016. It is located on our website at www.cedar-rapids.org/police<http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police> under administration.

Discipline is part of an employee's confidential personnel file. No officer has been terminated for an officer involved shooting in the past 10 years.

Iowa Open Records law refers to a record that exists. We have not created documents with the other information that you have requested.

Please review the annual reports and let me know if there is anything further that we can do to assist you.

Kindest regards,

Greg M. Buelow
Public Safety Communications Coordinator
City of Cedar Rapids
505 1st Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Phone: (319) 286-5163
FAX: (319) 286-5250
Website: www.cedar-rapids.org<http://www.cedar-rapids.org>
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment> and www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment>

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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 3:24 PM
To: OnBase-City Clerk
Subject: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Cedar Rapids, IA PD Citizen Complaints

July 20, 2017
Cedar Rapids Police Department
Cedar Rapids Police Dept.
505 1st Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law (Code Chapter 22), I hereby request the following records:

1. What is the total number of citizen complaints made against your department’s officers annually for the last 10 years?

Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).

2. What is the total number of complaints police officers made against their peer officers in department annually for the last 10 years?

Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).

3. What is the total number of calls for service your department received annually for the past 10 years?

4. What is the number of officers involved in shootings in your department for the past 10 years?

Please include the number of officer-involved shootings resulting in discipline.

5. Which of the above data are published publicly? Please provide a link to any and all publicly available reports containing the data above.

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright

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Mr. Cartwright,

We don’t have a document already created with a list of all officer-involved shootings. However, a local newspaper has compiled the information based on media releases that we have sent since 2013:

http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/what-are-the-best-practices-for-investigating-an-officer-involved-shooting-20170604

Our department does not investigate shooting incidents involving our own officers, rather it is referred to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, which is part of the Iowa Department of Public Safety. They may have a list of officer-involved shootings that they have investigated statewide.

There are not annual reports produced prior to 2015.

Thank you,

Greg M. Buelow
Public Safety Communications Coordinator
City of Cedar Rapids
505 1st Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Phone: (319) 286-5163
FAX: (319) 286-5250
Website: www.cedar-rapids.org<http://www.cedar-rapids.org/fire>
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment> and www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment>

DISCLAIMER: The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, may be required to disclose the existence or contents of this email, including any responses and attachments thereto, pursuant to the Iowa Public Records Law as the same exists or may be hereafter amended, unless the content herein is not subject to disclosure pursuant to one or more exemptions in the Iowa Public Records Law. The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa makes no guarantees, warranties, or representations of any kind that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. Incoming and outgoing emails are subject to monitoring and examination by the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Mr. Cartwright,

I do not have these other requests in a document so there is no “Open Record” to send to you. I can check with our Information Technology Division to see how much this would cost if they can extrapolate data for calls for service. Would you like me to proceed with that cost estimate?

Regards,

Greg M. Buelow
Public Safety Communications Coordinator
City of Cedar Rapids
505 1st Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Phone: (319) 286-5163
FAX: (319) 286-5250
Website: www.cedar-rapids.org<http://www.cedar-rapids.org/fire>
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment> and www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment>

DISCLAIMER: The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, may be required to disclose the existence or contents of this email, including any responses and attachments thereto, pursuant to the Iowa Public Records Law as the same exists or may be hereafter amended, unless the content herein is not subject to disclosure pursuant to one or more exemptions in the Iowa Public Records Law. The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa makes no guarantees, warranties, or representations of any kind that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. Incoming and outgoing emails are subject to monitoring and examination by the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Here is a document with calls for service from 2007-2016. It is more comprehensive than what is in the annual report, but should help fulfill your request. There is no charge as we were able to extract the data efficiently.

Thank you,

Greg M. Buelow
Public Safety Communications Coordinator
City of Cedar Rapids
505 1st Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Phone: (319) 286-5163
FAX: (319) 286-5250
Website: www.cedar-rapids.org<http://www.cedar-rapids.org/fire>
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidspolicedepartment> and www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment<http://www.facebook.com/cedarrapidsfiredepartment>

DISCLAIMER: The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, may be required to disclose the existence or contents of this email, including any responses and attachments thereto, pursuant to the Iowa Public Records Law as the same exists or may be hereafter amended, unless the content herein is not subject to disclosure pursuant to one or more exemptions in the Iowa Public Records Law. The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa makes no guarantees, warranties, or representations of any kind that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. Incoming and outgoing emails are subject to monitoring and examination by the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.