Police Settlements

Dear Joey Scott:

Thank you for submitting a request for public records to Riverside County Sheriff's Department. Your request was received in this office on 11/14/2024 and given the reference number C001522-111424 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: " To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of all reports, lists, databases, or individual documents created since 1/1/16 detail lawsuits brought against the city's police department. This should include any documentation mechanism your department uses to track lawsuits. It should also include any documents your department submits to local, state, or federal agencies listing the number and/or status of lawsuits brought against the police department.

This request should include documents compiled quarterly, annually, or in other increments and documents or databases that contain responsive information over a longer time span.

Please provide all available materials from January 1, 2016 through November 6, 2024.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Please export them as .csv

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

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Pursuant to California Government Code § 7922.535, 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 if 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. (Civ. Code § 10.)  You may be contacted by the department if there are questions regarding your request.

PLEASE NOTE: The California Public Records Act (CPRA) does not require a governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to answer questions.

You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed. Again, thank you for using the Records Request System.
Riverside County Sheriff's Department

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of November 14, 2024., Reference # C001522-111424.

Dear Joey Scott,

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office received a CA Public Record Act request from you on November 14, 2024. Your request is set forth below:
"To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of all reports, lists, databases, or individual documents created since 1/1/16 detail lawsuits brought against the city's police department. This should include any documentation mechanism your department uses to track lawsuits. It should also include any documents your department submits to local, state, or federal agencies listing the number and/or status of lawsuits brought against the police department.

This request should include documents compiled quarterly, annually, or in other increments and documents or databases that contain responsive information over a longer time span.

Please provide all available materials from January 1, 2016 through November 6, 2024.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Please export them as .csv

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

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/

This is to inform you that the Riverside County Sheriff's Department is not the holder of the records that you seek. Please contact the Riverside Police Department via telephone at 951-826-5700 or in writing at 4102 Orange St., Riverside CA 92501.

Please consider this CPRA request closed.
Sincerely,

Corr. Sergeant Ramo Griffin
CPRA Unit
Riverside County Sheriff's Office

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RE:Public Records Reference # C001522-111424
Dear Joey Scott:
On November 14, 2024, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office received your request for records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) wherein you requested the following: "***updated Requestor Communication 11/19/24***
Please include case number data and payout amounts. Thank you!

***Original Request***
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of all reports, lists, databases, or individual documents created since 1/1/16 detail lawsuits brought against the city's police department. This should include any documentation mechanism your department uses to track lawsuits. It should also include any documents your department submits to local, state, or federal agencies listing the number and/or status of lawsuits brought against the police department.

This request should include documents compiled quarterly, annually, or in other increments and documents or databases that contain responsive information over a longer time span.

Please provide all available materials from January 1, 2016 through November 6, 2024.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Please export them as .csv

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

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Please be advised that lawsuits brought against the city's police department is within the Riverside Police Department jurisdiction. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office is a separate entity from the city's police department; therefore, we are not the holder, and you may contact the Riverside Police Department.
Please consider this CPRA request closed. ***Original Response***
This is to inform you that the Riverside County Sheriff's Department is not the holder of the records that you seek. Please contact the Riverside Police Department via telephone at 951-826-5700 or in writing at 4102 Orange St., Riverside CA 92501.

Please consider this CPRA request closed.
Sincerely,

Corr. Sergeant Ramo Griffin
CPRA Unit
Riverside County Sheriff's Office

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RE: Public Records Request of November 14, 2024, Reference # C001522-111424

Dear Joey Scott,

On November 14, 2024, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office received your request for records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) wherein you requested the following: "***Updated Requestor Communication 11/27/24***
Hello, Apologies, I meant the Sheriff's department, not the city's department. My mistake. Please re-open and re-search this request. Thank you

***updated Requestor Communication 11/19/24***
Please include case number data and payout amounts. Thank you!

***Original Request***
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of all reports, lists, databases, or individual documents created since 1/1/16 detail lawsuits brought against the city's police department. This should include any documentation mechanism your department uses to track lawsuits. It should also include any documents your department submits to local, state, or federal agencies listing the number and/or status of lawsuits brought against the police department.

This request should include documents compiled quarterly, annually, or in other increments and documents or databases that contain responsive information over a longer time span.

Please provide all available materials from January 1, 2016 through November 6, 2024.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Please export them as .csv

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

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office is in the process of gathering and reviewing the requested records. Your request will take extra time to fulfill because of the need to search for and collect the requested records from field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the office processing the request.

Consequently, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department is exercising its authority under Government Code § 722.535(a)-(b), to extend the time to reply to a Public Records Act request.  You will receive a more complete response no later than December 27, 2024.

Thank you for your patience in awaiting this information.

Sincerely,

Corr Sergeant Ramo Griffin
CPRA Unit
Riverside County Sheriff's Office

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RE: Public Records Request of November 14, 2024, Reference # C001522-111424

Dear Joey Scott,

On November 14, 2024, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office received your request for records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) wherein you requested the following:
***Updated Requestor Communication 11/27/24***
Hello, Apologies, I meant the Sheriff's department, not the city's department. My mistake. Please re-open and re-search this request. Thank you

***updated Requestor Communication 11/19/24***
Please include case number data and payout amounts. Thank you!

***Original Request***
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of all reports, lists, databases, or individual documents created since 1/1/16 detail lawsuits brought against the city's police department. This should include any documentation mechanism your department uses to track lawsuits. It should also include any documents your department submits to local, state, or federal agencies listing the number and/or status of lawsuits brought against the police department.

This request should include documents compiled quarterly, annually, or in other increments and documents or databases that contain responsive information over a longer time span.

Please provide all available materials from January 1, 2016 through November 6, 2024.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Please export them as .csv

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

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/

We have located the records responsive to your request, and those records are available in the Records Request System.  Please log in to your online account to retrieve the records.
While the responsive records were disclosed, the Department has redacted information for privacy reasons. Where non-disclosable portions of public records are “reasonably segregable” from the disclosable portions, the agency may withhold or redact the non-disclosable portions while producing the disclosable portions. Thus, redactions are permitted under the CPRA, as long as the basis for the redaction (specified exemption) is identified in the agency’s response. See Cal. Gov. Code § 7922.525(a)-(b) American Civ. Liberties Union Found’n v. Deukmejian (1982) 32 Cal.3d 440, 452-454.

The Department has asserted the above exemptions as legal authority to redact portions of our disclosed records:

Government Code § 7922.000 - the records in question are exempt because, under the facts of this particular case, the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.

Government Code § 7927.705, read in conjunction with Article 1, § 1 of the California Constitution provides that personal information details are subject to privacy rights that make such information exempt from disclosure.

Please consider this CPRA request closed.

Sincerely,

Corr. Sergeant Ramo Griffin
CPRA Unit
Riverside County Sheriff's Office