MVPD RIPA Data Request
| Submitted | March 17, 2023 |
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From: Frank Shinneman
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1) Any and all records reflecting data collected and recorded by the Mill Valley Police Department in accordance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) from January 1, 2022, through the present. Please provide the raw data in excel or csv format.
2) Any and all reports, records, and analyses created by, for, or at the direction of, the City of Mill Valley that pertain to any RIPA data that has been collected by the Mill Valley Police Department since June 1, 2021
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,
Frank Shinneman
From: Mill Valley Police Department
March 27, 2023
Via Email: requests@muckrock.com
Dear Mr. Shinneman,
The Mill Valley Police Department has received your California Public Records Act request via MuckRock in an email dated March 17, 2023:
1) Any and all records reflecting data collected and recorded by the Mill Valley Police Department in accordance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) from January 1, 2022, through the present. Please provide the raw data in excel or csv format.
2) Any and all reports, records, and analyses created by, for, or at the direction of, the City of Mill Valley that pertain to any RIPA data that has been collected by the Mill Valley Police Department since June 1, 2021
Mill Valley Police Department is in the process of gathering and reviewing the requested records. Please be advised that Mill Valley Police Department is exercising its authority pursuant to Government Code 7922.535 to extend the time to respond to your request. The reason for the delay is as follows: Gov. 7922.535 (b)-(c)(5).: The need to compile data.
You will receive a more complete response no later than April 10, 2023.
Thank you for your patience in awaiting this information
Sincerely,
Lindsay Haynes
Captain
From: Mill Valley Police Department
Amend originally cited Government code:
Mill Valley Police Department is in the process of gathering and reviewing the requested records. Please be advised that Mill Valley Police Department is exercising its authority pursuant to Government Code 7922.535 to extend the time to respond to your request. The reason for the delay is as follows: Gov. 7922.535 (b)-(c)(4): The need to compile data, to write programming language or a computer program, or to construct a computer report to extract data.
From: Mill Valley Police Department
Via Email: requests@muckrock.com
Dear Mr. Shinneman,
This letter is in response to your California Public Records Act request made via MuckRock in which you request:
1. Any and all records reflecting data collected and recorded by the Mill Valley Police Department in accordance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) from January 1, 2022, through the present. Please provide the raw data in excel or csv format, and,
2. Any and all reports, records, and analyses created by, for, or at the direction of, the City of Mill Valley that pertain to any RIPA data that has been collected by the Mill Valley Police Department since June 1, 2021.
Enclosed/attached are copies of reports, records, analysis, links pertaining to RIPA data Mill Valley Police Department has available:
• Mill Valley Police Department RIPA Data Charts 2021 June – 2022 May
• Mill Valley Police Department RIPA Data Charts 2022 Oct-Dec
• Mill Valley Police Department RIPA Data spreadsheet
• Mill Valley Police Department public city webpage Transparency RIPA Data link:
https://www.cityofmillvalley.org/906/RIPA-Data
• 2021.04.19 City of Mill Valley Council Meeting link:
http://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=cityofmillvalley_66c2f5564e2eb999ce14e4d62764e784.pdf
Corresponding 2021.04.19 City of Mill Valley Council Meeting Video link:
https://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/player/clip/1605?view_id=2&redirect=true&h=dec9bbdba9ba5adb309d1a6fa3f5ff6d
• 2021.10.18 City of Mill Valley Council Meeting link:
https://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1659
Corresponding 2021.10.18 City of Mill Valley Council Meeting Video link:
https://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/player/clip/1659?view_id=2&meta_id=80484&redirect=true&h=cdcfda8a33d8c65d572a3ec131555580
• 2022.10.03 City of Mill Valley Council Meeting link:
https://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1762
Corresponding 2022.10.03 City of Mill Valley Council Meeting Video link:
https://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/player/clip/1762?view_id=2&redirect=true&h=19d5c3e8744697231a93072cef1324d2
• City of Mill Valley Boards, Commissions and Committees Archived Meeting link:
https://www.cityofmillvalley.org/278/Watch-Meetings-Online
• Mill Valley Police Department’s Bias Free Policing Policy 218 updated 2022/03/23 link:
https://www.cityofmillvalley.org/906/RIPA-Data
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly.
Respectfully,
Lindsay Haynes
Captain
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RIPA_MVPD_Data_MuckRock_PRA.xlsx
From: Frank Shinneman
Dear Ms. Haynes,
Thank you for your timely response. My request was for data to the present. Your response included excel data as supplied to the state only until 5/31/22, one year ago. Has MVPD stopped reporting to the State of California? If not, please supply this data table covering 6/1/22 to the most recent submission to the State of California.
Best Regards,
Frank Shinneman
From: Mill Valley Police Department
Mr. Shinneman,
On April 13, 2023 Mill Valley Police Department responded to your query dated April 12, 2023. The response looks to not have populated in this communication thread and we include our response again for clarification. Thank you for the opportunity to do so.
The data reflected on our public webpage titled “RIPA Data” is up-to-date and current and contains RIPA data through March 2023. It can be found again for your convenience at https://www.cityofmillvalley.org/906/RIPA-Data. Thank you for alerting us to a discrepancy in the date previously shown for this data collection. We have made the necessary correction.
Mill Valley Police Department reports data to the California Department of Justice as mandated pursuant to AB 953 and which fulfills our annual reporting requirements. We have supplied, as noted in our previous response, data we have available and included subsequent links to additional RIPA material for transparency purposes.
Additionally, the City of Mill Valley's data was included in the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Report 2023 which can be found at https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/ripa-board-report-2023.pdf
Respectfully,
Lindsay Haynes
Captain
From: Mill Valley Police Department
Mr. Shinneman,
Uploaded here is Mill Valley Police Department's RIPA Data spreadsheet containing 2021, 2022, and first quarter 2023 data.
Thank you,
Lindsay Haynes
Captain
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MillValleyCA_PRA_2023_MuckRock.xlsx
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