Citizen Complaints

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer filed this request with the Allentown Police Department of Allentown, PA.
Tracking #

2017-RTK-458
Submitted July 18, 2017
Status
Completed

Communications

From: Alexander Cartwright

Subject: Right to Know Request: Citizen Complaints

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. What is the total number of citizen complaints made against your department’s officers annually for the last 10 years?

Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).

2. What is the total number of complaints police officers made against their peer officers in department annually for the last 10 years?

Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).

3. What is the total number of calls for service your department received annually for the past 10 years?

4. What is the number of officers involved in shootings in your department for the past 10 years?

Please include the number of officer-involved shootings resulting in discipline.

5. Which of the above data are published publicly? Please provide a link to any and all publicly available reports containing the data above.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright

From: Allentown Police Department

Subject: None

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An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.

From: Fruhwirth, Frances

Subject: Right-to-Know Request- Alexander Cartwright- Police Records- City Response

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Good afternoon, Mr. Cartwright.

Please see the attached letter.

Thank you.

Frances Fruhwirth

Solicitor's Office
FRANCES A. FRUHWIRTH
ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
Solicitor's Office
435 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA18101
P: 610.437.7545
E: Frances.Fruhwirth@allentownpa.gov
W: www.allentownpa.gov
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From: Fruhwirth, Frances

Subject: Right-to-Know Request- Allentown Police- City Response

Email

Good morning, Mr. Cartwright.

Please see the attached letter.

Thank you.

Frances Fruhwirth

Solicitor's Office
FRANCES A. FRUHWIRTH
ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
Solicitor's Office
435 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA18101
P: 610.437.7545
E: Frances.Fruhwirth@allentownpa.gov
W: www.allentownpa.gov
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the intended recipients. If you are not an intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.

From: Allentown Police Department

Subject: None

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A copy of documents responsive to the request.

From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Subject: RE: Right to Know Request: Citizen Complaints

Email

Hi,

Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Subject: RE: Pennsylvania Right to Know Act Request #2017-RTK-458

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I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 7/18/2017

Thank you very much for providing the information we requested. I am writing to ask for some clarification regarding the data on officer-involved shootings you provided us with. What constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department? For example, some departments do not count misses while others count all discharges; some include shots at animals. Other departments include intentional and accidental shootings; others do not. Please explain to us how your department classifies the OIS included in the numbers you sent to us.

Very Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright

From: Allentown Police Department

Subject: Right to Know- Clarification regarding data on officer involved shootings

Email

Good afternoon, Mr. Cartwright:

Please see the attached.

Thank you,

Jennifer Stofflet, Litigation Paralegal

From: Allentown Police Department

Subject: None

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A copy of documents responsive to the request.

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