New Mexico - Traffic Stop Data_1

To Whom It May Concern:

I am the managing editor of Peninsula Press, a multimedia news website based out of Stanford University in California. We are working on collecting data on traffic stops and searches made by state patrols across the country. (I previously contacted your agency regarding record layout information about what datapoints your state collects and some column headings.)

Pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, I hereby request the following documents:

I am requesting the raw data of traffic stops made in your state and laid out in your record description for the last ten (10) years. The fields of data include:

employee_number
org_num
activity_ code
occur_mo
occur_day
occur_yr
time_hr
time_min
number_of
grams
ounces
pounds
value
entry_date
emp_id
entry_by_id

These were all fields on the form provided by the state.

Additionally, if collected and not already included above, we’d like to request the incident location, incident time, violator race, violator sex, violator DOB, vehicle info (make/model/VIN), officer ID, officer race, officer race, what violation occurred and what type of enforcement took place.

The requested data will be analyzed, eventually be made available to the general public and be used for editorial purposes. This request is not being made for commercial purposes. We kindly ask the request be filled electronically. We can accept the data in many common formats, including as CSV, spreadsheet or other database formats. Data can be emailed to vram@stanford.edu or uploaded to this Dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/request/K4N07GML4kDzUHWYU5xb

In the event data has to be sent physically on a CD or portable drive, please mail to Peninsula Press, Stanford Journalism Program, 450 Serra Mall, Building 120, Stanford, CA 94305.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 15 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,
Vignesh Ramachandran

Vignesh Ramachandran
Managing Editor, Peninsula Press
Stanford Journalism Program
email vram@stanford.edu
phone 650.723.0703
physical mail 450 Serra Mall, Building 120, Stanford, CA 94305

Thanks for the update!

Good Afternoon,

My original request for the record layout of data was on June 30, 2015 and your state provided that already. This was a second request filed for the actual raw data on November 10, 2015.

Thank you,
Vignesh Ramachandran

Thank you for the update.