Purchase records and 'less lethal' use records (Inglewood Police Department)
| Tracking # |
01/14/2022 |
| Multi Request | Purchase records and 'less lethal' use records |
| Submitted | Oct. 7, 2021 |
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From: John Lindsay-Poland
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. Purchase records, invoices, procurement documents and other documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds for the acquisition by your agency since July 1, 2015 of any of the following:
• Firearms of .50 caliber or greater
• Patrol rifles (as commonly denominated for law enforcement use) or assault rifles (as defined in Sections 30510 and 30515 of the California Penal Code)
• Wheeled vehicles that are built or modified to provide ballistic protection to their occupants, such as Bearcats or armored personnel carriers.
• Projectile launch platforms, such as 40mm projectile launchers, "bean bag" or specialty impact munition ("SIM") weapons, and "riot guns" used to disperse chemical agents
• Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD)
2. Purchase records, invoices, procurement documents and other documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds for the acquisition by your agency since July 1, 2018 of explosives and pyrotechnics, such as "flash bang" grenades and explosive breaching tools, and chemical weapons such as "teargas" and "pepper balls".
3. Records of deployment by your agency since January 1, 2020 of projectile launch platforms, such as 40mm projectile launchers, "bean bag" or specialty impact munition ("SIM") weapons, and "riot guns" used to disperse chemical agents; explosives and pyrotechnics, such as "flashbang" grenades and explosive breaching tools; and chemical weapons such as "teargas" and "pepper balls".
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.
If you would like to discuss this request, please feel free to reach out to me, John Lindsay-Poland, American Friends Service Committee, at 510-282-8983.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
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,
John Lindsay-Poland
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 Oct. 7, 2021. 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: 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 Oct. 7, 2021. 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: Inglewood Police Department
Dear John Lindsay-Poland,
We are in receipt of your California Public Records request (see below) that was received via email on October 7, 2021, before being forwarded to me via email. Please understand that we are in the process of reviewing our files in order to try to fulfill this request and we will need time to complete this task. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Respectfully,
Lieutenant Scott T. Collins
Adjutant, Office of the Chief of Police
Inglewood Police Department
310-412-8842
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 Oct. 7, 2021. 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: 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 Oct. 7, 2021. 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: 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 Oct. 7, 2021. 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: Inglewood Police Department
Thank you for checking back with me. I am sorry that this is taking some time but I have to gather the info from other sources. I am away from work all of this week and I hoping to have a reply to you within the next two weeks upon my return to work or by Friday, January 14, 2022. Thank you for your patience.
Lieutenant Scott T. Collins
Community Affairs Section
Inglewood Police Department
310-412-8842
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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 Oct. 7, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #01/14/2022.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Inglewood Police Department
Dear Sir,
I am responding to the CPRA request dated October 7, 2021 regarding firearms purchases and are attaching the following documents in response. This concludes the response to your request. Thank you.
Lieutenant Scott T. Collins
Community Affairs Section
Inglewood Police Department
310-412-8842
From: John Lindsay-Poland
Dear Lt. Collins,
Thank you so much for your response to my Public Records Act request for purchase and deployment records for certain equipment used by the Inglewood Police Department. I appreciate it.
There was a third point in my request, to which I don't see a response. It was this:
3. Records of deployment by your agency since January 1, 2020 of projectile launch platforms, such as 40mm projectile launchers, "bean bag" or specialty impact munition ("SIM") weapons, and "riot guns" used to disperse chemical agents; explosives and pyrotechnics, such as "flashbang" grenades and explosive breaching tools; and chemical weapons such as "teargas" and "pepper balls".
Can you let me know whether you conducted a search for such deployment records and, if so, the outcome of that search? Or, if you posted these and I missed it, please let me know.
Thanks so much.
John Lindsay-Poland
From: Inglewood Police Department
Thank you again for your correspondence and I must advise you that I am replying to this email, all the while, that I am away from work due to health and safety protocols. I do not have a time frame for my return to work and I will not continue to monitor or respond to these emails until I return. I must also advise that I no longer serve in this role for our department and I am simply trying to finalize your request since I started it. With that said, and besides the time I will be out due to health and safety protocols, this request is going to take me some time to complete. Unfortunately, our staff does not document deployments and I will have to go through several reports to try to determine a number of deployments and with which less lethal weapons. Sorry for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience.
Lieutenant Scott T. Collins
Community Affairs Section
Inglewood Police Department
310-412-8842
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~WRD000
From: John Lindsay-Poland
Dear Lt. Collins,
I appreciate your message and send best wishes for your health and safety. We will continue to monitor and hope the Department is able to respond to this request. Knowing that deployments are not documented in a systematic way is useful as well.
Thanks and best,
John Lindsay-Poland
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 Oct. 7, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #01/14/2022.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 Oct. 7, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #01/14/2022.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Inglewood Police Department
I hope to have this to you by at least <Arch 4, 2022. Thank you for your patience.
Lieutenant Scott T. Collins
Community Affairs Section
Inglewood Police Department
310-412-8842
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~WRD000
From: Inglewood Police Department
Dear Sirs,
I am sending this email in response to your email sent on, January 13, 2022, and which is highlighted in the email series below. With regards to #3 of your request:
· In the year 2020, the Inglewood Police Department had three incidents in which 40mm Foam Baton round(s) were deployed and two incidents in which pepper ball round(s) were deployed. In one of those same aforementioned incidents for 2020, both 40mm Foam Baton round(s) and pepper ball round(s) were deployed during the same incident.
· In the year 2021 (up until October 7, 2021), the Inglewood Police Department had three incidents in which 40mm Foam Baton round(s) were deployed and two incidents in which pepper ball round(s) were deployed. In two of those same aforementioned incidents for 2021, both 40mm Foam Baton round(s) and pepper ball round(s) were deployed during those same incidents.
A responsive document has also been provided to you for further clarification (see attachment). There are no further responsive records for this request. Thank you for your understanding.
Lieutenant Scott T. Collins
Community Affairs Section
Inglewood Police Department
310-412-8842
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From: John Lindsay-Poland
Dear Lt. Collins,
Thanks so much for your help with this request. I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
John Lindsay-Poland
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