Hate Crime Data (2010-2020) (Los Angeles Police Department)
| Tracking # |
22-10337 |
| Multi Request | Hate Crime Data (2010-2020) |
| Submitted | Oct. 6, 2022 |
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From: Michael Topper
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Information on all hate crimes occuring in the city of jurisdiction from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2020. The information should include (although not be restricted to) the following: date-of-occurrence (YYYY-MM-DD), time-of-occurrence (HH:MM), description of crime committed, location information at the finest geographic level available (street address or block), beat, district, weapon used, bias motivation (e.g., Anti-Black/Anti-Gay/Anti-Transgender), number of suspect(s), number of victim(s), injuries incurred, suspect(s) race, victim(s) race, victim(s) sex, suspect(s) sex,, victim(s) age, suspect(s) age.
Please provide me with these public records in a machine-readable ASCII format, such as a CSV, SQL, TXT, or similar raw file. CSV or SQL files are preferred when available. Please email the responsive records to my email address: michaeltopper@ucsb.edu.
If email transmission is not feasible, I agree to prepay the actual cost of the storage medium on which the responsive records are transmitted, any postage costs incurred.
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,
Michael Topper
From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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Your first City of Los Angeles record request (request number #22-10337) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.
Request #22-10337.
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From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #22-10337:
Dear Requester,
Your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request was received and will be assigned to a CPRA Analyst.
If you have any further questions, please respond to this email
Respectfully,
LAPD Public Records & Subpoena Response Section, CPRA Unit
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From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #22-10337:
Dear Requester:
We have reviewed your California Public Records Act request.
Please be advised that, pursuant to California Government Code Section 6253(c), we have found that “unusual circumstances” exist with respect to the request due to the need to search for, collect, and review the requested records from other Department entities which are separate from the office processing the request. Therefore, our staff will require the statutory fourteen days extension of time in which to respond. A determination concerning your request will be made as soon as possible.
If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please respond to this email.
Respectfully,
LAPD Public Records & Subpoena Response Section, CPRA Unit
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From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #22-10337:
Dear Requester:
Please be advised that the Department continues to search for responsive records and will respond as soon as practicable. Thank you for your continued patience.
Respectfully,
LAPD Public Records & Subpoena Response Section, CPRA Unit
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From: Michael Topper
Hello,
I wanted to follow-up on this request to see if there is any update on the status.
Thank you so much for your help.
Michael
From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #22-10337:
Dear Requester:
We received your correspondence from November 16, 2022.
We have identified a responsive record and are continuing to review it for applicable exemptions. We will provide you with the responsive record upon completion of our review. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.
Respectfully,
LAPD Public Records & Subpoena Response Section, CPRA Unit
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From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #22-10337:
Dear Requester:
Thank you for your patience.
We are continuing to review the responsive record, which will be redacted to protect from disclosure confidential information, pursuant to Government Code Sections 6254(f)(3), 6254(k), and 6255, the Penal Code, and the Welfare and Institutions Code Section 827.9.
Furthermore, regarding your request for the injuries incurred, please be advised that the Department does not track or maintain this data in a database. In order to collect the data, the Department would have to take affirmative steps to manually search each report to determine if any records contain the information you have requested. Thus, the Department asserts Government Code Section 6255 of the California Public Records Act, which exempts records where “the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure." The “public interest” provision of Section 6255 includes an exemption where production of the requested information would be unduly burdensome to the public agency involved. Therefore, we are denying this item of your request.
The Department estimates that it will provide you with the responsive, redacted record by or before January 2, 2023.
If you have any questions, please respond to this email.
Respectfully,
LAPD Public Records & Subpoena Response Section, CPRA Unit
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From: Michael Topper
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing your response on, or before, January 2, 2023.
Michael
From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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Record request #22-10337 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:
Dear Requester:
Thank you for your patience.
We have completed our review of your request to the Los Angeles Police Department (“LAPD” or “Department”) under the California Public Records Act (Cal. Govt. Code section 6250, et seq., hereinafter the “CPRA” or “Act”) seeking the following:
"Information on all hate crimes occuring in the city of jurisdiction from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2020. The information should include (although not be restricted to) the following: date-of-occurrence (YYYY-MM-DD), time-of-occurrence (HH:MM), description of crime committed, location information at the finest geographic level available (street address or block), beat, district, weapon used, bias motivation (e.g., Anti-Black/Anti-Gay/Anti-Transgender), number of suspect(s), number of victim(s), injuries incurred, suspect(s) race, victim(s) race, victim(s) sex, suspect(s) sex, victim(s) age, suspect(s) age." [sic]
The Department is cognizant of its responsibilities under the Act. It recognizes the statutory scheme was enacted to maximize citizen access to the workings of government. The Act does not mandate disclosure of all documents within the government’s possession. Rather, by specific exemption and reference to other statutes, the Act recognizes that there are boundaries where the public’s right to access must be balanced against such weighty considerations as the right of privacy, a right of constitutional dimension under California Constitution, Article 1, Section 1. The law also exempts from disclosure records that are privileged or confidential or otherwise exempt under either express provisions of the Act or pursuant to applicable federal or state law, per California Government Code Sections 6254(b); 6254(c); 6254(f); 6254(k); and 6255.
A responsive document has been provided to you, pertaining to hate crime data from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2020, including column fields for date and time of occurrence, report number ("DR_NBR"), area, reporting district, description of crime committed, bias motivation, weapon used, party (suspect, victim, arrestee, or involved party), party sequence (the ordinal number of suspect(s) and victim(s) for each incident), and the suspects' and victims' sex, descent (which includes race), and ages.
For the requested location information, you may cross-reference the provided report numbers ("DR_NBR") in Column D of the responsive document with the crime data publicly available on the City's Open Data portal. By doing so, this eliminates the need to review each individual incident location for confidentiality and privacy exemptions; therefore, no redactions were necessary.
Open Data may be accessed at the following links:
City of LA Crime Data from 2010 to 2019:
City of LA Crime Data from 2020 to Present:
The location information in Open Data has already been reviewed for public release.
Within each link above, data can be viewed by clicking "View Data."
Within each Dataset, the Filter function can be used to filter for the reporting number (DR_NO) and MO Codes (Mocodes).
For example, the following filter may be used to ascertain location information from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2019:
Add a New Filter Condition, from the drop-down select:
DR_NO -> contains
· [DR_NBR] from the responsive document provided (Column D).
Confirm the small box to the left of the search term box is checked.
In the alternative, you may also filter by MO Code (0903 & 0921):
Add a New Filter Condition, from the drop-down select:
Mocodes -> contains
· [0903] or
· [0921]
Confirm the small box to the left of the search term box is checked.
You may download the datasets via the "Export" function for easier cross-referencing.
A manual for deciphering codes used in the dataset has been provided to you, titled "CCADMANUAL2019_121819.pdf."
If you have any questions, please respond to this email.
Respectfully,
LAPD Public Records & Subpoena Response Section, CPRA Unit
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From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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A document has been released for record request #22-10337:
* 22-10337.xlsx
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22-10337
From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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A document has been released for record request #22-10337:
* CCADMANUAL2019_121819.pdf
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From: Michael Topper
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Michael Topper
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