Michigan Police Data Collection (Dearborn Police Department)

Samuel Sinyangwe filed this request with the Dearborn Police Department of Dearborn, MI.
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. the total number of use of force incidents reported by law enforcement, separated by year and by type of force used from 2013-2020 (for example: 27 taser incidents in 2019, 16 taser incidents in 2020, 3 baton incidents in 2019, 4 baton incidents in 2020, etc.)
2. the total number of civilian complaints alleging any form of law enforcement misconduct that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year (for example: 8 complaints in 2016, 2 complaints sustained in 2016, 4 complaints in 2017, 1 complaint sustained in 2017, etc.)
3. the total number of civilian complaints alleging law enforcement use of excessive force that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year.
4. the total number of civilian complaints alleging biased policing or racial profiling that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year.
5. the total number of civilian complaints alleging criminal conduct that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year.
6. all information reported to the FBI’s National Use-of-Force Data Collection program to date.
7. a list of all officer involved shootings that were directed at a person from 2013-2020 (excluding shootings of animals and accidental discharges that are not directed at a person).

If only partial information is available responsive to one or more of these requests, please provide all of the information that is available.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Samuel Sinyangwe

From: Dearborn Police Department

Good morning,
Your request has been received and will be processed. An average FOIA request takes 10 to 15 business days depending on the volume of information requested. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Have a nice day,

Dearborn Police FOIA Unit
313-943-2265
police-foia@ci.dearborn.mi.us

From: Dearborn Police Department

Deer Samuel Sinyangwe,

Please accept this as my apology for not responding to your FOIA request from August of 2021 in a timely manner. I do not understand how the follow up emails were not received by me. I did receive the original email however I did not receive the follow up emails. I am having our IT department look into that. I was closing out some folders in our FOIA Department Email accounts and observed this follow up email. I asked around our department to see if anyone had contacted you regarding this and nobody was aware of our response to you. Attached you will find the responses to sections 1-5. I will have sections 6 and 7 to you shortly.

Again I am truly sorry for this lost communication.

Cpl. King
Dearborn Police FOIA Coordinator
16099 Michigan Ave
Dearborn, MI 48126

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