New York use of force data

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe:

This will acknowledge receipt of your request for records under the Freedom of Information Law received by the Division of Criminal Justice Services on March 25, 2022. The request was for “New York use of force data.”

Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate program area(s) to identify documents that are responsive to your request and which may be made available pursuant to all applicable provisions of the Freedom of Information Law.

A determination as to whether your request is granted or denied will be reached in approximately 20 business days or we will notify you in writing if the responsible program area(s) should require additional time to locate, assemble and review documents that may be responsive to your request.

Please note that, pursuant to Article 6 of the Public Officers Law, a charge may be applied to your request, including the actual cost of the medium used to respond to your Freedom of Information Law request and/or other related costs. When responsive records have been identified, you will be informed of any cost and how payment should be made.

As part of the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some or all agency employees may be working off-site. As such, there may be delays in response to FOIL requests. If a record responsive to a request is only available in hard-copy format, that record’s availability will be limited until further notice. Thank you for your patience during this extraordinary time.

Very truly yours,

Brian Garvey, Esq.
Records Access Officer

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) request to the Division of Criminal Justice Services (“Division”) for “information reported on police use of force to date pursuant to Executive Law §837, including at minimum data on all use of force incidents that occurred from 2019 to December 31, 2021.”

Please be advised that records that respond to your request may be found on the Division website. Case level Use of Force incidents 7/11/19 (effective date) through 10/31/20 are currently posted at https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/use-of-force-incidents-by-agency-jul2019-oct-2020.xlsx. If you navigate to the main Stats page at https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/stats.htm and then click on Use of Force, you can also get a data notes document and a summary report.

The Division is currently working on compiling the data covering 11/1/20 – 12/31/21. These data will also be added to the public website once complete.

Pursuant to POL §89(4)(a), you may appeal this determination within 30 days to the Counsel, Division of Criminal Justice Services, 80 South Swan St., Albany, NY 12210 or by email at foil@dcjs.ny.gov<mailto:foil@dcjs.ny.gov>.

Very truly yours,

Brian Garvey, Esq.
Records Access Officer

Good morning,

Please see attached for the response that was sent on 4/14/22.
Thanks

Good morning,

As we advised you on April 29th, this foil was completed and responded to on April 14th. The response is again attached.

Very truly yours,

Brian Garvey, Esq.
Records Access Officer