Police Liability payout record request from Sun Sentinel (Homestead Police Department)

Mario Ariza filed this request with the Homestead Police Department of Homestead, FL.
Multi Request Police Liability payout record request from Sun Sentinel
Submitted Jan. 29, 2021
Status
Completed

From: Mario Ariza

Subject: Florida Sunshine Law Request: Police Liability payout record request from Sun Sentinel (Homestead Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

I hope this message finds you well. This is a public records request from a member of a media organization, pursuant to Florida Statute 119. In furtherance of an article investigating police misconduct payouts across the county over the past decades, we are seeking documents that show how much your municipal corporation, its legal representatives, or its liability insurance carriers have paid out in civil court since 01/01/2010 because of the actions of its police professionals.

To that end, we kindly request the electronic delivery of an excel spreadsheet with the following information:
- An identifying number for the claim
- The loss date
- An incident indicator description (such as “excessive force, k-9 bite, false arrest/imprisonment, etc.)
- Incurred expenses
- Incurred liability
- Incurred legal expenses
- Paid legal expenses
- Paid total
- Incurred total

This records pull should be interpreted to cover both federal and state court claims. If some of the above figures are not available because of your accounting practices, please endeavor to provide us with as full a picture as possible of the $$$ paid out by your municipality due to lawsuits against its police officers over the past ten years.

Upon request, we can provide a spreadsheet obtained from the BSO that can serve as an example and guide for what we are looking for. Please do feel free to reach out via email or phone should you have any questions.

Very Best
Mario Alejandro Ariza
Federal Courts Reporter
South Florida Sun Sentinel
786.210.6548

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,

Mario Ariza

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Subject: PRR 444 Mario Ariza- HR Responsive Doc's

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Good afternoon,

Please see responsive documents attached.

Thank you

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Liz Palau
Administrative Assistant/ Deputy City Clerk
Office: 305-224-4445
Fax: 305-224-4459
lpalau@cityofhomestead.com<mailto:lpalau@cityofhomestead.com>
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From: Homestead Police Department

Subject: FW: PRR MUCKROCK NEW - Requester Inquiring Update

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Good afternoon,
Your request has been received in the City Clerk's Office on 04/20/2021 and forwarded to the appropriate department(s) for processing. As soon as we receive a response from them, we will contact you

Kind Regards,

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Julissa Chavez
Office of the City Clerk
305 224-4440

From: Homestead Police Department

Subject: Resending: Florida Sunshine Law Request: Homestead, Clearview - Requester Inquiring Update

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Good morning,

Please see attached the responsive email sent by me on 04/23/21. There are no additional records that were provided to me for this request.

Thank you

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Liz Palau
Administrative Assistant/ Deputy City Clerk
Office: 305-224-4445
Fax: 305-224-4459
lpalau@cityofhomestead.com<mailto:lpalau@cityofhomestead.com>
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