Hayward, CA PD Citizen Complaints
| Submitted | Aug. 4, 2017 |
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (California Government Code §§ 6250), I hereby request the following records:
We are Economics Professors in the College of Business at Ferris State University, and are engaged in an empirical research project on police behavior and citizen complaints. This project requires us to request data from your department. If you have questions about this request or suggestions, we 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 our research, so we would like to emphasize, if you have questions about my request or suggestions, we 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 look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 4, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Monique Cosgriff
Dear Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer,
The attached is in response to your Public Records Act request received on August 4, 2017. Please see the attached document.
Regards,
Monique Cosgriff
Public Records Act Clerk/Police Records Clerk
Hayward Police Department
300 West Winton Ave
Hayward, CA 94544
510-293-7014
monique.cosgriff@hayward-ca.gov<mailto:monique.cosgriff@hayward-ca.gov>
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Thank you for the response. I look forward to hearing from you on or before 8/28.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
From: Monique Cosgriff
Dear Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer,
The attached is in response to your Public Records Act request received on August 4, 2017. Please see the attached document.
Regards,
Monique Cosgriff
Public Records Act Clerk/Police Records Clerk
Hayward Police Department
300 West Winton Ave
Hayward, CA 94544
510-293-7014
monique.cosgriff@hayward-ca.gov<mailto:monique.cosgriff@hayward-ca.gov>
From: Monique Cosgriff
Dear Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer,
The attached is in response to your Public Records Act request received on August 4, 2017. Please see the attached document.
Regards,
Monique Cosgriff
Public Records Act Clerk/Police Records Clerk
Hayward Police Department
300 West Winton Ave
Hayward, CA 94544
510-293-7014
monique.cosgriff@hayward-ca.gov<mailto:monique.cosgriff@hayward-ca.gov>
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
From: Monique Cosgriff
Hello,
The attached fax was received on 9/4/17. Was this fax sent in error? Or would you like me to send another copy of the final response and responsive records?
Thank you,
Monique Cosgriff
Public Records Act Clerk/Police Records Clerk
510-293-7014
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
The last fax was sent in error. We have received the information you sent along. Thank you very much. We truly appreciate it.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
From: Monique Cosgriff
Ms. Cartwright,
We received a couple more PRA status update request. Maybe the error is on Muckrock’s end?
Please see the request attached.
Thank you,
Monique Cosgriff
Public Records Act Clerk/Police Records Clerk
510-293-7014
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/4/17
Thank you very much for providing the information we requested. I am writing to ask for some clarification regarding the data on officer-involved shootings you provided us with. What constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department? For example, some departments do not count misses while others count all discharges; some include shots at animals. Other departments include intentional and accidental shootings; others do not. Some include all discharges and some exclude missed shots. Please explain to us how your department classifies the OIS included in the numbers you sent to us.
Very Respectfully, Alex Cartwright
From: Muckrock Staff
Hello,
I wanted to follow up on some questions regarding documents received via a Freedom of Information request, originally submitted on Aug. 4, 2017. I have copied the original follow up email below. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
"I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/4/17
Thank you very much for providing the information we requested. I am writing to ask for some clarification regarding the data on officer-involved shootings you provided us with. What constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department? For example, some departments do not count misses while others count all discharges; some include shots at animals. Other departments include intentional and accidental shootings; others do not. Some include all discharges and some exclude missed shots. Please explain to us how your department classifies the OIS included in the numbers you sent to us.
Very Respectfully, Alex Cartwright"
From: Hayward Police Department
Dear Mr. Cartwright,
This is in response to your Public Records Act request which we received on October 1, 2018 as a follow up on our response sent to you on August 25, 2017.
The attached document, which was previously provided in our earlier response, includes the statistics for officer-involved shootings as requested, separated into the categories of firearm discharged at a person, at an animal, and accidental. To respond to your current request, these numbers all include missed shots. Please advise if we can clarify anything further for you.
Regards,
Leah Mendes
Public Records Act Clerk/Police Records Clerk
Hayward Police Department
300 West Winton Ave.
Hayward, CA 94544
510-293-7014
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hello,
Thank you for this information. Can you please clarify, for those shootings that were directed at persons, what year did they occur in?
Thanks, -Alex
From: Hayward Police Department
Mr. Cartwright,
In reviewing the information previously provided to you, it appears that the date of occurrence information is clearly stated on each shooting incident. Please review document titled Final OIS numbers since 2005.pdf. I have attached a copy for your convenience.
I hope this answers all of your questions.
Regards,
Adam D Perez
Records Administrator/
Agency CLETS Coordinator
Hayward Police Department
(510)293-7267
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