Frisco, TX PD Citizen Complaints

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer filed this request with the Frisco Police Department of Frisco, TX.
Submitted Aug. 9, 2017
Due April 12, 2021
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Subject: Public Information Act Request: Frisco, TX PD Citizen Complaints

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I am an Economics Professor in the College of Business at Ferris State University, and I am engaged in an empirical research project on police behavior and citizen complaints. This project requires me to request data from your department. If you have questions about my request or suggestions, I would be happy to discuss them with you.

1. What is the total number of citizen complaints (allegations of misconduct) made against your department’s officers annually for the last 10 years? If your department logs complaints in a database, spreadsheet, or other log, a copy of those logs is fine instead.

Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).

2. What is the total number of complaints police officers made against their peer officers in department annually for the last 10 years? If your department logs complaints in a database, spreadsheet, or other log, a copy of those logs is fine instead.

Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of force, abuse language, unwarranted search) and the result of complaint (i.e., sustained, exonerated).

3. What is the total number of calls for service your department received annually for the past 10 years? If your department logs calls for service in a database, spreadsheet, or other log, a copy of those logs is fine instead.

4. What is the annual number of officers involved in shootings in your department for the past 10 years? Any documentation or reports that detail the annual number of officer-involved shootings in your department for the past 10 years would be sufficient.

Please include documentation regarding how many of these officer-involved shootings involved disciplinary action. (Please list officer firearm discharge directed at a person separately from a shooting involving an animal and separately from accidental firearm discharges).

Please include the number of officer-involved shootings resulting in discipline.

5. Which of the above data are published publicly? Please provide a link to any and all publicly available reports containing the data above.

Collecting this information is very important to my research, so I would like to emphasize, if you have questions about my request or suggestions, I would be happy to discuss them with you.

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

From: Patricia Ortiz

Subject: RE: Public Information Act Request: Frisco, TX PD Citizen Complaints

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We have an online system to submit requests for public information. You will need to create an account the first time. After that, you'll be able to retrieve the records and see the history of that request and others you’ve submitted.

The link to submit is: http://www.friscotexas.gov/339/Public-Information-Requests

Thank you,

Patricia Ortiz
Open Records Coordinator
Frisco Police Department
972-292-6068

From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Subject: RE: Texas Public Information Act Request: Frisco, TX PD Citizen Complaints

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I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/9/17

Thank you very much for providing the information we requested. I am writing to ask for some clarification regarding the data on officer-involved shootings. We requested the total number of annual officer involved shootings each year for the past 10 years.

While you sent us data on officer complaints, the OIS data seems to have been overlooked. Could you please provide that data? If not, could you please clarify that your department does not collect OIS (officer involved shooting) data.

If you are able to provide the data, please define what constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department. For example, some departments do not count misses while others count all discharges; some include shots at animals. Other departments include intentional and accidental shootings; others do not. Please explain to us how your department classifies the OIS included in the numbers you sent to us.

Respectfully, -Alex Cartwright

From: Frisco Police Department

Subject: RE: Texas Public Information Act Request: Frisco, TX PD Citizen Complaints

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Mr. Cartwright,
When you amended your request you omitted the OIS (see blurb from email below).

Hello Ms. Ortiz, It was nice to speak with you via telephone today. As per our discussion, given the records at your department and concerns about time and costs, I would like to amend my first request. Please omit #3 and #5. As for #1 and #2, I would like to modify those requests. I would like to request the total number of internal (#2) and external (#1) complaints made against the department, each year, for years 2007-2017. For example, 20 internal complaints in 2007, 18 External complaints in 2007, through 2017. I am omitting the request for the type of complaint and the outcome. Thank you. Alex Cartwright

If you would still like this information you will need to submit a new request. Once we determine the cost associated with your request we would send you a cost estimate for payment.

Thank you,

Patricia Ortiz
Open Records Coordinator
Frisco Police Department
972-292-6068

From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer

Subject: RE: Texas Public Information Act Request: Frisco, TX PD Citizen Complaints

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Ok, will do.

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