Florida Police Data Collection (Melbourne Police Department)
| Submitted | Aug. 19, 2021 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. the total number of use of force incidents reported by law enforcement, separated by year and by type of force used from 2013-2020 (for example: 27 taser incidents in 2019, 34 taser incidents in 2020, 6 baton incidents in 2019, 3 baton incidents in 2020, etc.)
2. the total number of civilian complaints alleging any form of law enforcement misconduct that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year (for example: 8 complaints in 2016, 2 complaints sustained in 2016, 4 complaints in 2017, 1 complaint sustained in 2017, etc.)
3. the total number of civilian complaints alleging law enforcement use of excessive force that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year.
4. the total number of civilian complaints alleging biased policing or racial profiling that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year.
5. the total number of civilian complaints alleging criminal conduct that were reported and the total number sustained from 2013-2020, separated by year.
6. all information reported to the FBI’s National Use-of-Force Data Collection program to date.
7. a list of all officer involved shootings that were directed at a person from 2013-2020 (excluding shootings of animals and accidental discharges that are not directed at a person).
If only partial information is available responsive to one or more of these requests, please provide all of the information that is available.
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.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Melbourne Police Department
Hello,
I believe we responded to the majority of this request last year. Please refer to my response provided last year for 2016-2019.
Please review and advise. If I am correct, we should only owe you 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2020.
Thanks,
Natasha Saunders
Records Supervisor
Melbourne Police Department
321-608-6591
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RE: Florida Sunshine Law Request: Police data collection project (Melbourne Police Department)
From: Melbourne Police Department
Hello again,
Item #1:
2013 and 2014 Response to Resistance reports have met their retention. 2016 - 2019 were provided last year and are re-attached for you here.
2015 and 2020 are attached.
Item #2:
Will be provided separate from this response, however, 2016 - 2019 were provided to you last year and are re-attached for you here.
Item #3:
Records provided within the response to Item #1
Item #4:
Will be provided separate from this response, however, 2016 - 2019 were provided to you last year and are re-attached for you here.
Item #5:
Will be provided separate from this response, however, 2016 - 2019 were provided to you last year and are re-attached for you here.
Item #6:
The Melbourne Police Department has not started submitting our data to the program yet. We are still in transition, but expect to be reporting in the very near future. At this time we do not have any records responsive to your specific request.
Item #7:
Will be provided separate from this response.
Natasha Saunders
Records Supervisor
Melbourne Police Department
321-608-6591
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RE: Florida Sunshine Law Request: Police data collection project (Melbourne Police Department)
From: Melbourne Police Department
Good afternoon,
Item #2, #4, #5 - Attached, labeled 2013 - 2020
Item #7 - Attached, labeled 1.3.6 Deadly Force
That will complete our response to your request.
Regards,
Natasha Saunders
Records Supervisor
Melbourne Police Department
321-608-6591
From: Melbourne Police Department
Sorry... I forgot a couple of additional results provided in connection with Item #4 & #7. Now the request is completed.
Natasha Saunders
Records Supervisor
Melbourne Police Department
321-608-6591
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