Police Use of Force Data (Riverside County Sheriff)

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe:

Thank you for submitting a request for public records to Riverside County Sheriff. Your request was received in this office on 5/12/2020 and given the reference number C000146-051220 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: Data on all use of force incidents. Preferably in CSV file format, or in .txt or excel file format, including all incidents from January 2015 through the date of this request, including a code list or definitions for any variables with coded responses. Please include in this data:
1) Incident number or other unique identifier for the use of force incident;
2) Date, time, and location of the incident, including street address or block;
3) Race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender and weapon type (if any) possessed by each individual on whom force was used;
4) Each type of force used;
5) Injuries sustained or complaints of injury by each individual on whom force was used;
6) Full name of all officers who used force, and their patrol division or unit. If this is not disclosable, please provide a unique identifier for each officer who used force;
7) The disposition of administrative investigations resulting from the use of force (e.g., sustained or founded; not sustained or unresolved; exonerated; or unfounded);
8) Whether there is body-worn camera or other video footage of the incident; and
9) Arrest charges for each individual on whom force was used.
Pursuant to California Government Code § 6253, staff will review your request and respond within 10 days to notify you if there are responsive records, or if an extension is necessary to determine if responsive records exist.  If your request was received after business hours or on a weekend or holiday, the next business day will be considered the date of receipt. The 10-day response period starts with the first calendar day after the date of receipt (Ca. Civ. Code, § 10.).  You may be contacted by the department if there are questions regarding your request.

PLEASE NOTE: The California Public Records Act (CPRA) does not require a governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to answer questions.

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Samuel Sinyangwe,

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Dear Samuel Sinyangwe,
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Riverside County Sheriff's Department

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RE: Public Records Request of May 12, 2020, Reference # C000146-051220

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe,

On May 12, 2020, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department received your request for records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) wherein you requested the following:
Data on all use of force incidents. Preferably in CSV file format, or in .txt or excel file format, including all incidents from January 2015 through the date of this request, including a code list or definitions for any variables with coded responses. Please include in this data:
1) Incident number or other unique identifier for the use of force incident;
2) Date, time, and location of the incident, including street address or block;
3) Race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender and weapon type (if any) possessed by each individual on whom force was used;
4) Each type of force used;
5) Injuries sustained or complaints of injury by each individual on whom force was used;
6) Full name of all officers who used force, and their patrol division or unit. If this is not disclosable, please provide a unique identifier for each officer who used force;
7) The disposition of administrative investigations resulting from the use of force (e.g., sustained or founded; not sustained or unresolved; exonerated; or unfounded);
8) Whether there is body-worn camera or other video footage of the incident; and
9) Arrest charges for each individual on whom force was used.

Riverside County Sheriff's Department is in the process of gathering and reviewing the requested records. Your request will take extra time to fulfill because of the need to: search for and collect the requested records from field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the office processing the request.

Consequently, Riverside County Sheriff's Department is exercising its authority under Government Code section 6253(c), to extend the time to reply to a Public Records Act request.  You will receive a more complete response no later than June 05, 2020.

Thank you for your patience in awaiting this information.

Sincerely,
Sergeant Greg Bonaime
Information Services Bureau - CPRA Unit
Riverside County Sheriff's Department
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RE: Public Records Request of May 12, 2020, Reference # C000146-051220

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe,

On May 12, 2020, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department received your request for records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) wherein you requested the following: Data on all use of force incidents. Preferably in CSV file format, or in .txt or excel file format, including all incidents from January 2015 through the date of this request, including a code list or definitions for any variables with coded responses. Please include in this data:
1) Incident number or other unique identifier for the use of force incident;
2) Date, time, and location of the incident, including street address or block;
3) Race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender and weapon type (if any) possessed by each individual on whom force was used;
4) Each type of force used;
5) Injuries sustained or complaints of injury by each individual on whom force was used;
6) Full name of all officers who used force, and their patrol division or unit. If this is not disclosable, please provide a unique identifier for each officer who used force;
7) The disposition of administrative investigations resulting from the use of force (e.g., sustained or founded; not sustained or unresolved; exonerated; or unfounded);
8) Whether there is body-worn camera or other video footage of the incident; and
9) Arrest charges for each individual on whom force was used. Item 1 and 6 are part of the responsive documents.
Item 2 - Time is not tracked.  While this data is contained within the report itself, it is not documented in the tracking database maintained by the Department.  Location of occurrence - the specific address is redacted pursuant to Government Code § 6254(f)- provides that law enforcement investigation, security and intelligence information file records of a local police agency are exempt from disclosure. Furthermore, as set forth in Rivero v. Superior Court, 54 Cal. App. 4th 1048 (1997) and Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal, 4th 337 (1993), the investigatory file exemption to the public records act request is not lost even where the investigation is deemed concluded or terminated.
Government Code § 6254(k)- read in conjunction with Evidence Code § 1040, provides that official information acquired in confidence by a public employee is exempt from disclosure.
Government Code § 6254(k)- read in conjunction with Article 1, § 1 of the California Constitution provides that personal information details are subject to privacy rights that make such information exempt from disclosure.
Items 3-5,7 and 9 - Are not tracked. While this data is contained within the report itself, it is not documented in the tracking database maintained by the Department.
Item 8 - The Riverside County Sheriff's Department did not start tracking Body worn camera data until 2018.
Your responsive document is available in the Records Request System.  Please log in to your online account to retrieve the record.
If you have any questions please respond to this email.  Please consider this CPRA request closed.

Sincerely,
Sergeant Greg Bonaime
Information Services Bureau - CPRA Unit
Riverside County Sheriff's Department
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