Florida police data (City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. The total number of police use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that police used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against police between 2013-2018.
4. A copy of any documents indicating whether the civilian complaints identified in request #3 were sustained.
5. The policy manual of the police department.
6. The current union contract between the city and any police unions.
7. All records regarding police shootings (including fatal police shootings, non-fatal police shootings and police shootings at a civilian that missed) between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident, the names of all officers involved, whether administrative investigations found the incidents to be justified under police department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the officers as a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from police use of force between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident and the names of all officers involved.

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.

Sincerely,

Samuel Sinyangwe

Hi, in an effort to limit this request and the cost associated with it please provide an estimate for the cost of completing the following requests:
1. The total number of police use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that police used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against police between 2013-2018.
4. A document indicating whether the civilian complaints identified in request #3 were sustained.
7. A list of all police shootings (including fatal police shootings, non-fatal police shootings and police shootings at a civilian that missed) between 2013-2018 that includes the date of each shooting, the names and race of each officer and subject involved, any weapons the subject was allegedly armed with, any injuries or death caused by the shooting, and whether or not the shooting was ruled justified following investigation.
8. A list of all uses of force causing death or serious injury between 2013-2018 that includes the date of each incident, the names and race of each officer and subject involved, any weapons the subject was allegedly armed with, and whether or not the use of force was ruled justified following investigation.

Thanks,

Sam

Let’s do items 1-2, 4, 7 and 8. Then for item 3, can you just provide aggregate statistics on the total number of complaints reported each year and the number sustained per year?

Thanks,

Sam

To Whom It May Concern:

Please find enclosed a check for $14.10 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.

Thank you.

Hi, thanks for providing these documents. The data you provided showing the number of uses of force per force type used groups all uses of force from 2013-2018, instead of showing the totals for each year separately as I requested. Can you please provide these data for each year separately?

Thanks!

-Sam