Sheriff Data Collection Request (2016-2020)

Samuel Sinyangwe filed this request with the Kern County Sheriff's Office of Kern County, CA.
Tracking #

RR-2023-1

Status
Completed

Communications

From: Samuel Sinyangwe

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

the total number of use of force incidents, separated by year, from 2016-2020 (for example, 302 use of force incidents in 2016, 287 use of force incidents in 2017, etc.)

When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data for each item in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead.

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,

Samuel Sinyangwe

From:

Dear Requestor,


Thank you for submitting a request for records on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 1:15 PM (Pacific Standard Time).
Your request reference number is Request Number: RR-2023-1 and your security key is not required.
Please have both reference numbers available when communicating with our staff regarding your request.
Thank you,


Kern County Sheriff's Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
(661) 391-7518 or (661) 391-7462
cprarequests@kernsheriff.org

*Note: This is an automated email notification. Please do not respond to this email.

From: Kern County Sheriff's Office

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe:

Re: Request Number Request Number: RR-2023-1 Submitted on: 12/23/2022 at 12:00:00 am

Please consider this email the Kern County Sheriff’s Office’s (“KCSO”) response to your 12/23/2022 at 12:00:00 am request for records under the California Public Records Act. For reference, your request is included below:

the total number of use of force incidents, separated by year, from 2016-2020 (for example, 302 use of force incidents in 2016, 287 use of force incidents in 2017, etc.) When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data for each item in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead. 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.

The KCSO has records responsive to your request and will provide those to you within the next 10 business days. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

MaryClaire Walsh
Civil Litigation Coordinator
Kern County Sheriff's Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Ph: 661-391-7518
Fax: 661-391-7404
Email: walshm@kernsheriff.org

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Bakersfield, CA 93308-2231

January 18, 2023

This is a follow up to request number RR-2023-1:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 23, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #RR-2023-1.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:
http://url2602.justfoia.com/ls/click?upn=XfJvxk0gd1RbNAoCtqw15shv484ucFFIazOudcBo6e6r3qGT-2BbxCMYJ-2FrnPJT37aRLJyGZxgjxTWzeo5NOMBW1Kh7-2F0lVLEBoE0q9toAN-2F1JX-2FDizz7QU2mJbrnf15fdU9rXkaFmAJo070A4n6zUkxLyF-2F5-2BxL3UFD-2FxRPx0Jo9AS29EQ1IB8HRXEjvF3Waj7jrVT85AzG1HmnNAWd-2F7ueJdC4peEtfWxp1cWn2IMi6fNj3vAxTuFZzcl5TWEExMMu-2FgtzOntJqo9BV0msSiMPerzZljaw7qVNnOKpVZSuhDhovCPiZZ9ZoeAjwcEwymLEZgq0kKsrqNQV-2FTWHW8JD5mTvGb5-2BE4lj-2FYQTb3EdOnWl-2BcBrBpjj5Wx4tWhRWiW9crLpy59ePmqcdgnmxqTk5aL1Nn9D-2FLLQFIMqesxArmggVIFQrY7Y7-2Bl5uO3zyZgtEe31O3om5XWT7zUTMArOD13H2Ti7hfvJitUm-2BrG0omFeoIcA4bj81r4guijjcTjCvnAMnGe6cYTWZiIMlQJg-3D-3Drmnu_uxe-2FqvMZpcDxcyf9GmQyI0nvdJjbuVS-2B-2BOy8ACfc9lVHrFTDDzyLxars3-2BglfPf-2FnGrCdJfhYsbSu2HIrhvJb7eqYHD5sc80XmGTXcPp8fzpIfgBgt0XzARqQefBrQnRBsfkXdhbELbklRSUpz-2F6BsIlwODQ-2FzKnIy5FObINIP69emr7jiSapV6mv1SgH6-2B9RHA5PDgap9DgG6Ei9vlGxRLDll492vfnohsEWTAoD9C5rRE0QpYo6uRqKzWc4iT8

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On Jan. 3, 2023:
Subject: RR-2023-1, Records Request Dated 12/23/2022 at 12:00:00 am
Dear Samuel Sinyangwe:

Re: Request Number Request Number: RR-2023-1 Submitted on: 12/23/2022 at 12:00:00 am

Please consider this email the Kern County Sheriff’s Office’s (“KCSO”) response to your 12/23/2022 at 12:00:00 am request for records under the California Public Records Act. For reference, your request is included below:

the total number of use of force incidents, separated by year, from 2016-2020 (for example, 302 use of force incidents in 2016, 287 use of force incidents in 2017, etc.) When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data for each item in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead. 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.

