Sheriff's Use of Force/Complaints Data (Merced County Sheriff's Department)
| Multi Request | Sheriff's Use of Force/Complaints Data |
| Submitted | June 3, 2019 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. The total number of sheriff's deputy use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that deputies used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. The total number of use of force complaints reported between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
4. The total number of use of force complaints sustained between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the city and any sheriff's deputy/police officer unions.
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,
Samuel Sinyangwe
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 June 3, 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:
The attached request was received on June 5, 2019, not June 3rd as indicated below. We will respond within the 10 day compliance period under the Public Records Act.
Sandra Forte
Legal Assistant, Merced County Counsel
2222 M Street, Room 309
Merced, CA 95340
Tel--(209) 385-7564 ext. 4470
Fax-(209) 726-1337
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From: Merced County Sheriff's Department
Thank you for your Public Records Act request received by the Merced Sheriff's Office on June 5, 2018. The department is in need of additional time to gather and review the information you are seeking. Therefore, pursuant to Government Codes §6253(c)(1), this shall serve as written notice that the response time to your request will be necessarily extended by another 14 days in order to enable to search for and assemble the records. We will respond on or before July 1, 2019. Thank you.
Sandra Forte
Legal Assistant, Merced County Counsel
2222 M Street, Room 309
Merced, CA 95340
Tel: (209)385-7564
Fax: (209)726-1337
Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information only for use by the intended recipient(s). Any usage, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person, other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited and may be subject to civil action and/or criminal penalties. If you received this transmission in error, please notify sender by reply email or by telephone and delete the transmission.
From: Merced County Sheriff's Department
Per your request attached is the UOF report stats from 2017-current, the Sheriff's Office Policy Manual and their Corrections Policy. The department does not have a report with the specific breakdowns you requested. However, they confirmed that there were a total of 15 citizen complaints and/or use of force investigations from 2013 to present date.
6 Sustained
9 Not-sustained
2013 - 2
2014 - 2
2015 - 1
2016 - 3
2017 - 5
2018 - 2
2019 - 0
Also, all labor relations agreements are available on our website www.countyofmerced.com<http://www.countyofmerced.com> The direct link is http://countyofmerced.com/2135/Existing-MOUs
Sandra Forte
Legal Assistant, Merced County Counsel
2222 M Street, Room 309
Merced, CA 95340
Tel--(209) 385-7564 ext. 4470
Fax-(209) 726-1337
Confidentiality Notice: This electronic mail transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information only for use by the intended recipient(s). Any usage, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person, other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited and may be subject to civil action and/or criminal penalties. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply email or by telephone and delete the transmission.
