Police Data Collection Request (2021)

Dear Requestor,

Thank you for submitting a request for records on Monday, October 17, 2022 at 3:22 PM (Pacific Standard Time).

Your request reference number is Request Number: PRR-2022-53 and your security key is 746935.

Please have both reference numbers available when communicating with our staff regarding your request.

Thank you,
City Clerk
City of Merced
678 W. 18th Street
Merced, CA 95340
(209) 388-8650
cityclerk@cityofmerced.org

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RE: Request Number Request Number: PRR-2022-53 Submitted on: 10/17/2022 at 3:22:18 pm

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe

The City of Merced (“City”) is in receipt of your request dated 10/17/2022 at 3:22:18 pm, received by the City on Date received, in which you make a request pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code § 6250, et seq.) for records relating to:

To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records: 1. the total number of use of force incidents, separated by type of force and year used in 2021 (for example, information that specifies the number of taser incidents in 2021, baton incidents in 2021, etc.) 2. the total number of civilian complaints alleging any form of law enforcement misconduct that were reported and the total number sustained in 2021. 3. the total number of civilian complaints alleging law enforcement use of excessive force that were reported and the total number sustained in 2021. 4. the total number of civilian complaints alleging biased policing or racial profiling that were reported and the total number sustained in 2021. 5. the total number of civilian complaints alleging criminal conduct that were reported and the total number sustained in 2021. 6. the total number of officer involved shootings in 2021, both fatal and non-fatal. When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data for each item in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead. Note that my requests for civilian complaints are specifically for civilian complaints alleging police misconduct, please do not include complaints filed by one officer/the department against another officer. 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.

The City takes its responsibilities as guardians of the public’s information seriously and will make its best efforts to respond to your requests within the limits of the Public Records Act. We write to inform you that the City will need an additional fourteen (14) calendar days to respond to your request. The additional time is needed to coordinate between multiple staff members and City departments, and to search for, identify and collect, and examine a potentially voluminous amount of separate and distinct records. The City will make all reasonable efforts to provide you with a written response to your request regarding which of those records sought are in the possession of the City and otherwise disclosable by no later than November 10th, and at that time the City will provide you with a more exact response. Please be further aware that if the City identifies records that are disclosable, the City will need to review these records for applicable exemptions under the law, and if necessary, redact confidential, privileged, or exempt portions of disclosable records.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Levesque
Assistant City Clerk
City of Merced
678 W. 18th Street
Merced, California 95340
(209) 388-8650
cityclerk@cityofmerced.org

Good Afternoon,

The City Attorney's Office is currently reviewing documents and anticipates producing them by November 16th.

Thank you,

Jennifer Levesque

Dear Requestor,

The request Request Number: PRR-2022-53 has been completed. Please click on the request link to download the response documentation.


Thank you,
Jennifer Levesque
Assistant City Clerk
City of Merced
678 W. 18th Street
Merced, CA 95340
(209) 388-8650
cityclerk@cityofmerced.org


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