Police complaints data (Osceola County Sheriff's Department)
| Multi Request | Police complaints data |
| Submitted | April 21, 2020 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. The total number of civilian complaints reported in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (separated by year)
2. The total number of civilian complaints sustained in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (separated by year)
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 business days.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Osceola County Sheriff's Department
I spoke with our Internal Affairs in regards to this request. We do not have a program that tracks every civilian complaint reported to our agency. They will only have complaints which an administrative inquiry or internal investigation were completed. They will be able to retrieve the information on complaints which were sustained, but will have to pull them individually which will take several hours or days. The hourly rate for a IA Detective to pull this information is $47.17. Please let us know how you would like us to proceed with this request since it will be quite voluminous.
Thank you
Michele DiStefano
Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Public Records/Validation Supervisor
407-344-5260
mdis@osceola.org<mailto:mdis@osceola.org>
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Hi, yes I'd like to proceed with this request. Please let me know how much it's estimated to cost.
Thank you,
Sam
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2020. 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: Osceola County Sheriff's Department
Good evening
We are recently back to normal business hours, our Internal Affairs Detective stated it would take them about 5 hours to complete the request for the number of complaints over the 4 years, which would total $235.85 and they would be able to process this for me next week. I am attaching a credit card authorization form to this email. If you would like to submit payment by mail or phone, please contact me and I will provide you the necessary information.
Thank you
Michele DiStefano
Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Public Records/Validation Supervisor
407-344-5260
mdis@osceola.org<mailto:mdis@osceola.org>
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $235.85 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
From: Osceola County Sheriff's Department
The Internal Affair Detectives stated it would be approximately 5 hours for them to pull the numbers for you, the total would be $235.85 at $47.17 per hour. If you need the actual reports, it would take them 15-20 hours to pull and it would need to be reviewed by a Records Technician prior to release. I have attached the credit card authorization form, once payment is received, they begin the process.
Thank you and have a good day
Michele DiStefano
Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Public Records/Validation Supervisor
407-344-5260
mdis@osceola.org<mailto:mdis@osceola.org>
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Osceola County Sheriff's Department
SL Office
2601 East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway
Kissimmee, FL 34744
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2020. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2020. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2020. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2020. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2020. 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: Osceola County Sheriff's Department
Attached are the files you previously requested
Below are the numbers we were able to locate in our databases. Please keep in mind; most records that were Not Sustained, Unfounded, or Exonerated are purged after one year, per GS-2 schedule. That would mean the reports/complaints from 2016, 2017, 2018, and some of 2019 are gone. We do not currently have tracking software that logs every complaint.
2019
Excessive Force Complaints Total
7
Excessive Force Complaints Sustained - Civilian
0
2018
Excessive Force Complaints Total
3
Excessive Force Complaints Sustained - Civilian
0
2017
Excessive Force Complaints Total
4
Excessive Force Complaints Sustained - Civilian
0
2016
Excessive Force Complaints Total
2
Excessive Force Complaints Sustained - Civilian
0
2019
Bias Based Complaints
0
Bias Based Sustained
0
2018
Bias Based Complaints
3
Bias Based Sustained
0
2017
Bias Based Complaints
1
Bias Based Sustained
0
2016
Bias Based Complaints
1
Bias Based Sustained
0
The best we can do for total complaints is External vs. Internal categories. I cannot separate the numbers by source because most of the reports have met retention. External sources complaints that come from outside the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. They could come from citizens, other agencies, or businesses. Internal are for issues identified from within the agency.
IA CASES FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES
2016
34
2017
31
2018
38
2019
26
I cannot fill the section, which asks for the total number of complaints from citizens that were sustained. The external category does not allow me the option of separating out the citizens from everything else. The sustained search will only provide the overall total, external and internal.
Thank you and have a good day
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