Vacations During Jan 2020 and 2021 (Los Angeles Police Department)

City of Los Angeles

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Your first City of Los Angeles record request (request number #21-219) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.

Request #21-219.

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City of Los Angeles

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A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-219:

Dear Requester:

The Department continues to process CPRA requests as they come in during the COVID-19 public health crisis, and will endeavor to do so in a timely manner.  While the Department will be making every effort to comply with its statutory obligations, due to the COVID-19 crisis and the City and Department's efforts to tackle its effects, the actual production of records responsive to your request (if any) may be delayed if Department resources are needed to perform critical functions or are constrained due to the pandemic.  The Department greatly appreciates your patience during this difficult time, as the entire community and nation deals with this unusual and serious situation.  During this crisis, the Department would also ask that requesters consider postponing the submission of any requests that can wait until after the immediate crisis has abated.

If you have any questions, please respond to this e-mail.

Respectfully,

LAPD Discovery Section, CPRA Unit

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City of Los Angeles

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A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-219:

Dear Requester:

I have reviewed your California Public Records Act request. 

Please be advised that, pursuant to California Government Code Section 6253(c), I 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, my 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, simply respond to this email. 

Respectfully,

LAPD Discovery Section CPRA Unit

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City of Los Angeles

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-219:

Dear Requester:

Please be advised that the Department continues to search for, identify, and/or review responsive records and will respond as soon as practicable.  Thank you for your continued patience.

Respectfully,

LAD Discovery, CPRA Unit

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City of Los Angeles

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-219:

Dear Requester:

Please be advised that the Department continues to search for, identify, and/or review responsive records and will respond as soon as practicable.  Thank you for your continued patience.

Respectfully,

LAD Discovery, CPRA Unit

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A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-219:

Dear Ms. Lucy Parsons Labs,

Thank you for your continued patience.  Please note that a new analyst has been assigned to your request, who will review the request and provide you with an update as soon as possible.

Thank you again for your patience and understanding.  If you have any questions, please respond to this email.

Respectfully,

LAPD Discovery Section, CPRA Unit  

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-219:

Dear Lucy Parsons Labs:

Please be advised that the Department continues to search for, identify, and/or review responsive records and will respond as soon as practicable.  Thank you for your continued patience.

Respectfully,

LAD Discovery, CPRA Unit

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City of Los Angeles

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Hi there

Record request #21-219 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

Dear Requester,

Thank you for your patience. We have reviewed 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 records:

“…Records sufficient to show the names, star numbers, respective dates, and the type of time off of all police officers and/or employees who requested any personal time off, vacation days, personal days, furlough days, or any other time off for the dates of, on, or between Jan 1, 2021 and January 8, 2021 AS WELL AS the dates of, on, or between Jan 1, 2020 and January 8, 2020.”

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.

The Department conducted a search and responds to your request as follows:

Government Code Section 6255 of the California Public Records Act exempts records where “the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure.” The Department would have to take affirmative steps to locate all potentially responsive documents, related to the " the names, star numbers, respective dates, and the type of time off of all police officers and/or employees who requested any personal time off, vacation days, personal days, furlough days, or any other time off for the dates of, on, or between Jan 1, 2021 and January 8, 2021 AS WELL AS the dates of, on, or between Jan 1, 2020 and January 8, 2020”, for the 12,955 LAPD personnel in 2021, and 13,196 personnel in 2020, then manually review and extract the specific information that is being sought. The “public interest” provision of Section 6255 to include an exemption where production of the requested information would be unduly burdensome to the public agency involved.

Furthermore, to the extent that the Department has any records responsive to your request, related to  " the names, star numbers, respective dates, and the type of time off of all police officers and/or employees who requested any personal time off, vacation days, personal days, furlough days, or any other time off for the dates of, on, or between Jan 1, 2021 and January 8, 2021 AS WELL AS the dates of, on, or between Jan 1, 2020 and January 8, 2020”, the Department also asserts the Government Code Section 6255 in withholding the the requested information. The Act addresses this need to balance competing interests at times by providing an exemption under Section 6255 for records, as in this case, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Therefore, your request is denied.

Thank you again for your patience.  If you have any questions, please respond to this email.

Respectfully,

LAPD Discovery Section, CPRA Unit

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Record request #21-219 has been published and is now available for public view.

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