DPD hours worked week of sweeps
| Submitted | Dec. 17, 2020 |
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From: David Hagan
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Good day,
I am requesting paysheets/schedules for every week there was a sweep/cleanup in march/April. I also need the schedule or DPD officers that worked for Environmental Hazard Cleanup plus the actual hours worked. I need all invoices, emails
I am in need of all invoices that Denver police
Pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Colorado Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
Any emails, letters, invoices from environmental hasmat services plus the sheet for all police officers hours scheduled and actual hours worked and hours DPD is billed by EHS for every week that a sweep/cleanup was executed. I also need the weekly sign up sheet that shows contracted police officers that work as security for Environmental Hazmat Service while off duty, Please include the sergeant’s hours, schedule and include the sheet that shows the hours worked. I am uploading an example, plus any other records in written, electronic, or any other form, as defined by C.R.S. §§ 24-72-202(7) which were sent, received, or produced mentioning “sweeps” and/or “clean-ups” and/or “shelter” and/or “Fence/Fencing” and/or “Temporary” in reference to people experiencing homelessness during the months of April/May. If you deny this request for records in whole or in part, I ask that you provide a written statement explaining the reason for the denial that cites the legal authority that is the basis for the denial. If any of the requested records are in active use, in storage or otherwise unavailable at this time, I likewise request that you provide a statement informing me of the reason they are currently unavailable and a date and hour at which time the records will be available for inspection.
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 and I will pay them over the phone with a cc. I can be reached at 303.888.5361. Feel free to start the request and inform me the expected hours. If more time than an hour is needed please provide with the request a breakdown of what was done and actual time each task took to complete. That way i can account for all payments made to the City. 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
David Hagan
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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
David Hagan
From: Denver Police Department
Good Morning –
Please consider this a response to all four of your attached emails related to this topic. We have determined that the initial portion of your request will require an estimated 8-10 hours to manually research all of the officers who participated in the homeless camp cleanups. We will then need to determine the how long each officer worked to in turn determine the officer pay as none of the officers were working overtime during these cleanups. The cost of $33 per hour, after the first hour, will be charged for this process for a total cost of $297. Again this is just an estimate, we will know once we get halfway through the project. Please let me know if you would like to proceed or narrow this portion of the request.
The Denver Police Department is not the custodian of record for the contracts between the City and County of Denver and Environmental Hazmat Services. Please contact the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (“DDPHE”) for a copy of those contracts which contain a breakdown of the cost structure.
Regarding your request for “…any other records in written, electronic, or any other form … sent, received, or produced mentioning “sweeps” and/or “clean-ups” and/or “shelter” and/or “Fence/Fencing” and/or “Temporary” in reference to people experiencing homelessness…” This portion of the request can be very costly given the amount of time it will take to search for, identify, review and redact the potentially responsive emails. We have identified 1,961 sworn and civilian employees within the Denver Police Department that may have emails responsive to this request. Please let me know if you would like to proceed or narrow this portion of the request.
The portion of the request that related to written correspondences, in order to provide results for a search of OneDrive data, we would need to gain access to administrative account rights on over 1,961 DPD OneDrive locations, one at a time and copy the URL for each of these individual URLs (again, one at a time) and add them to the Office 365 search environment for this case. Given the time to add a single OneDrive URL to the interface takes approximately 5 minutes, the entire process would take over 16 days, 8 hours of work per day. This again, is just an estimate. Please let me know if you would like to proceed or narrow this portion of the request.
A project of this nature would require payment upfront. Please let me know if you would like to proceed and I can draft an invoice for your review.
Thank you,
Andrea Webber | Records Administrator
Department of Public Safety| City and County of Denver
p: 720.913.6749 c: 720.793.5700 | Andrea.Webber@denvergov.org<mailto:Andrea.Webber@denvergov.org>
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This e-mail and any attachments thereto are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachments thereto is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me immediately at 720-913-6749 and permanently delete the original and destroy any copies or printouts. Thank you.
