Hate Crime Data (2010-2020) (Sacramento Police Department)

Dear Michael:

Thank you for contacting the Sacramento Police Department to obtain public records.

The Police Department received your Public Records Act request dated October 09, 2022 and has assigned the reference number R017750-100922 for tracking purposes.

Record(s) Requested: To Whom It May Concern:

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

Information on all hate crimes occuring in the city of jurisdiction from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2020. The information should include (although not be restricted to) the following: date-of-occurrence (YYYY-MM-DD), time-of-occurrence (HH:MM), description of crime committed, location information at the finest geographic level available (street address or block), beat, district, weapon used, bias motivation (e.g., Anti-Black/Anti-Gay/Anti-Transgender), number of suspect(s), number of victim(s), injuries incurred, suspect(s) race, victim(s) race, victim(s) sex, suspect(s) sex,, victim(s) age, suspect(s) age.

Please provide me with these public records in a machine-readable ASCII format, such as a CSV, SQL, TXT, or similar raw file. CSV or SQL files are preferred when available. Please email the responsive records to my email address: michaeltopper@ucsb.edu.

If email transmission is not feasible, I agree to prepay the actual cost of the storage medium on which the responsive records are transmitted, any postage costs incurred.

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

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,

Michael Topper

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Public Records Reference # R017750-100922
Michael Topper:
The Sacramento Police Department has received your California Public Records Act request dated October 09, 2022, wherein you requested "Information on all hate crimes occurring in the city of jurisdiction from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2020. The information should include (although not be restricted to) the following: date-of-occurrence (YYYY-MM-DD), time-of-occurrence (HH:MM), description of crime committed, location information at the finest geographic level available (street address or block), beat, district, weapon used, bias motivation (e.g., Anti-Black/Anti-Gay/Anti-Transgender), number of suspect(s), number of victim(s), injuries incurred, suspect(s) race, victim(s) race, victim(s) sex, suspect(s) sex,, victim(s) age, suspect(s) age". The Government Affairs Unit has begun researching and identifying records responsive to your request. Consequently, additional time is necessary to properly respond to your request due to the volume of materials required to be searched, collected, and examined for responsiveness (permitted under Government Code 6253 (c)(2)). We will notify you within fourteen (14) days as to whether the City is in possession of non-exempt records responsive to your request.
Thank you,
Sacramento Police Department
Government Affairs Unit
5770 Freeport Blvd., Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95822 Sacramento Public Records Center

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Public Records Reference # R017750-100922
Michael Topper:
This letter is in response to your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request dated October 09, 2022 wherein you requested the following records:
Information on all hate crimes occurring in the city of jurisdiction from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2020. The information should include (although not be restricted to) the following: date-of-occurrence (YYYY-MM-DD), time-of-occurrence (HH:MM), description of crime committed, location information at the finest geographic level available (street address or block), beat, district, weapon used, bias motivation (e.g., Anti-Black/Anti-Gay/Anti-Transgender), number of suspect(s), number of victim(s), injuries incurred, suspect(s) race, victim(s) race, victim(s) sex, suspect(s) sex,, victim(s) age, suspect(s) age.. The Sacramento Police Department does not have a central repository that tracks the information being requested from the time period of January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2017. We would have to hand search records and under the CPRA we are not required to do so (Cal. Gov. Code § 6252 (e).)
Regarding the data request from January 1, 2018-December 31, 2020, please refer to the link: where the data can be found. https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Police/Crime/Biased-Motivated-Hate-Crime-Information-and-Statistics Thank you, Sacramento Police Department
Government Affairs Unit
5770 Freeport Blvd., Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95822 Sacramento Public Records Center