League City, TX PD Citizen Complaints

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer filed this request with the League Police Department of League City, TX.
Due June 3, 2020
Est. Completion None
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Awaiting Response

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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last 10 years in your department? 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 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

From: League Police Department

A copy of documents responsive to the request.

From: MuckRock

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last 10 years in your department? 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 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

From: Williamson, K.R.

Your follow-up has been forwarded to League City Police Department Records Division.

K.R. Williamson
Media Relations and Public Information Officer
Police Department
City of League City
555 W. Walker St.
League City, Texas 77573
Phone: 281-554-1844

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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 14, 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: League Police Department

I will find out what the holdup is asap.

K.R. Williamson
Media Relations and Public Information Officer
Police Department
City of League City
555 W. Walker St.
League City, Texas 77573
Phone: 281-554-1844

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CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT
This message and all attachments are confidential and may be protected by the attorney-client and other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you believe this message has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender by replying to this transmission or by calling the City of League City at 281-554-1000, and destroy all copies of the original message. Unless expressly stated in this e-mail, nothing in this message shall be construed as a digital or electronic signature. Thank you for your cooperation.

From: League Police Department

Under the Texas Public Information Act we do not have to answer questions as part of a request. This request is only a series of questions. Please forward all further requests to Teri.Guerrero@leaguecitytx.gov

K.R. Williamson
Media Relations and Public Information Officer
Police Department
City of League City
555 W. Walker St.
League City, Texas 77573
Phone: 281-554-1844

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CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT
This message and all attachments are confidential and may be protected by the attorney-client and other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you believe this message has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender by replying to this transmission or by calling the City of League City at 281-554-1000, and destroy all copies of the original message. Unless expressly stated in this e-mail, nothing in this message shall be construed as a digital or electronic signature. Thank you for your cooperation.

From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Dear K.R. Williamson,

We understand that you do not need to answer questions as part of a FOIA request. I am humbly asking if you would consider sending documents that contain the data we are looking for. Different departments have different names for the annual reports that contain the data we are seeking. Could you please re-consider our request in this light?

Very Respectfully,
-Alex Cartwright

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