Providence, RI PD Citizen Complaints
| Submitted | Aug. 17, 2017 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act ("APRA"), I hereby request the following records:
We are Economics Professors in the College of Business at Ferris State University, and are engaged in an empirical research project on police behavior and citizen complaints. This project requires us to request data from your department. If you have questions about this request or suggestions, we would be happy to discuss them with you.
We have your annual reports for 2015 and 2014. Could you please provide these reports for years 2007-2014 and 2016-2017? If so, you can ignore items 1 and 2 of our request.
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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last 10 years in your department? 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.
4. 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 our research, so we would like to emphasize, if you have questions about my request or suggestions, we 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
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The Public Records Unit respectfully extends the time to respond by an additional twenty (20) business days, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-3(e), due to the voluminous nature of the records requested, the number of requests for records pending, and the difficulty in searching for and retrieving or copying the requested records. The City of Providence currently has 45 open APRA requests which is creating an undue burden on the City to answer this request within the initial 10 business days. In addition, the Public Records Unit is still in the process of coordinating with the police department regarding the requested records.
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following APRA request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 17, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Providence Police Department
Hi,
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following APRA request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 17, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Providence Police Department
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out. This is actually an email address for technical support for the site and we aren't directly involved in responding to requests.
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Best, Rosellen
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following APRA request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 17, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Providence Police Department
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out. Looks like your request was closed on September 29, 2017. You can log into the portal to view your request and download any documents. For any further information, you will need to contact the city of Providence itself, as this is the support address for NextRequest - we don't handle requests directly.
Thanks, Rosellen
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