Ft. Lauderdale, FL, PD Citizen Complaints

This office is in receipt of your public records request. Please be advised that my office will coordinate a response and has assigned the request reference number PRR 17-262. This number should be used in all future correspondence regarding this request. This request is being sent to the appropriate department staff to be processed. Fulfilling public records request may result in applicable fees that may be charged to the requestor. I will provide you with an invoice when the request is complete.

Kim Rhodes
Public Record Coordinator/Office of the Chief
Fort Lauderdale Police Department
1300 West Broward Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
954-828-5924

July 31, 2017
City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Office of Media Relations
1300 W. Broward Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Florida's Sunshine Law (Fla. Stat. secs. 119.01 to 119.15 (1995)), 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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

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Good morning
I sent a response and material via email on 8/9/17. I believe the records that I attached are too large. I will put the records and my response on a disc and put it in the mail to the address you provided.

Kim Rhodes
Public Record Coordinator/Office of the Chief
Fort Lauderdale Police Department
1300 West Broward Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
954-828-5924