The KCSO has records responsive to your request and will provide those to you within the next 10 business days. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

MaryClaire Walsh
Civil Litigation Coordinator
Kern County Sheriff's Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Ph: 661-391-7518
Fax: 661-391-7404
Email: walshm@kernsheriff.org
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On Jan. 3, 2023:
Subject: Kern County Sheriff's Office Records Request Confirmation RR-2023-1
Dear Requestor,

Thank you for submitting a request for records on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 1:15 PM (Pacific Standard Time).
Your request reference number is Request Number: RR-2023-1 and your security key is not required.
Please have both reference numbers available when communicating with our staff regarding your request.
Thank you,

Kern County Sheriff's Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
(661) 391-7518 or (661) 391-7462
cprarequests@kernsheriff.org

*Note: This is an automated email notification. Please do not respond to this email.

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On Dec. 23, 2022:
Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Sheriff Data Collection Request (2016-2020)
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

the total number of use of force incidents, separated by year, from 2016-2020 (for example, 302 use of force incidents in 2016, 287 use of force incidents in 2017, etc.)

When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data for each item in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead.

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,

Samuel Sinyangwe

View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:
http://url2602.justfoia.com/ls/click?upn=XfJvxk0gd1RbNAoCtqw15shv484ucFFIazOudcBo6e6r3qGT-2BbxCMYJ-2FrnPJT37aRLJyGZxgjxTWzeo5NOMBW1Kh7-2F0lVLEBoE0q9toAN-2F1JX-2FDizz7QU2mJbrnf15fdU9rXkaFmAJo070A4n6zUkxLyF-2F5-2BxL3UFD-2FxRPx0Jo9AS29EQ1IB8HRXEjvF3Waj7jrVT85AzG1HmnNAWd-2F7ueJdC4peEtfWxp1cWn2IMi6fNj3vAxTuFZzcl5TWEExMMu-2FgtzOntJqo9BV0msSiMPerzZljaw7qVNnOKpVZSuhDhovCPiZZ9ZoeAjwcEwymLEZgq0kKsrqNQV-2FTWHW8JD5mTvGb5-2BE4lj-2FYQTb3EdOnWl-2BcBrBpjj5Wx4tWhRWiW9crLpy59ePmqcdgnmxqTk5aL1Nn9D-2FLLQFIMqesxArmggVIFQrY7Y7-2Bl5uO3zyZgtEe31O3om5XWT7zUTMArOD13H2Ti7hfvJitUm-2BrG0omFeoIcA4bj81r4guijjcTjCvnAMnGe6cYTWZiIMlQJg-3D-3D5wG2_uxe-2FqvMZpcDxcyf9GmQyI0nvdJjbuVS-2B-2BOy8ACfc9lVHrFTDDzyLxars3-2BglfPf-2FnGrCdJfhYsbSu2HIrhvJbw7MvDCAUqUXfq9L6vt9IDASzau39rBZq-2Fs2pNwTc5UucAvBjPK0kbdxCCfSEvskynPKzz0QS9pYJ-2BKdz-2BO7-2FCF2yCAVN36EFYnhqoIdQ7PRz43rk7qfLQKi9up2-2B3Ith8embk7Oi8Icnx66eJSo1f0wMe7jMPUujE3pfIsBTa8A

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PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 138247
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.

From: Kern County Sheriff's Office

Dear Mr. Sinyangwe:

Re: Request Number Request Number: RR-2023-1 Submitted on: 12/23/2022

This email is in follow up to our January 3, 2023, email in response to your records request. The records responsive to your request (included herein) will be transmitted to you in separate email containing a download link for the records.

the total number of use of force incidents, separated by year, from 2016-2020 (for example, 302 use of force incidents in 2016, 287 use of force incidents in 2017, etc.) When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data for each item in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead. 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.

With the transmission of this response letter, the KCSO will consider its response to your request completed. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

MaryClaire Walsh
Civil Litigation Coordinator
Kern County Sheriff's Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Ph: 661-391-7518
Fax: 661-391-7404
Email: walshm@kernsheriff.org

From:

Dear Requestor,

The request Request Number: RR-2023-1 has been completed. Please click on the request link to download the response documentation.


Thank you,

Kern County Sheriff's Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
(661) 391-7518 or (661) 391-7462
cprarequests@kernsheriff.org

*Note: This is an automated email notification. Please do not respond to this email.

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