Asset Forfeiture Funds (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)
| Tracking # |
28-816MI 25-515 |
| Multi Request | Asset Forfeiture Funds |
| Submitted | Jan. 30, 2025 |
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Communications
From: Joey Scott
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
- Any accounting records or statistics on seized real estate, vehicles, firearms, funds in bank accounts, and seizures made by the department, as well as seizures made by federal authorities where the department receives a share under the MOUs the department has in place with numerous agencies describing how assets are to be divided.
- Records and data that outlines what was purchased using money from the fund, including dates, descriptions, and total spent.
- Any annual reports produced civil asset forfeiture program.
- Documents showing the balance of any funds currently in the department Civil Asset Forfeiture fund.
-A list of all items seized through civil asset forfeiture and retained for use by the department
- Sales of non-monetary assets, receipts of sale for vehicles, or the destruction of other non-monetary assets
-Please also include any information relating to contested seizures. This request does not include court documents for individual forfeiture cases.
The period for this request is for the last 10 years.
Preferably released in .CSV form when possible
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 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Joey Scott
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 31, 2025. 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: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Good afternoon,
LASD Public Records Act Unit has received your follow up on a request dated January 31, 2025. However, after searching our records, we did not receive the request you wish to follow up on. For this reason, we will be processing this as a new PRA request, received February 19, 2025.
It has been assigned PRA number 25-515.
Thank you,
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Public Records Act Unit
(323) 890-5050
DiscoveryUnitPRARequests@lasd.org<mailto:DiscoveryUnitPRARequests@lasd.org>
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From: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Good afternoon,
Attached is an LASD letter regarding your request for records pursuant to the California Public Records Act.
Thank you,
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Public Records Act Unit
(323) 890-5050
DiscoveryUnitPRARequests@lasd.org<mailto:DiscoveryUnitPRARequests@lasd.org>
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From:
Hello,
Attached is a response from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department regarding your request pursuant to the California Public Records Act.
Public Records Act Unit
(323) 890-5050
DiscoveryUnitPRARequests@lasd.org<mailto:DiscoveryUnitPRARequests@lasd.org>
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