SB 1421 Police Complaints (Berkeley PD)
| Submitted | Feb. 19, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: JPat Brown
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
SB 1421 became law in January 2019 in the State of California. (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421)
Under it, records pertaining to certain kinds of police incidents are newly eligible for disclosure under CPRA.
As mentioned in this article:
http://www.dailycal.org/2019/02/01/berkeley-city-council-supports-release-of-police-records-after-berkeleyside-aclu-sue-city/
Berkeley City Council unanimously endorsed the retroactive disclosure of police records, thus police records existing before January 1st, 2019 additionally apply.
I am making the following request for all sworn police officers with the agency. Attached is a roster of such sworn officers from 2018. If there are current additional sworn officers not included in this roster, please include those additional officers in this request. If there are officers included in the attached roster that are no longer with the agency, I request historical records for that officer.
I hereby request the following records for each agency officer at the agency:
1. Incidents involving the discharge of a firearm at a person by a peace or custodial officer
b) Incidents in which the use of force by a peace officer or custodial officer against a person resulted in death, or in great bodily injury
c)Any record(s) relating to any incident(s) in which a sustained finding was made by any law enforcement agency or oversight agency that a peace officer or custodial officer engaged in sexual assault involving a member of the public.
d) Any record(s) relating to any incident(s) in which a sustained finding was made by any law enforcement agency or oversight agency of dishonesty by a peace officer or custodial officer directly relating to the reporting, investigation, or prosecution of a crime, or directly relating to the reporting of, or investigation of misconduct by, another peace officer or custodial officer, including, but not limited to, any sustained finding of perjury, false statements, filing false reports, destruction, falsifying, or concealing of evidence.
e) any civilian complaint that isnot otherwise encapsulated by the aforementioned, and is not exempt from disclosure.
This includes all of the following pertinent documents, as described in the statute:
photographic, audio, and video evidence; transcripts or recordings of interviews; autopsy reports; all materials compiled and presented for review to the district attorney or to any person or body charged with determining whether to file criminal charges against an officer in connection with an incident, or whether the officer’s action was consistent with law and agency policy for purposes of discipline or administrative action, or what discipline to impose or corrective action to take; documents setting forth findings or recommended findings; and copies of disciplinary records relating to the incident, including any letters of intent to impose discipline, any documents reflecting modifications of discipline due to the Skelly or grievance process, and letters indicating final imposition of discipline or other documentation reflecting implementation of corrective action.
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,
JPat Brown
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 19, 2019. 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: Berkeley Police Department
Dear Mr. Brown:
Please find attached the City of Berkeley's response to your Public Records Act request.
Regards,
Chris
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Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 19, 2019. 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: Berkeley Police Department
Please find attached our prior response letter dated March 1, 2019, which was previously sent to this email address. We anticipate that we will begin producing records in response to this request next week. Records will be produced on a rolling basis as we identify, review, and redact records in accordance with the provisions of SB 1421. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (510) 981-6997 if you have any questions regarding the Berkeley Police Department’s response to this request.
Regards,
Chris
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: JPat Brown
Thanks so much for the update!
From: University of California, Berkeley Police Department
THIS EMAIL IS NOT MONITORED IN REAL TIME, If you are reporting an emergency or in-progress event
call 510-642-3333 (tel:510-642-3333) Thank you for contacting the University Police. We do not handle crime reports electronically. We are available all hours of the day. Any patrol officer can assist you. To make a police report, please feel free to visit us at 1 Sproul Hall or call us at 510-642-6760
If you need to contact our Records Bureau,
send an email to the appropriate group:
Lost and Found - found@berkeley.edu (mailto:found@berkeley.edu)
Fingerprints Questions - ucpd-fingeprints@berkeley.edu (mailto:ucpd-fingeprints@berkeley.edu)
Requesting a Police Report - https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/services/records-request (https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/services/records-request)
If you have an alarm, cardreader, metal key, or camera issue...
call our dispatch at 510-642-6760 and email the following:
alarm: ucpd_alarm@berkeley.edu (mailto:ucpd_alarm@berkeley.edu)
cardkey: ucpd_aac@berkeley.edu (mailto:ucpd_aac@berkeley.edu)
video: ucpd_video@berkeley.edu (mailto:ucpd_video@berkeley.edu)
metal key or lock: ucpdlockandkeyrequest@berkeley.edu (mailto:ucpdlockandkeyrequest@berkeley.edu)
We will reply to your non-emergency email
as soon as possible.
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University of California Police Department (UCPD), Berkeley
1 Sproul Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-6760 http://police.berkeley.edu/ (http://police.berkeley.edu/)
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From: Berkeley Police Department
Dear Mr. Brown:
Attached please find the City of Berkeley's further response to your Public Record Act request.
Regards,
Chris
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
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From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
The link in pdf file I sent a few moments ago does not appear to work at the moment. Please use the link below to access the records referenced in my letter.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/go5049y3g63hfdv/AAABCXfmeH-cPVcyD73AM3jha?dl=0
Apologies for the inconvenience.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: JPat Brown
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
JPat Brown
From: Berkeley Police Department
Please find at the link below a complete version of Berkeley Police Department Internal Affairs Investigation file related to the death of Kayla Moore.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b668zigwd4a0ygq/2019-04-08%20Corrected%20PRA%20Response.pdf?dl=0
Due to a scanning error, the version of the file released on March 29, 2019 was incomplete. This release of records corrects that error.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
Dear Mr. Brown:
Please find attached the City's further response to your Public Records Act request.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
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From: Berkeley Police Department
Dear Mr. Brown:
Attached please find the City of Berkeley's further response to your Public Records Act request.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
From: Berkeley Police Department
Dear Mr. Brown:
Please find attached the City of Berkeley's further response to your Public Records Act request.
[COB Symboltiny]
Christopher D. Jensen
Deputy City Attorney
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
cjensen@cityofberkeley.info
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