California police data (Mountain View Police Department)
| Multi Request | California police data |
| Submitted | July 16, 2019 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. The total number of police uses of force in 2018, broken down by type of force used (i.e. number of uses of tasers, number of uses of baton, etc.)
2. The total number of use of force complaints reported by civilians in 2018
3. The total number of use of force complaints reported by civilians that were sustained in 2018
4. All arrests data reported to the California Department of Justice via the Monthly Arrests and Citation Register program covering arrests made in 2017 and 2018, including (but not limited to) the age, race/ethnicity, gender, offense category (felony, misdemeanor, status offense), charge and disposition of arrestees.
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,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 16, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Mountain View Police Department
Good afternoon Mr. Sinyangwe,
This is a timely response to your Public Records Act request received by the City on July 23, 2019. Please see responses below in bold:
1. The total number of police uses of force in 2018, broken down by type of force used (i.e. number of uses of tasers, number of uses of baton, etc.).
Available on the City's website at https://www.mountainview.gov/documents/2018%20MVPD%20Annual%20Report.pdf (see page 16)
2. the total number of use force complaints reported by civilians in 2018. Two
3. The total number of use of force complaints reported by civilians that were sustained in 2018. Zero
4. All arrest data reported to the California Department of Justice via the Monthly Arrests and Citation Register program covering arrest made in 2017 and 2018, including (but not limited to) the age, race/ethnicity, gender, offense category (felony, misdemeanor, status offense), charge and disposition of arrestees. Please see attachment.
This now concludes your request.
Margarita Herrera
City Council & City Clerk's Office
500 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94039
Phone: (650) 903-6641
eFax: (650) 963-3136
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