School Resource Officer Shifts/Use of Force/Complaints

Dear Michael Topper:

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Thank you for your interest in public records of Dallas Independent School District. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with Chapter 552 of Texas Government Code, the Public Information Act. Your request was received in this office on 10/13/2022 and given the reference number R022441-101322 for tracking purposes. To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Shift length/times of all Student Resource Officers (SROs) employed in the county dating from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. In particular the data should include (although not restricted to): officer badge number, date of shift, hours of shift (e.g. 9:00-17:00), race of officer, age of officer, experience of officer, and school assigned to.

2. Of the officers in item (1) above, shift length/times of every shift the officer has worked within the department regardless of assignment. For instance, if an officer was assigned as an SRO in 2017, I am looking for all of their completed shift data from January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2019 including: officer badge number, date of shift, hours of shift (same as above in (1)).

3. For each officer in item (1), all use-of-force reports and complaints filed by/against each officer.

4. All student arrests made by SRO officers from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. Information should include student race/age/sex, date of occurrence, and SRO badge number.

Please provide me with these public records in a machine-readable ASCII format, such as a CSV, SQL, TXT, or similar raw file. CSV or SQL files are preferred when available. Please email the responsive records to my email address: michaeltopper@ucsb.edu.

If email transmission is not feasible, I agree to prepay the actual cost of the storage medium on which the responsive records are transmitted, any postage costs incurred. My mailing address is:

Michael Topper
2915 Lomita Rd Unit B
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Michael Topper

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of 10/13/2022, Reference # R022441-101322

Dear Michael Topper,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your public information request from you on 10/13/2022 requesting documents under the Texas Public Information Act section 552.001 et seq. of the Texas Government Code for the following: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Shift length/times of all Student Resource Officers (SROs) employed in the county dating from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. In particular the data should include (although not restricted to): officer badge number, date of shift, hours of shift (e.g. 9:00-17:00), race of officer, age of officer, experience of officer, and school assigned to.

2. Of the officers in item (1) above, shift length/times of every shift the officer has worked within the department regardless of assignment. For instance, if an officer was assigned as an SRO in 2017, I am looking for all of their completed shift data from January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2019 including: officer badge number, date of shift, hours of shift (same as above in (1)).

3. For each officer in item (1), all use-of-force reports and complaints filed by/against each officer.

4. All student arrests made by SRO officers from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. Information should include student race/age/sex, date of occurrence, and SRO badge number.

Please provide me with these public records in a machine-readable ASCII format, such as a CSV, SQL, TXT, or similar raw file. CSV or SQL files are preferred when available. Please email the responsive records to my email address: michaeltopper@ucsb.edu.

If email transmission is not feasible, I agree to prepay the actual cost of the storage medium on which the responsive records are transmitted, any postage costs incurred. My mailing address is:

Michael Topper
2915 Lomita Rd Unit B
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Michael Topper

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This letter is to clarify what information that you are seeking from the Dallas Independent School District (“District”). Please clarify the agency you are requesting records from. If you would like for the District to proceed with your public information request, please respond in writing at the address below within sixty-one (61) days from today, 10/14/2022. Otherwise, the District will consider your request withdrawn. TEX. GOV. CODE 552.222(d). Your response to this request for clarification may be made by responding through the public records portal, e-mail, fax, regular address, or in person. Contact information is as follows: By e-mail:     PublicInfoRequest@dallasisd.org By fax:          (972) 925-3251 By mail/In-person:   Office of Legal Services - Public Information 9400 North Central Expressway, Suite 1675 Dallas, TX 75231 Public Information Portal:     Log in and respond to this correspondence In addition, when a governmental entity, acting in good faith, requests clarification or narrowing of an unclear or over-broad request, the ten business-day period to request an attorney general ruling is measured from the date the request is clarified or narrowed. City of Dallas v. Abbott, 304 S.W. 3d 380, 387 (Tex. 2010). If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please do not hesitate to contact me at (972) 925-3250. Sincerely,

Jessica Redding
Office of Legal Services Dallas Independent School District

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of October 13, 2022, Reference # R022441-101322.

Dear Michael Topper,

The Dallas Independent School District received a public information request from you on October 13, 2022. Your request mentioned:
"To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Shift length/times of all Student Resource Officers (SROs) employed in the county dating from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. In particular the data should include (although not restricted to): officer badge number, date of shift, hours of shift (e.g. 9:00-17:00), race of officer, age of officer, experience of officer, and school assigned to.

2. Of the officers in item (1) above, shift length/times of every shift the officer has worked within the department regardless of assignment. For instance, if an officer was assigned as an SRO in 2017, I am looking for all of their completed shift data from January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2019 including: officer badge number, date of shift, hours of shift (same as above in (1)).

3. For each officer in item (1), all use-of-force reports and complaints filed by/against each officer.

4. All student arrests made by SRO officers from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. Information should include student race/age/sex, date of occurrence, and SRO badge number.

Please provide me with these public records in a machine-readable ASCII format, such as a CSV, SQL, TXT, or similar raw file. CSV or SQL files are preferred when available. Please email the responsive records to my email address: michaeltopper@ucsb.edu.

If email transmission is not feasible, I agree to prepay the actual cost of the storage medium on which the responsive records are transmitted, any postage costs incurred. My mailing address is:

Michael Topper
2915 Lomita Rd Unit B
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Michael Topper

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Your request is now considered withdrawn by you, the requestor, by operation of law for failure to respond in writing to the District's request for clarification within the allotted sixty-one (61) days. By providing you this correspondence, the District considers your request withdrawn and will close this file. If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact my office at 972-925-3232.
Sincerely,
Jessica Redding
Office of Legal Services
Dallas Independent School District