Florida sheriff's data (Hardee County Sheriff's Office)
| Multi Request | Florida sheriff's data |
| Submitted | July 12, 2019 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. The total number of deputy-involved use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that deputies used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against deputies 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 sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the county and any sheriff's deputies unions.
7. All records regarding deputy-involved shootings (including fatal shootings, non-fatal shootings and 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 deputies involved, whether administrative investigations found the incidents to be justified under sheriff's department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the deputies as a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from deputy-involved 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 deputies involved.
9. The number of in-custody deaths in jails from 2013-2018 (separated by year), broken down by cause of death (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural causes, etc.)
10. Statistics showing the total jail population each year from 2013-2018 (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 business days.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
Good afternoon, I wanted to touch base with you and let you know that our agency has recieved your request. I will research your request and be in touch with you on a possible cost. If you have any questions please let me know. Sincerely, Kim Pfeiffer
From: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
Good afternoon,
In reference to this request are you requesting our agency's entire policy
and procedure file?
Kim Pfeiffer
Law Enforcement Assistant
Criminal Investigations Division
Hardee County Sheriff's Office
(863)773-0304 ext. 229
(863)773-4593 fax
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Senate Bill 80 - effective July 1, 2006
Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want
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From: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
Good morning,
I was making contact to verify that you were still wanting this records
request and if so were you needing our agency's entire policy manual or just
the use of force?
Please let me know at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Kim Pfeiffer
Law Enforcement Assistant
Criminal Investigations Division
Hardee County Sheriff's Office
(863)773-0304 ext. 229
(863)773-4593 fax
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LEGAL NOTICE REGARDING EMAIL
Senate Bill 80 - effective July 1, 2006
Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want
your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not
send electronic email to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone
or in writing.
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Regarding that aspect of the request, you can limit it to just include the use of force policies.
-Sam
From: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
Good morning,
In regards to your records request we will need a payment of $59.30, (2 hours at $29.65 per hour of Record Clerks time).
Our agency takes business checks or money orders made out to the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office. The payment can be mailed to:
Hardee County Sheriff’s Office
Attn: Kim Pfeiffer
900 East Summit Street
Wauchula, FL 33873
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Kim Pfeiffer
Law Enforcement Assistant
Criminal Investigations Division
Hardee County Sheriff's Office
(863)773-0304 ext. 229
(863)773-4593 fax
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LEGAL NOTICE REGARDING EMAIL
Senate Bill 80 - effective July 1, 2006
Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic email to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $59.30 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 12, 2019. 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: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
Good morning,
In reference to your request, I received your check at the end of the business day on Friday of last week. Unfortunately, I have been out of the office and yesterday was my first day back. I will try and have this out either today or on Tuesday of next week. With the hurricane coming it’s been a little hectic, but I promise I haven’t forgotten about this.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Kim Pfeiffer
Evidence Custodian
Hardee County Sheriff’s Office
Office: 863-773-0304 ext. 229
Fax: 863-773-4593
From: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
Good afternoon,
Below are the stats that you requested. Our agency’s data on Use of Force does not go back to 2013, it only goes back to 2015.
1. 2018 – 21
2017 – 10
2016 – 18
2015 – 17
2. 2018 – 21
2017 – 10
2016 – 18
2015 – 17
3. Will be mailed.
4. Will be mailed.
5. Will be mailed.
6. We have no unions
7. None
8. None
9. 2018 – 0
2017 – 0
2016 – 1
2015 – 0
2014 – 0
2013 – 0
10. 2018 - 07/2019 – 120
2017- 2018 – 147
2016-2017 – 114
2015 – 2016 – 144
2014 – 2015 – 152
2013 – 2014 – 122
I will be mailing out a cd today with a copy of the documents. The files are too big for me to email them to you. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Kim Pfeiffer
Evidence Custodian
Hardee County Sheriff’s Office
Office: 863-773-0304 ext. 229
Fax: 863-773-4593
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Hi, thanks for sending this. For request #1, I requested use of force statistics by type of force used for each year (i.e. 2 baton incidents in 2018, 5 taser incidents in 2018, etc.). Can you please send me the data in this format?
Thanks,
Sam
From: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
I apologize for not sending this with the previous email. The end of 2017 we went to our electronic system, as of now our system does not break it down by category.
1. 2018 – 21
2017 – 10 4 taser 1 wrist restraint 1 hands on and 1 o/c
2016 – 18 11 taser 7 hands on
2015 – 17 10 taser 5 hands on
If you have any questions please let me know.
Sincerely,
Kim Pfeiffer
Evidence Custodian
Hardee County Sheriff’s Office
Office: 863-773-0304 ext. 229
Fax: 863-773-4593
From: Hardee County Sheriff's Office
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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Responsive Documents