Charlotte, NC PD Citizen Complaints
| Submitted | July 18, 2017 |
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From: Alexander Cartwright
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to North Carolina Public Records Law (G.S. §§ 132-1 through 132-10), I hereby request the following documents:
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: Dixon, Shannon
Dear. Mr. Cartwright:
This office is in receipt of your request. We are in the process of reviewing your request, and we will comply in accordance with N.C.G.S. 132-1.4 and N.C.G.S. 160A-168.
Sincerely,
Shannon T. Dixon
Police Paralegal
601 E. Trade St.
Charlotte NC 28202
Shannon.Dixon @cmpd.org
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: Moorefield, David L.
Good afternoon,
The requested information can all be located in our CMPD Annual Reports. I have provided a link to those reports so you can click and view each individual yearly report dating back to 2005.
Thanks again for your interest in the CMPD,
Lt. Moorefield
http://charlottenc.gov/CMPD/Organization/Pages/OfcoftheChief/Internal-Affairs.aspx
http://charlottenc.gov/CMPD/Organization/Pages/OfcoftheChief/ResearchPlanning.aspx
Lieutenant Dave Moorefield
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
Office of the Chief
S.W.A.T. Negotiator Commander
601 E. Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Lt. Moorefield,
Thank you for the prompt response. The links provided are excellent, however the website does not contain links to the annual reports for years 2008 or 2009. Could you kindly send those along?
From: Moorefield, David L.
I made a couple of calls, as I was curious as well. What I am being told is due to the recession going on during that time period, it was decided not to spend the funds formulate a special year-end report of that type in an effort to save money. For that reason, no report was made. The Internal Affairs reports were completed though.
Lieutenant Dave Moorefield
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
Office of the Chief
S.W.A.T. Negotiator Commander
601 E. Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Wow. Ok.
Thank you very much!
-Alex Cartwright
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