Everett, WA PD Citizen Complaints
| Tracking # |
D003430-080417 |
| Submitted | July 31, 2017 |
| Due | Sept. 14, 2017 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to RCW Ch. 42.56 (Public Records Act), I hereby request the following records:
I am an Economics Professor in the College of Business at Ferris State University, and I am engaged in an empirical research project on police behavior and citizen complaints. This project requires me to request data from your department. If you have questions about my request or suggestions, I would be happy to discuss them with you.
1. What is the total number of citizen complaints (allegations of misconduct) made against your department’s officers annually for the last 10 years? If your department logs complaints in a database, spreadsheet, or other log, a copy of those logs is fine instead.
Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).
2. What is the total number of complaints police officers made against their peer officers in department annually for the last 10 years? If your department logs complaints in a database, spreadsheet, or other log, a copy of those logs is fine instead.
Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).
3. What is the total number of calls for service your department received annually for the past 10 years? If your department logs calls for service in a database, spreadsheet, or other log, a copy of those logs is fine instead.
4. What is the annual number of officers involved in shootings in your department for the past 10 years? Any documentation or reports that detail the annual number of officer-involved shootings in your department for the past 10 years would be sufficient.
Please include documentation regarding how many of these officer-involved shootings involved disciplinary action. (Please list officer firearm discharge directed at a person separately from a shooting involving an animal and separately from accidental firearm discharges).
Please include the number of officer-involved shootings resulting in discipline.
5. Which of the above data are published publicly? Please provide a link to any and all publicly available reports containing the data above.
Collecting this information is very important to my research, so I would like to emphasize, if you have questions about my request or suggestions, I would be happy to discuss them with you.
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,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 31, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Everett WA Public Records Center
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of August 04, 2017, Reference # D003430-080417
Dear MuckRock News,
The Everett Police Department received a public records request from you on August 04, 2017. You requested the following:
"See attached request"
EPD is working to fulfill your public records request, however due to the extent of your request EPD requires an additional thirty (30) business days (excluding city holidays) to locate records, review them for exemptions, and then prepare them for your inspection and/or copying. The undersigned will be coordinating the collection, review and production of responsive records.
We reasonably believe that public records responsive to this request will be available on or before 9/15/2017. If public records become available in advance of this estimate we will contact you promptly. Conversely, if the Everett Police Department encounters a need to extend our estimate, we will contact you promptly with a revised estimated date.
In the meantime, should you need to contact EPD don't hesitate to do so. You may reach me at my direct telephone line 425-257-8471 and or jjacobs@everettwa.gov
Sincerely,
Jeanne Johnson Jacobs EPD Records Officer
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Thank you very much for the response. I will await your response on 9/15/2017.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
From: Everett WA Public Records Center
Hello,
Unfortunately your email was not recognized and has not been routed accordingly. Please be advised that if you wish to submit a new request or check on the status of an already submitted request, you should visit the Description: TO: [everettwa@mycusthelp.net]August 9, 2017Everett Police DepartmentDan Templeman3002 Wetmore Ave Everett, WA 98201This is a follow up to request number D003430-080417:Thank you very much for the response. I will await your response on 9/15/2017. Respectfully, Alex Cartwright---On Aug. 7, 2017:
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From: Jeanne Johnson Jacobs
Ms. Cartwright and Ms. Jennifer Dirmeyer,
EPD is making all its responsive records available to you today (attached) and it considers your request to be respond to in full and now closed. However, please don't hesitate to contact EPD if it may be of further assistance.
#1 EPD Citizen Complaints
#2 EPD doesn't track this data - as such it has no responsive records
#3 EPD calls for service for past ten (10) years - listed by calendar years
#4 EPD statistics - Officer involved shootings and dispositions
#5 EPD has no responsive records as it doesn't post the above data
eanne Johnson Jacobs
Everett Police Department
Records Officer
Lead, SMART Records Officer
3002 Wetmore
Everett, WA 98201
Direct Line: 425-257-8471
Email: jjacobs@everettwa.gov<mailto:jjacobs@everettwa.gov>
FAX: 425-257-6513
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hello,
I just want to clarify my request for #2. Some departments call this item "internal complaints". Does your department have any information on internal complaints? Ideally, we would like to know the annual total number of internal complaints for the past 10 years.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 7/31/17
Thank you very much for providing the information we requested. I am writing to ask for some clarification regarding the data on officer-involved shootings you provided us with. What constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department? For example, some departments do not count misses while others count all discharges; some include shots at animals. Other departments include intentional and accidental shootings; others do not. Some include all discharges and some exclude missed shots. Please explain to us how your department classifies the OIS included in the numbers you sent to us.
Very Respectfully, Alex Cartwright
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