McKinney, TX PD Citizen Complaints

Dear Alexander Cartwright:

Thank you for your interest in public records of the McKinney Police Department. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with Chapter 552 of Texas Government, The Public Information Act. Your request was received in this office on 8/30/2017 and given the reference number P005119-083017 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: Other Police Record - August 28, 2017 McKinney Police Department2200 Taylor-Burk Dr.McKinney, TX 75071This is a follow up to a previous request: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.On Aug. 14, 2017: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. 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.4. 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.
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Mr. Cartwright,

Please see attached correspondence regarding your open records request.

Thank you,

Heather Moody
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Mr. Cartwright,

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Thank you,

Heather Moody
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McKinney Police Department
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Dear Alexander Cartwright:

Thank you for your interest in public records of the McKinney Police Department. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with Chapter 552 of Texas Government, The Public Information Act. Your request was received in this office on 9/25/2017 and given the reference number P005392-092517 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: Other Police Record - Do you have annual totals of internal complaints in your department for the previous 10 years? (See previous request ORR # P005119) #2
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