Use of Force/Complaints Data (Fontana Police Department)
| Multi Request | Use of Force/Complaints Data |
| Submitted | Dec. 29, 2018 |
| Est. Completion | Jan. 24, 2019 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. The total number of police use of force incidents, by type of force used, between 2013-2017 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that police used force against, between 2013-2017 (separated by year).
3. The total number of police use of force complaints reported between 2013-2017 (separated by year).
4. The total number of police use of force complaints sustained between 2013-2017 (separated by year).
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 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Fontana Police Department
Good Morning,
Attached is our Department's response to your PRA Request.
Thank you,
[City of Fontana, California]
Kelsey Barak
Community Policing Technician * Fontana Police Department
City of Fontana * 17005 Upland Ave * Fontana, CA 92335
kbarak@fontana.org<mailto:kbarak@fontana.org> * Office: (909) 356-7166<tel:(909)%20356-7166>
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From: Fontana Police Department
Good Morning,
Attached is our Department's response to your PRA Request.
Thank you,
[City of Fontana, California]
Kelsey Barak
Community Policing Technician * Fontana Police Department
City of Fontana * 17005 Upland Ave * Fontana, CA 92335
kbarak@fontana.org<mailto:kbarak@fontana.org> * Office: (909) 356-7166<tel:(909)%20356-7166>
[Web] <http://www.fontana.org/> [Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/FontanaCA> [Twitter] <https://twitter.com/CityofFontanaCA> [YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/user/KFONTV>
[Inland Empire Top Workplaces 2017]
This email contains material that is CONFIDENTIAL and/or PRIVILEGED and for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, distribution or forwarding without express permission is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Thank you
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Hi, thanks for sending this. I'm confused as to why there are no responsive records to the first two parts of my request (use of force incidents by force type and number of people force was used on)? Are use of force incidents not reportable in Fontana? If they're not available for all of the years requested, can you please send me these data for 2016 and 2017?
Thank you.
Sam
From: Fontana Police Department
Mr. Sinyangwe,
I have been in meetings all morning and will be until 1700 today. I am not able to prepare a formal written response to your follow up question at this time, but I wanted to send a quick email regarding items 1 and 2 of your request to clear up the confusion you are feeling.
The Fontana Police Department does not track the totality of use of force incidents or total number of people that our police officers used force against.
Effective January 1, 2016 all LEAs were required to begin collecting data on specific uses of force for submittal to the DOJ beginning January 1, 2017. Your request does not specify that you are requesting that limited amount of data. If you would like to speak to one of our Administrative Services Division Internal Affairs Unit supervisors to clarify what you are requesting or what we can provide, we are happy to do so.
Please let us know.
Respectfully,
Angela
Angela Stover
Captain * Fontana Police Department
astover@fontana.org<mailto:astover@fontana.org> * Office: (909) 356-7134<tel:(909)%20356-7134>
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Very well, then I'm limiting my request for the following information:
-the number of incidents in which tasers and other conducted energy devices were used against civilians in 2016 and 2017 (separated by year)
-the number of incidents in which batons and other impact weapons (including projectiles) were used against civilians in 2016 and 2017 (separated by year)
-the number of incidents in which a carotid restraint was used against civilians in 2016 and 2017 (separated by year)
-the number of incidents in which OC spray and other chemical devices were used against civilians in 2016 and 2017 (separated by year)
Note that this is a request for the total number of incidents in which each of these were used, separated by each type of weapon and year, and is not limited to only incidents in which death or serious injury was caused. Let me know if you have these records.
Thank you.
Sam
From: Fontana Police Department
Good Morning Sam,
Do you have a contact number our Captain can reach you at?
Thank you,
Kelsey Barak
Community Policing Technician * Fontana Police Department
kbarak@fontana.org<mailto:kbarak@fontana.org> * Office: (909) 356-7166<tel:(909)%20356-7166>
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Call 407-808-6873.
Thanks,
Sam
From: Fontana Police Department
Hi everyone,
Sgt. Dills spoke to Sam this morning and explained that we track DOJ required items, but do not track the items he had requested in his revised PRA request below. Per Sgt. Dills, Sam understands what we can and cannot provide and will resubmit should he need further information. Sgt. Dills said no further response is needed at this time.
Thank you Sam for working with us. We appreciate you taking our call. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Have a great day!
Angela
Angela Stover
Captain * Fontana Police Department
astover@fontana.org<mailto:astover@fontana.org> * Office: (909) 356-7134<tel:(909)%20356-7134>
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