School Resource Officer Shifts/Use of Force/Complaints (Dallas County Sheriff's Department)
| Tracking # |
S007372-100322 |
| Multi Request | School Resource Officer Shifts/Use of Force/Complaints |
| Submitted | Sept. 28, 2022 |
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From: Michael Topper
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
From: Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Dear Michael Topper:
Thank you for your interest in public records of Dallas County Sheriff's Office. 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 given the reference number S007372-100322 for tracking purposes.
Request Information Our Reference Number: S007372-100322 Date Created: 10/3/2022 Method Received: Web Type of Records: Accident Report Name of Person(s) Listed in Report: Request Description:
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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From: Dallas County Sheriff's Department
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Here is a letter regarding your request for public information. Please contact me if you have any questions.
From: Michael Topper
Hello,
Thanks for the update. To narrow my search, can you please limit the years of interest on all points in the request to 2014 to 2019 (inclusive). If this is still too burdenly, please let me know and I can see what I can do.
Michael
From: Dallas County Sheriff's Department
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The information you have requested is in archives and must be located by a hand search. Therefore, please narrow your request again so that we can search for and locate the information in a timely manner. Thank you.
From: Michael Topper
Please narrow the search to years 2014 to 2017 inclusive. Or, if preferred, can you send me 1 year (2014) and I can see if it is the records I am looking for and then notify you if I want the search to continue?
Michael
From: Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Dear Michael Topper,
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of October 03, 2022, Reference # S007372-100322
Dear Michael Topper,
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office received a public information request from you on October 03, 2022. Your request mentioned:
“[PUBLICRECORDDESIRED]”
This email is to notify you that your request has been processed and assigned a status of Partial Release. All eligible records are available via the Dallas County Public Records Center.
If you have any questions, please contact my office at 2146532906. Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Lutton
Legal Advisor
Sheriff's Office
From: Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Attachments:
Wright_E__002_-_Kronos_time_records.pdf (https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1HU-2Bg-2Bjn-2FAhBU392a6WtFG7AWkzXL-2B-2B4nbVofkQr4CQP6TBuk39gjxwAtam3pHRhym4tkgywQdcg-2BJowMmMZLTKYUC2lab5EQ2yCwyDya3aQ2xQu1iOs7LIX2mP1t2CvYAtcwbVNrGZy7au-2B6bnlSTeqNwCTIXR1t4Es0l8ARIrnvFsx2SwI1Yaq1k2X7C723WQ-3D-3DlZ4Q_ANo6eA1z2DIVn2f4TgeHDsxsGo6VJyIIQtSaYJ7IbhrPHdvDjZTk9NrKX-2BqkcHp19HJbhQ8yVJbXvIlp4rXew5xXE56oJCT2r4giZJaiDWMpO2LbbDxXdGAabpDkmI4O3tZ9rVXMA-2F8cTxupg1DZpS32-2FajHs7JeDU7JurGW-2FHUQuQsWwY5uWLWYyJbHr1P9bQzpLpJlXwxABv-2B6forwHXY-2FDxWXWZvKfm965RTod9o8GED1gFBWho6plfcknZoZKGb8n0JxxGAuE1tg3VDFZGtXNkH8RDD6t2u0yCUA7TsW-2BNYzfIpWXLzxxO7DsSfBsuBcoeNa-2Frddu44x7q3DH1ndyT38Tg827Okj0Dc0fIODMP8WXFYUhr1MQZAjBXvD3dn7PLkrJZOAZppwILgzIQ-3D-3D)
Mayse_Terrance__002__-_Kronos_time_records.pdf (https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1HU-2Bg-2Bjn-2FAhBU392a6WtFG7AWkzXL-2B-2B4nbVofkQr4CQP6TBuk39gjxwAtam3pHRhym4tkgywQdcg-2BJowMmMZLTKYUC2lab5EQ2yCwyDya3aQ2xQu1iOs7LIX2mP1t2CvYAtcwbVNrGZy7au-2B6bnlSTeq2WETvg3IcDrNfG-2FAMrEcEeMdD41JF7ZYhpFyfhlm2LJXXCvUQTZ2rJ0qLLiMwytw-3Dcrc1_ANo6eA1z2DIVn2f4TgeHDsxsGo6VJyIIQtSaYJ7IbhrPHdvDjZTk9NrKX-2BqkcHp19HJbhQ8yVJbXvIlp4rXew5xXE56oJCT2r4giZJaiDWMpO2LbbDxXdGAabpDkmI4O3tZ9rVXMA-2F8cTxupg1DZpS32-2FajHs7JeDU7JurGW-2FHUQuQsWwY5uWLWYyJbHr1P9bQzpLpJlXwxABv-2B6forwHXY-2FDxWXWZvKfm965RTod9o8GED1gFBWho6plfcknZoZSlBeeKjq8CJUtE3OpSZqdfCxyUYN5r-2BXbIQwnE0T8i9b3ODK-2FyOao5-2FOgeC538ewrUV9lfjjDAZOmDfSczfFBc0g0Z-2FS7TPVHT3whh3GroTH-2B58vedU0XRzRzSdtOihJRR-2BdbgY0C0nAlzaGd7Nvfw-3D-3D)
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Sorry for the delay. As you requested, here are the Kronos time records for the two school resource officers we had in 2014. These records would have the hours worked, which would show the schedule, as well.
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