From: David Hagan
Good morning Andrea,
I would like to amend my request. I would like a copy of the police officer schedule for any week that there was a sweep. I would like to have a copy of any email the mayor sent to the police department on days that there was a sweep. I would like the whole chain of emails with each one of the previous emails.
Each of my requests are separate. They should not be lumped into one request. I am grouping them by two month increments.
Thank you,
David
From: Denver Police Department
Good Afternoon,
Staffing information specific to officer schedules could pose a risk to public and officer safety. Those safety concerns outweigh any public purpose to be served by the release of the requested officer schedules. This portion of you request is respectfully denied. Additionally, requesting the “…officer schedule for any week that there was a sweep” is not going to provide a list of officers who participated in the homeless camp cleanups. There is no reference or coding within our scheduling system to indicate if an officer participated in the homeless camp cleanups. As I previously stated, that information would have to be manually researched and would require at least 8-10 hours.
Regarding the second portion of your request, if you would like our office to complete an email search of “any email the mayor sent to the police department on days that there was a sweep” you will need to provide additional information. Please provide the email address from the Mayors Office you would like to search and the specific days you are requesting.
Thank you,
Andrea Webber | Records Administrator
Department of Public Safety| City and County of Denver
p: 720.913.6749 c: 720.793.5700 | Andrea.Webber@denvergov.org<mailto:Andrea.Webber@denvergov.org>
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This e-mail and any attachments thereto are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachments thereto is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me immediately at 720-913-6749 and permanently delete the original and destroy any copies or printouts. Thank you.
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From: David Hagan
How is it that DPD can deny schedule info for officers because it puts them in danger but DOTI provided this info for off duty officers? What policy is being used to deny me this request? If there is one why was it not used for off duty officers? If there is no policy, I will again ask for the scheduling information. If there is policy why is it not used for off duty officers? One could ask, why is it unsafe to provide info for on duty police but safe for off duty officers? What is the difference in the risk? Is this cross department use of officers putting them at risk? The information I have is from past sweeps and is nearly identical for all sweeps. By your standards what I have is more dangerous because the same officers are used each sweep. The reality is it isn’t dangerous because we have had this information for a long time. In my opinion, looking at a picture of the past that is not repeated does not pose a threat to officers. Please give me the policy that requires a denial or I would like the contact of a commanding officer who I can speak to in regards to the denial.
Happy New Year,
David Hagan
From: Denver Police Department
Records of the Denver Police Department are criminal justice records, the disclosure of which is governed by the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act (CCJRA), sections 24-72-301, et. seq. C.R.S. Except for records of “official actions,” the disclosure of criminal justice records is discretionary and can be denied where the custodian believes disclosure would be contrary to the public interest. Section 24-72-305(5), C.R.S.
Pursuant to Harris v. Denver Post, 123 P.3d 116 (Colo. 2005), the following factors are used to determine whether a record should be released or withheld:
(a) the privacy interests of individuals, if any, who may be impacted by a decision to allow disclosure of the record;
(b) the agency’s interest in keeping confidential information confidential;
(c) the agency’s interest in the integrity of on-going investigations;
(d) the public purpose to be served in allowing disclosure of the record; and
(e) any other pertinent considerations relevant to the circumstances of the particular records request,
including whether disclosure would be contrary to the public interest.
The records you are seeking are not records of official action and therefore their disclosure is discretionary, subject to a balancing of the factors above. The staffing information specific to officer schedules contain law enforcement sensitive details that could compromise officer safety and the Department’s ability to address public safety situations necessitating the deployment of officers. We believe that those interests outweigh any public purpose to be served by release of the records. Your request is denied because we believe that it would be contrary to the public interest to release details of deployment tactics. CRS 24-72-305(5).
Thank you,
Andrea Webber | Records Administrator
Department of Public Safety| City and County of Denver
p: 720.913.6749 c: 720.793.5700 | Andrea.Webber@denvergov.org<mailto:Andrea.Webber@denvergov.org>
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This e-mail and any attachments thereto are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachments thereto is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me immediately at 720-913-6749 and permanently delete the original and destroy any copies or printouts. Thank you.
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