LBPD Officer and Employee Litigation Payouts
| Tracking # |
C012032-082221 |
| Submitted | Aug. 20, 2021 |
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From: Greg Buhl
To Whom It May Concern (Likely City Attorney's Office):
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act I am requesting the following records:
-Documents sufficient to show all legal settlements or payments ordered by legal authorities paid made to LBPD officers or employees. Ideally, you already have a spreadsheet of this data, as you do with payouts made due to officer misconduct. If not, and if you do not wish to compile one, I am in the alternative requesting documents sufficient to show all payments made, whether it be cancelled checks, settlement agreements, legal judgments, or other documents in the City’s possession.
Please go as far back as the LBPD Lobstergate scandal if you could.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter in the time frame set out in the CPRA.
Greg Buhl
CheckLBPD.org
From: City Manager's Office
Dear Greg Buhl:
Thank you for submitting a request for public records to the City of Long Beach. Pursuant to California Government Code § 6253, staff will review your request and respond within 10 days to notify you if there are responsive records, or if an extension is necessary to determine whether responsive records exist.
If your request was received after business hours or on a weekend or holiday, the next business day will be considered the date of receipt. The 10-day response period starts with the first calendar day after the date of receipt (Ca. Civ. Code, § 10).
You may be contacted by a City staff member if there are questions regarding your request.
Thank you again for contacting the City of Long Beach. You may track the status of your request here in My Request Center.
From: City Manager's Office
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RE: Public Records Request Reference Number: C012032-082221
Thank you for submitting your request for public records. Occasionally, we experience a delay in searching for records. Consequently, pursuant to Government Code 6253 (c), the City of Long Beach is extending the time within which to identify responsive documents by fourteen (14) calendar days.
The City will make every effort to provide responsive records in a reasonable time. You will be notified by September 16, 2021 of the following:
* Whether the City has records responsive to your request, and the page count and required payment, if applicable, to produce copies of such records, and/or
* Whether the City has records responsive to your request, but which are exempt from disclosure and the reasons for exemption.
If you have any questions, please contact the Records Coordinator Office at (562) 570-6711.
From: City Manager's Office
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RE: Public Records Request Reference Number: C012032-082221
In response to PRA # C012032-082221 received on August 22, 2021, the City of Long Beach has determined that responsive records exist and will be disclosed. City staff is working on compiling and reviewing the appropriate documents and will produce them promptly within a reasonable time frame. Staff will notify you upon producing records if portions of documents will be withheld from disclosure due to exemptions in accordance with law.
Thank you for contacting the City of Long Beach. If you have any questions, please contact the Records Coordinator Office at (562) 570-6711.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 16, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #C012032-082221.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: City Manager's Office
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Hi Mr. Buhl,
To clarify, the September 16th date was the date by which we were required to respond to say whether records exist. I have not received records from the City Attorney's Office yet but just sent them a message to ask them to provide the records to me ASAP.
Thanks,
Megan Felix
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 16, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #C012032-082221.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 16, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #C012032-082221.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 16, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #C012032-082221.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: City Manager's Office
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RE: Public Records Request Reference Number: C012032-082221
Hi, Mr. Buhl,
I am so sorry for the severe undue delay in our processing of your PRAs. I've finally gotten a temp to help me work through our huge backlog of requests, and we're going through the one's that you have submitted with us on the City side (non-PD). For this request, the City Attorney's Office would like to know if you're seeking workers' comp or property damage records. I was under the impression that you were seeking neither of those but instead settlement agreements or other similar types of payouts. Please let me know and I'll pass along your response to their office.
Thank you,
Megan Felix
From: Greg Buhl
Correct, settlements and other similar payouts is an accurate read. The city attorney's office once made such a spread sheet available, but when I requested an updated one they said they no longer maintained the information.
Here's the back and forth with them that lead to this request. Surely someone must know how much the city pays out to settle claims against the LBPD.
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/long-beach-291/lbpd-misconductshooting-litigations-payout-data-115120/
From: City Manager's Office
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Hi, Mr. Buhl,
Got your message, viewed the Breaking Down the LBPD Litigation Data article, found the previous spreadsheet there on the Muckrock site. Will forward all to City Attorney so they can see what you're wanting.
Best,
Megan Felix
From: City Manager's Office
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RE: Public Records Request Reference Number: C012032-082221
Dear Greg Buhl,
In response to your request for public records received on 8/22/2021 8:18:54 PM and tracked as PRA # C012032-082221, the City of Long Beach has produced the appropriate responsive records.
Please click here to log into your account and view/download your responsive records: https://LONGBEACHCA.govqa.us/WEBAPP/_rs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=15639&coid=
PRA Request # C012032-082221 is now closed.
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