Records request from BuzzFeed News: Incident reports for crimes of aggravated assault
| Submitted | Feb. 12, 2018 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Peter Aldhous
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Police incident or arrest reports for all crimes of aggravated assault recorded in 2016 (including descriptions of the incident).
Because aggregated statistics on these crimes are reported annually to the FBI under the Uniform Crime Reporting program by your agency, I believe you retain these records.
This request is made as part of the Documenting Hate Project, a collaboration involving dozens of news organizations including BuzzFeed News, led by ProPublica. Coverage from the project is compiled at https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/hatecrimes#hatecrime-coverage.
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, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Peter Aldhous
Science reporter | BuzzFeed News
tel: 415 800 3471
cell: 415 503 7323
989 Market Street, Suite 490
San Francisco CA 94103
From: Irving Police Department
Attached is a response to your request for information.
Lauren Gilmette | Legal Secretary
City of Irving |Irving Police Department
305 N. O'Connor Rd. Irving, TX 75061
P: (972) 721-2555 F: (972) 721-2505
lgilmette@cityofirving.org<mailto:lgilmette@cityofirving.org>
From: Irving Police Department
Attached is information responsive to your request.
Lauren Gilmette | Legal Secretary
City of Irving |Irving Police Department
305 N. O'Connor Rd. Irving, TX 75061
P: (972) 721-2555 F: (972) 721-2505
lgilmette@cityofirving.org<mailto:lgilmette@cityofirving.org>
From: Peter Aldhous
Attention: Les Moore, Police Legal Adviser
Dear Mr Moore,
Thanks for providing the sample report, and please excuse my delay in replying further - I'm afraid I was in Canada for a month, involved in a court case.
I would like to proceed with my earlier request, for which you provided a cost estimate of $840.
If I need to refile the request, please let me know. Otherwise, please let me know how to make the payment. If a check is required (rather than credit card payment), please let me know to whom it should be made payable, and the address to send it to.
Best wishes,
--
Peter Aldhous, PhD
Science reporter | BuzzFeed News
tel: 415 800 3471
cell: 415 503 7323
peter.aldhous@buzzfeed.com
@paldhous
www.peteraldhous.com
From: Irving Police Department
Good Morning Mr. Aldhous:
There is no need to re-submit your request, we are beginning the process of complying with your request and will provide you with more specific costs and payment information when we have a final tally. Please be patient; although we will process this expeditiously, it is going to take some time to review and redact any statutorily confidential information from all of the reports. (e.g. social security numbers, driver's license numbers, juvenile suspect identifiers.) The best estimate I can give you regarding the time it will take to process the information is 2 -4 weeks. Hopefully it won't take that long, but it is pretty labor intensive.
Respectfully,
Les Moore
Les Moore I Police Legal Advisor
City of Irving/Irving Police Department
305 N. O'Connor Rd., Irving, TX 75061
P: (972)721-2543 C: (469)261-9711
email: lmoore@cityofirving.org<mailto:lmoore@cityofirving.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 5:23 PM
To: Lauren Gilmette
Subject: RE: Texas Public Information Act Request: Records request from BuzzFeed News: Incident reports for crimes of aggravated assault
Irving Police Department
Texas Public Information Act Office
305 North O'Connor Road
Irving, TX 75061
May 21, 2018
This is a follow up to a previous request:
Attention: Les Moore, Police Legal Adviser
Dear Mr Moore,
Thanks for providing the sample report, and please excuse my delay in replying further - I'm afraid I was in Canada for a month, involved in a court case.
I would like to proceed with my earlier request, for which you provided a cost estimate of $840.
If I need to refile the request, please let me know. Otherwise, please let me know how to make the payment. If a check is required (rather than credit card payment), please let me know to whom it should be made payable, and the address to send it to.
Best wishes,
--
Peter Aldhous, PhD
Science reporter | BuzzFeed News
tel: 415 800 3471
cell: 415 503 7323
peter.aldhous@buzzfeed.com<mailto:peter.aldhous@buzzfeed.com>
@paldhous
www.peteraldhous.com<http://www.peteraldhous.com>
From: Peter Aldhous
Thanks! Do keep me informed
From: Irving Police Department
We will. Thank you.
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~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 12, 2018. 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: Irving Police Department
See the emails below from May 21 & 22. We responded with a cost estimate on March 1 and Mr. Aldhous responded to that on May 21. We estimated it would take 2 - 4 weeks to compile the information.
Les Moore I Police Legal Advisor
City of Irving/Irving Police Department
305 N. O'Connor Rd., Irving, TX 75061
P: (972)721-2543 C: (469)261-9711
email: lmoore@cityofirving.org<mailto:lmoore@cityofirving.org>
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~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 12, 2018. 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: Irving Police Department
We are still working on this request and will get to you as soon as we can.
Lauren Gilmette | Legal Secretary
City of Irving |Irving Police Department
305 N. O'Connor Rd. Irving, TX 75061
P: (972) 721-2555 F: (972) 721-2505
lgilmette@cityofirving.org<mailto:lgilmette@cityofirving.org>
-
~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 12, 2018. 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: Irving Police Department
Dear Dr. Aldhous,
We have completed the compilation of records responsive to your request for aggravated assault reports in 2016. We previously submitted a cost estimate of $840, including labor and copying costs. Ultimately, the allowable costs turned out to be $561.20 - $390.00 for labor (26 hours at $15.00 per hour) and $171.20 for copying costs (1712 pages at .10 per page) The records are too voluminous to send electronically, however we will mail them to you upon receipt of $561.20. Please make your check payable to City of Irving; you can mail it to me at the address below. Thank you for your patience.
Respectfully,
Les Moore I Police Legal Advisor
City of Irving/Irving Police Department
305 N. O'Connor Rd., Irving, TX 75061
P: (972)721-2543 C: (469)261-9711
email: lmoore@cityofirving.org<mailto:lmoore@cityofirving.org>
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