Florida police data (Gainesville Police Department)
| Multi Request | Florida police data |
| Submitted | July 12, 2019 |
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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 police use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that police used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against police 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 police department.
6. The current union contract between the city and any police unions.
7. All records regarding police shootings (including fatal police shootings, non-fatal police shootings and police 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 officers involved, whether administrative investigations found the incidents to be justified under police department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the officers as a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from police 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 officers involved.
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: Gainesville Police Department
Samuel Sinyangwe
This email acknowledges receipt of your public records request. You will be contacted regarding an estimation of fees associated with your request.
Reggie
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~WRD000
From: Gainesville Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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MR77099.zip
From: Gainesville Police Department
Due to the information being provided in response to items 1, 2, 5 - 8 being large in size, I have copied these files onto a CD for mailing to the address given by you. As for items 2 and 3, there were 467 civilian complaints filed between 2013-2018 and 37 were sustained (see breakdown below). It is estimated that it will take at least 8 hours to convert the 467 civilian complaints from paper to a PDF format. Depending on the size of the 37 sustained cases, it could take approximately 4 or 5 additional hours to review these files for possible redaction. Due to your request requiring extensive labor, we are charging an advance payment of $128 (8 hours of labor at an hourly rate of $16) which must be paid prior to the commencement of any work pertaining to items 3 and 4 of your request. Florida Statute 119.07(4)(d) authorizes the imposition of a special service charge when the nature or volume of public records to be inspected is such as to require extensive use of information technology resources, or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance, or both. Your check or money order must be made payable to the "City of Gainesville" and mailed with the attached invoice to the following address: Gainesville Police Department, Attention: Reggie Wilson in Records Division, 545 NW 8th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601. Once your advance payment has been received and production of your request is completed, you will be informed of the final costs associated with your request. Please acknowledge receipt of this email.
YEAR
EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS
CASES SUSTAINED
2013
97
3
2014
87
10
2015
72
10
2016
87
7
2017
70
5
2018
54
2
467
37
TOTAL
Reggie Wilson
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $128.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
From: Gainesville Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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Muckrock request.zip
From: Muckrock Staff
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.
From: Gainesville Police Department
We received your payment and mailed the information requested on Tuesday. Please let us know when you have received it. Thanks.
Reggie
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~WRD000