Request for Individual Level Arrest & Citation Records 2009-2018

Brandon Anderson filed this request with the Bakersfield Police Department of Bakersfield, CA.
Submitted June 10, 2019
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From: Brandon Anderson

Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Request for Individual Level Arrest & Citation Records 2009-2018

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

I am the founder of Raheem, an independent service for reporting police conduct in the United States. We believe that making the behavior of the police visible in the form of meaningful data—especially as it impacts communities of color—will lead to systemic changes and ultimately a world where we all feel safe to live and love freely.

Raheem is a non-profit funded by My Brother’s Keeper Alliance of the Obama Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Luminate, a philanthropic organization founded by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay.

This letter serves as a records request. If needed, we can modify our request based on your agency’s technological and/or personnel limitations.

A detailed list of the requested data elements is provided below. Please note that we are requesting individual-level data in digital form (excel, svs, vector PDF, etc.) from 2009-2018. Please provide codebooks/data dictionaries for all data requested. Please consider this our best case scenario list, as we realize not all points may be fulfilled through this request. We are happy to discuss this further.

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Raheem requests individual-level data for the following data elements regarding all arrests between January 1st, 2009 and December 31st, 2018:

Arrest number or ORI
Arrestee’s name
Arrestee’s DOB
Arrestee’s race
Arrestee’s sex
Offense date
Arrest date
Location of arrest (e.g. address, block, or centroid XY coordinates)
Arresting charge description
Arresting charge severity
Arraignment date
Case referred to prosecutor (Y/N)
Date referred to prosecutor

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Raheem also requests the following information on an individual basis for the years 2009-2018:

Citation Level: (excludes non-criminal traffic infractions, and violation of local and county ordinances)
Citation number or ORI
Citation date
Location where citation was given out (e.g. address, block, or centroid XY coordinates)
Charge description
Charge severity
Fine amount (if applicable)
Fine payment (Y/N)
Fine payment date
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Raheem also requests the following information on an annual basis for the calendar years 2009-2018:

Office Level
Number of full-time sworn law enforcement officers
Annual agency budget

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,

Brandon Anderson

From: Bakersfield Police Department

Subject: Public Records Request

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Please see attached letter in response to your public records request. If you have any questions, please contact Viridiana Gallardo-King.

Victoria Gomez, Legal Secretary
City Attorney's Office
1600 Truxtun Avenue, 4th Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 326-3635

From: Bakersfield Police Department

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Request for Individual Level Arrest & Citation Records 2009-2018

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Your request is being processed. We will get back to you as soon as it is ready.

Thank you.

Viridiana Gallardo-King
Associate City Attorney
City Attorney of Bakersfield
1600 Truxtun Avenue, Fourth Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661)326-3633

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From: Bakersfield Police Department

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Request for Individual Level Arrest & Citation Records 2009-2018

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Good Morning Mr. Anderson,

We had to mail the response to your request because the data requested was too large and had to be saved in a CD. We mailed out the packet July 10, 2019 to the following address:

MuckRock News
DEPT MR 75215
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

Thanks

Viridiana Gallardo-King
Associate City Attorney
City Attorney of Bakersfield
1600 Truxtun Avenue, Fourth Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661)326-3633

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail/transmission is intended to be sent only to the recipient stated therein.This e-mail/transmission is confidential and also may be legally privileged or protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine, and also may be restricted from disclosure by applicable state and federal law. Any copying, disclosure, distribution, review or use of this e-mail/transmission by other than the intended recipient or that person's agent is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail/transmission in error, please notify the sender, and immediately permanently delete or destroy this e-mail/transmission, and all copies thereof from any drives or storage media, and destroy any printouts of the e-mail/transmission. No attorney-client relationship is created by the act of sending or receiving this message outside of a written agreement.
IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: Any tax advice contained in this e-mail/transmission, including any attachments, was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of: (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code; or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein.

From: Bakersfield Police Department

Subject: None

Mail (Postmarked July 23, 2019)

A copy of documents responsive to the request.

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