Chandler, AZ PD Citizen Complaints
| Submitted | July 18, 2017 |
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From: Alexander Cartwright
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs. 39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright
From:
Good morning Alexander;
Thank you for your email. We will begin working on your request.
Regards,
Seth
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 18, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Good morning (Or afternoon) Muckrock;
We are still working on filling your request. We're about 3/4 of the way
there.
Seth
From:
Good afternoon Alexander;
Here you go. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Seth
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Thank you very much!!!
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 7/18/17
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. We requested the total number of annual officer involved shootings each year for the past 10 years.
While you sent us data on officer complaints, the OIS data seems to have been overlooked. Could you please provide that data? If not, could you please clarify that your department does not collect OIS (officer involved shooting) data.
If you are able to provide the data, please define 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.
Respectfully, -Alex Cartwright
From: Chandler Police Department
Good morning Alex & Muckrock;
Oops! Apologies for this, not sure how it happened. I'm working on
getting this data for your now.
Regards,
Seth
From: Chandler Police Department
Hello again Alex & Muckrock;
Below is from my copy of our response to your 2017 request. Please let me
know if you have any questions or if I am missing something.
Thanks,
Seth
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 ) ?
For the purpose of this request, data provided is for a Chandler Police
Officer involved in a shooting with another person. This request does not
include a Chandler Police Officer shooting an animal or an accidental
discharge of his or her weapon.
· 2007 – Four officers were involved in two separate
officer-involved shootings
· 2008 – No officer-involved shootings
· 2009 – No officer-involved shootings
· 2010 – Four officers were involved in two separate
officer-involved shootings
· 2011 – One officer was involved in one officer-involved shooting
· 2012 – One officer was involved in one officer-involved shooting
· 2013 – Three officers were involved in three separate
officer-involved shootings
· 2014 – One officer was involved in one officer-involved shootings
· 2015 – Six officers were involved in three separate
officer-involved shootings
· 2016 – Two officers were involved in one officer-involved shooting
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
From: Chandler Police Department
My pleasure glad it worked out.
Seth
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