School Resource Officer Shifts/Use of Force/Complaints (Dallas Public Information Office)

Dear Michael
Topper: Thank
you for your interest in public records of the City of Dallas. 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 10/3/2022 and given the reference
number: C009176-100322 for tracking purposes. Records
Requested: 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 INFORMATION ACT REQUEST of 10/3/2022, Reference #C009176-100322
Dear Michael,
The City received a public information request from you on 10/3/2022.  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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