Police data collection project (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)

Samuel Sinyangwe filed this request with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office of Clackamas County, OR.
Multi Request Police data collection project
Submitted July 5, 2020
Status
Completed

From: Samuel Sinyangwe

Subject: Oregon Public Records Law Request: Police data collection project (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Oregon Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. the total number of use of force incidents, separated by year and by type of force used from 2016-2019 (for example, "27 taser incidents in 2016, 3 baton incidents in 2017, etc.)
2. the total number of civilian complaints alleging any form of law enforcement misconduct that were reported and the total number sustained, separated by year (for example, 8 complaints in 2016, 2 complaints sustained in 2017, 4 complaints in 2018, 1 complaint sustained in 2019, etc.)
3. the total number of civilian complaints alleging law enforcement use of excessive force that were reported and the total number sustained from 2016-2019, separated by year
4. the total number of civilian complaints alleging biased policing or racial profiling that were reported and the total number sustained from 2016-2019, separated by year

Note that my requests for civilian complaints are specifically for civilian complaints alleging police misconduct, please do not include complaints filed by one officer/the department against another officer.

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: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

Subject: FW: Oregon Public Records Law Request: Police data collection project (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)

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Good afternoon,

In response to the below Public Records Request dated July 6, 2020, please see below:

1- Below are the total use of force incidents for 2018 and 2019 for the Patrol Division. Due to a data conversion in our Records Management System, 2016 and 2017 data is not available. Please note that the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office gathers data for threatened use of force as well as actual use of force. Many agencies do not gather threatened use of force data (For example, Firearm – display only).

2019
600 Use of Force Incidents (970 total Use of Force Reports)

Force Types:

# of Occurrences

% of Use of Force Reports (n=970)

Control Hold

168

17.3%

Firearm – Display Only

349

36.0%

Firearm – Used

8

0.8%

Focus Blow

75

7.7%

Handcuffed/Leg Restraint

157

16.2%

Impact Device – Display Only

12

1.2%

Impact Device – Used

16

1.6%

Joint Management

113

11.6%

K9 – Display Only

35

3.6%

K9 – Used

17

1.8%

Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint

1

0.1%

OC Spray – Display Only

2

0.2%

OC Spray – Used

4

0.4%

Pressure Point

19

2.0%

Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT)

13

1.3%

Spike

17

1.8%

Takedown

113

11.6%

Taser – Display Only

43

4.4%

Taser – Used

37

3.8%

Other

166

17.1%

Total

1,365

2018
544 Use of Force Incidents (811 total Use of Force Reports)

Force Types:

# of Occurrences

% of Use of Force Reports (n=811)

Control Hold

163

20.1%

Firearm – Display Only

297

36.6%

Firearm – Used

5

0.6%

Focus Blow

70

8.6%

Handcuffed/Leg Restraint

149

18.4%

Impact Device – Display Only

6

0.7%

Impact Device – Used

17

2.1%

Joint Management

94

11.6%

K9 – Display Only

24

3.0%

K9 – Used

19

2.3%

Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint

3

0.4%

OC Spray – Display Only

3

0.4%

OC Spray – Used

1

0.1%

Pressure Point

19

2.3%

Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT)

14

1.7%

Restraint Chair

1

0.1%

Spike

10

1.2%

Takedown

87

10.7%

Taser – Display Only

43

5.3%

Taser – Used

35

4.3%

Other

136

16.8%

Total

1,196

2 The total number of all civilian complaints reported to CCSO’s Professional Standards Unit are below. Please note that each complaint could have had multiple complaints and/or employees listed. Each complaint can have multiple dispositions.

If any part of the complaint was sustained, it is listed below as sustained.

2016 – 10 complaints filed; 2 sustained
2017 – 11 complaints filed; 3 sustainted
2018 – 9 complaints filed; 3 sustained
2019 – 6 complaints filed; 1 sustained

3 - The total number of civilian complaints alleging law enforcement use of excessive force are below. If a complaint alleged excessive use of force was used by more than one employee, each one is listed. (For example, one complaint lists three employees; three complaints are listed below.)

2016 – 4 complaints; 0 sustained
2017 – 4 complaints; 3 sustained
2018 – 4 complaints; 0 sustained
2019 – 0 complaints

4 – The total number of civilian complaints alleging biased policing or racial profiling for 2016-2019 are below. If a complaint alleged biased policing or racial profiling was used by more than one employee, each one is listed. (For example, one complaint lists three employees, three complaints are listed below.)

2016 - 3 complaints; 0 sustained
2017 - 3 complaints; 0 sustained
2018 - 3 complaints; 0 sustained
2019 - 5 complaints; 0 sustained

Sincerely,
Tami Dran
Records Manager
503-785-5181