Mill Valley 22 &24 RIPA
| Submitted | Jan. 14, 2025 |
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From: Frank Shinneman
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1) Any and all records reflecting data collected and recorded by the Police Department in accordance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) from January 1 - December 31, 2022, and January 1 - December 31 2024. Please provide the raw data in excel or csv format.
2) Any and all reports, records, and analyses created by, for, or at the direction of, the City/Town that pertain to any RIPA data that has been collected by the Police Department from January 1 - December 31, 2022, and January 1 - December 31 2024.
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,
Frank Shinneman
From: Mill Valley Police Department
Good Afternoon,
In accordance with the California Public Records Act, Mill Valley Police Department acknowledges receipt of your request dated January 14, 2025, for records you listed above.
Our department is in the process of gathering the requested records. Please be advised that Mill Valley Police Department is exercising its authority pursuant to Government Code § 7922.535 (c)(2) to extend the time to respond to your request and the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records that are demanded in a single request.
You will receive further response no later than February 27, 2025.
Thank you for your patience in awaiting this information.
Mill Valley Police Department
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 Jan. 14, 2025. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Feb. 27, 2025. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Mill Valley Police Department
February 26, 2025
Via MuckRock: requests@muckrock.com
Dear Mr. Shinneman,
This letter is Mill Valley Police Department’s follow-up response to your California Public Records Act request made via MuckRock in which you request:
1) Any and all records reflecting data collected and recorded by the Police Department in accordance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) from January 1 - December 31, 2022, and January 1 - December 31 2024. Please provide the raw data in excel or csv format.
Responsive records to your request:
RIPA data for years 2022, 2023, and 2024 is available to the public on our police webpage: https://www.cityofmillvalley.gov/906/RIPA-Data
California Justice Information Services (CJIS) Crime Offence Code *look-up table is available to the public on our police webpage:
https://www.cityofmillvalley.gov/906/RIPA-Data
*Commencing January 1, 2024, additional stop data collection categories were required, following RIPA regulatory changes. Additionally, the California Department of Justice only accepts data collection entries with a 5-digit CJIS code instead of individual vehicle, penal, health & safety codes. The DOJ provided the look-up table to assist in translating the codes.
2) Any and all reports, records, and analyses created by, for, or at the direction of, the City/Town that pertain to any RIPA data that has been collected by the Police Department from January 1 - December 31, 2022, and January 1 - December 31 2024.
Responsive records to your request
https://www.cityofmillvalley.gov/249/Transparency
https://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1659&meta_id=80485
Our department continues to search for any other reports in response to your RIPA request, and we anticipate concluding our response no later than March 20, 2025.
Respectfully,
Lindsay Haynes
Captain
From: Mill Valley Police Department
Mr. Shinneman,
Mill Valley Police Department concludes our response to your California public records request for records reflecting data collected and recorded by our department with the inclusion of one report.
This report analyzes stop data using a multipronged approach to provide a more transparent picture of the reality of stop data in Mill Valley RIPA reporting.
This concludes your public records request.
Respectfully,
Lindsay Haynes
Captain
