Police data collection (Ankeny Police Department)
| Tracking # |
24-64 |
| Multi Request | Police data collection |
| Submitted | Feb. 5, 2024 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. the total number of use of force incidents reported from 2017-2022, separated by year.
2. the total number of use of force incidents, separated by type of force and year, from 2017-2022 (for example, information that specifies the number of taser incidents in 2022, baton incidents in 2022, taser incidents in 2021, baton incidents in 2021, etc.)
3. the total number of civilian complaints against law enforcement that were reported and the total number sustained from 2017-2022, separated by year.
4. the total number of civilian complaints alleging law enforcement use of excessive force that were reported and the total number sustained from 2017-2022, separated by year.
5. the total number of civilian complaints alleging biased policing or racial profiling that were reported and the total number sustained from 2017-2022, separated by year.
6. the total number of civilian complaints alleging criminal conduct that were reported and the total number sustained from 2017-2022, separated by year.
7. the total number of officer-involved shootings from 2017-2022, both fatal and non-fatal, separated by year.
8. the total number of people who police used force against in 2022, broken down by race/ethnicity.
When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead.
Note that my requests for civilian complaints are specifically for civilian complaints, please do not include complaints filed by one officer/the department against another officer.
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, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Ankeny Police Department
City of Ankeny
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From: Ankeny Police Department
City of Ankeny
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We have received this request and submitted it to the Captain that oversees Internal Affairs. We are working on this request.
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From: Ankeny Police Department
City of Ankeny
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #24-64:
Good Morning --
This Records Request is still with our Support Services Captain. He is working to determine what information we can produce that could possibly fulfill this request, we do not generate a report that fulfills all of these request points.
Talk to you soon,
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From: Ankeny Police Department
City of Ankeny
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #24-64:
Mr. Sinyangwe-
We have assessed your request and have supplied date mostly in the form of aggregate data and in two formats. This is due to the fact that we were transitioning data into a computer database and that is ongoing as of today. So I apologize for the format being supplied in that manner. In addition to the attachments I want to add the below data that you requested.
Citizen Complaints by Year
2017-3 citizen complaints filed and 1 was founded for demeanor.
2018-10 citizen complaints and 1 was founded for demeanor.
2019-6 citizen complaints filed and 1 demeanor complaint was founded.
2020-3 complaints filed all unfounded
2021-8 complaints filed all unfounded
2022-9 complaints filed all unfounded
Of the categories of allegations of excessive use of force, biased policing, and criminal conduct during 2017-2022 are as follows:
Excessive force-1 (2017)
Biased policing-1 (2017) 1 (2019)
Criminal conduct- 1 (2019)
None of the above were founded.
Since this effort took an extensive amount of time to put together and is the best product we can produce at this time we can not refine this data anymore unless we would initiate our charging policy for the further refinement of the information.
Thanks.
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From: Ankeny Police Department
City of Ankeny
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A document has been released for record request #24-64 along with the following message:
Thank you
* Sinyangwe Use of Force Request 2024.xlsx
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Sinyangwe_Use_of_Force_Request_2024
From: Ankeny Police Department
City of Ankeny
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A document has been released for record request #24-64 along with the following message:
Thank you
* 20240321125311714.pdf
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After April 25, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).
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From: Ankeny Police Department
City of Ankeny
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Record request #24-64 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:
All records have been released, and your request has been fulfilled.
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