Florida sheriff's data (Citrus County Sheriff's Office)
| Multi Request | Florida sheriff's data |
| Submitted | July 12, 2019 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. The total number of deputy-involved use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that deputies used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against deputies between 2013-2018.
4. A copy of any documents indicating whether the civilian complaints identified in request #3 were sustained.
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the county and any sheriff's deputies unions.
7. All records regarding deputy-involved shootings (including fatal shootings, non-fatal shootings and shootings at a civilian that missed) between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident, the names of all deputies involved, whether administrative investigations found the incidents to be justified under sheriff's department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the deputies as a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from deputy-involved use of force between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident and the names of all deputies involved.
9. The number of in-custody deaths in jails from 2013-2018 (separated by year), broken down by cause of death (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural causes, etc.)
10. Statistics showing the total jail population each year from 2013-2018 (separated by year).
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.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 12, 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: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
Good morning,
We apologize for the delay in responded to your public records request. We are reaching out to different divisions in reference to the diversity of your request.
Please note in reference to item number six, the Citrus County Deputies do not have a union and therefore do not have a union contract.
In reference to item numbers nine and ten, please be advised that the Citrus County Sheriff's Office does not run and/or operate the Citrus County Jail. It is currently run by core Civic. Please contact Core Civic for that information.
We will be in contact with you again in the near future with either the requested records or an invoice for such records.
Thank you,
Annette McEwen
Records Clerk
Citrus County Sheriff's Office
1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
Inverness, FL 34450
(352) 341-7417
[2]<http://www.sheriffcitrus.org/>
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From: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
Mr. Sinyangwe,
Please see the attached invoice for item numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, & 8.
Upon receipt of the fee, we will begin to process your request in the order in which the payment was received.
I believe that Annette addressed items number 6, 9, & 10 in her email to you on 07/29/2019.
Respectfully,
Kim A. Helms
Supervisor of Records and Transcription
Citrus County Sheriff's Office
1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
Inverness FL 34450
(352) 341-7414 direct line
(352)726-0734 fax
[2]<http://www.sheriffcitrus.org/>
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $214.18 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 12, 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: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
We received your check. We will begin to process your request.
Thank you,
Kim A. Helms
Supervisor of Records and Transcription
Citrus County Sheriff's Office
1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
Inverness FL 34450
(352) 341-7414 direct line
(352)726-0734 fax
[2]<http://www.sheriffcitrus.org/>
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 12, 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: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
Please be advised that your request is being processed. As this is a rather large request, it will take some time to compile all of the data you requested.
I will advise you when the request is complete.
Thank you,
Kim A. Helms
Supervisor of Records and Transcription
Citrus County Sheriff's Office
1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
Inverness FL 34450
(352) 341-7414 direct line
(352)726-0734 fax
[2]<http://www.sheriffcitrus.org/>
Follow us @SheriffCitrus: [fb] <http://www.facebook.com/sheriffcitrus> [tw] <http://twitter.com/sheriffcitrus> [ig] <http://instagram.com/sheriffcitrus> [yt] <http://www.youtube.com/user/sheriffs1043>
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 12, 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: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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Responsive Documents
From: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
Please be advised that the data you have requested reference our work order number 22441 has been placed on a CD and mailed to the address you provided below.
Please note that we are citing the following Florida State Statutes for the redacted data: 119.071(2)(j)(1), 394.4615(1), 365.171(12)(a), and 119.071(4)(a&b)(d).
Respectfully,
Kim A. Helms
Supervisor of Records and Transcription
Citrus County Sheriff's Office
1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
Inverness FL 34450
(352) 341-7414 direct line
(352)726-0734 fax
[2]<http://www.sheriffcitrus.org/>
Follow us @SheriffCitrus: [fb] <http://www.facebook.com/sheriffcitrus> [tw] <http://twitter.com/sheriffcitrus> [ig] <http://instagram.com/sheriffcitrus> [yt] <http://www.youtube.com/user/sheriffs1043>
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
Please also be advised that our records of the citizen's complaints only go back to 2017. Our retention on those records are 1 year. We no longer have records prior to 2017 with regards to specific citizen's complaints. The records prior to 2017, if sustained, would be noted in an employee file, not housed with "citizen's complaints". We still had 2017 as we are a bit behind in our shredding/destruction.
Respectfully,
Kim A. Helms
Supervisor of Records and Transcription
Citrus County Sheriff's Office
1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
Inverness FL 34450
(352) 341-7414 direct line
(352)726-0734 fax
[2]<http://www.sheriffcitrus.org/>
Follow us @SheriffCitrus: [fb] <http://www.facebook.com/sheriffcitrus> [tw] <http://twitter.com/sheriffcitrus> [ig] <http://instagram.com/sheriffcitrus> [yt] <http://www.youtube.com/user/sheriffs1043>
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Can you please send me what you have as well as the records retention policy? Is it the policy to destroy all complaints that are not sustained after 1 year? Are these stored anywhere else?
-Sam
From: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
Mr. Sinyangwe,
I am not sure why you mean by "sending you what we have" as I have already sent you the copies of the citizens' complaints you requested for 2017 and 2018 on 10/15/2019. The non-sustained citizens complaint records are not stored anywhere else other than the Internal Affairs Investigator's Office until they are destroyed.
Yes, it is our policy to destroy all non-sustained complaints after one year as per the Records Retention Policy GS1-L from the State of Florida.
I am attaching a copy of our Records Retention and Destruction policy (as requested) as well as a "clip" from the GS1-L for your reference and review.
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Thank you,
Kim A. Helms
Supervisor of Records and Transcription
Citrus County Sheriff's Office
1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
Inverness FL 34450
(352) 341-7414 direct line
(352)726-0734 fax
[2]<http://www.sheriffcitrus.org/>
Follow us @SheriffCitrus: [fb] <http://www.facebook.com/sheriffcitrus> [tw] <http://twitter.com/sheriffcitrus> [ig] <http://instagram.com/sheriffcitrus> [yt] <http://www.youtube.com/user/sheriffs1043>
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
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