Fayetteville, ND PD Citizen Complaints

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer filed this request with the Fayetteville Police Department of Fayetteville, NC.
Tracking #

20-741

Status
Completed

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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to North Carolina Public Records Law (G.S. §§ 132-1 through 132-10), I hereby request the following documents:

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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Hello,

I have located your internal affairs reports for 2010-2016. However, I would like the report for 2007-2010. Also, the 2009 report doesn't actually list complaints.

Best, -Alex Cartwright

From: Fayetteville Police Department

Per your latest request, the IA reports you are referring to from 2007-2009 are not available. The reports in their current fashion began in 2010. For any additional requests or follow-up please email pdpio@ci.fay.nc.us<mailto:pdpio@ci.fay.nc.us>. Thank you.

From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Hello,

Can you please produce the requested reporting, beginning in 2010? I am interested in all pertinent information relevant to his request.

Here is a copy of the original request from 7/31/17

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to North Carolina Public Records Law (G.S. §§ 132-1 through 132-10), I hereby request the following documents:

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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Hi there

Your first Fayetteville, NC record request (request number #20-741) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.

As the requester, you can always see the status of your
request by signing into the Fayetteville, NC Public Records
portal here.

If you haven't already activated your account,
click here to get started.
Once your account is activated, your request will be visible at the following link:
Request #20-741.

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-741:

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-741:

Staff is hard at work researching and gathering any public documents pertaining to your record request, but are also busy with other assignments and requests. As soon as we have any available documents, we will send them to you. Thanks for your patience.

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Hi there

A document has been released for record request #20-741 along with the following message:

These are our calls for service for the past 15 years. 

* Calls For Service.pdf

Document links are valid for one month.
After September 25, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-741:

Staff has pulled together the following documents and are pulling together the remaining records you requested. Since we already had these documents and the remaining records will take extra time, we wanted to provide what we have now. As soon as we have the remaining documents, we will send them to you.

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

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Fayetteville, NC

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Hi there

A document has been released for record request #20-741:

* 20-741 dispositions.pdf

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Hi there

Documents have been released for record request #20-741:

* 20-741 Firearm discharge.pdf

* PRR #20-741.pdf

Document links are valid for one month.
After September 26, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Record request #20-741 has been published and is now available for public view.

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From: Fayetteville Police Department

Fayetteville, NC

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Hi there

Record request #20-741 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

We have provided all publically available records responsive to your request. The Public Records Act exempts from disclosure files when disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, such as personnel, medical, or similar files. In the records we disclosed, we have redacted private information, such as social security numbers, addresses, and telephone numbers. The Public Records Act also exempts investigate case files from disclosure, including officer narratives, notes, and crime scene photographs. 

This completes the request.

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