Sheriff's Use of Force/Complaints Data (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff)
| Tracking # |
19-50 |
| Multi Request | Sheriff's Use of Force/Complaints Data |
| Submitted | June 3, 2019 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. The total number of sheriff's deputy use of force incidents, broken down by type of force used, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
2. The total number of people that deputies used force against, between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
3. The total number of use of force complaints reported between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
4. The total number of use of force complaints sustained between 2013-2018 (separated by year).
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the city and any sheriff's deputy/police officer unions.
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 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
Good Morning,
I forwarded your original request to our Records Manager, Kati Porter (kporter@co.slo.ca.us<mailto:kporter@co.slo.ca.us>) when it came in. I've copied her on this email so she can respond.
Thank you,
VICTORIA O'KEEFFE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
(p) 805-781-4546 | (f) 805-781-1136
vokeeffe@co.slo.ca.us |<mailto:vokeeffe@co.slo.ca.us%20%7C> www.slosheriff.org<http://www.slosheriff.org/>
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From: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
Mr. Sinyangwe,
Please find attached the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office initial response to your California Public Records Act request. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you,
[Badge & Patch]
Kati Porter
Sheriff's Records Manager
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office
805-781-4645
From: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
Please find attached the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's response to your Public Records Act request.
Thank you,
[Badge & Patch]
Kati Porter
Sheriff's Records Manager
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Thanks for sending this. Regarding the definition of use of force, please send me the total number of uses of the following types of force only for each year (separately) from 2013-2017:
-uses of tasers/electronic control weapons
-uses of chemical spray
-uses of batons/impact weapons and projectiles
-uses of the carotid restraint
Thanks,
Sam
From: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
Good Afternoon,
I just wanted to let you know, we are working on trying to see if we are able to extract the information from our system without have to review each file for the four-year time frame you have requested. Unfortunately, the person I need to obtain the data from is on vacation and will not be returning until after the sixteenth. I will attempt to find a work-around, but we may ultimately need to wait for them to return. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions and in the meantime I will keep you posted as to the progress.
Thank you,
[Badge & Patch]
Kati Porter
Sheriff's Records Manager
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 28, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #19-50.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
Good Evening,
I apologize for the delay, however I believe we have the information you have requested below. We do not have any data for 2013 since the information was stored in paper reports and we only keep five years' worth of the information. Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Regarding the definition of use of force, please send me the total number of uses of the following types of force only for each year (separately) from 2013-2017:
-uses of tasers/electronic control weapons
-uses of chemical spray
-uses of batons/impact weapons and projectiles
-uses of the carotid restraint
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
tasers/electronic control weapons
Not available
4
5
5
1
chemical spray
Not available
2
4
3
3
batons/impact weapons and projectiles
Not available
2
0
1
0
carotid restraint
Not available
0
0
0
1
Thank you and have a great weekend!
Kati
From: Samuel Sinyangwe
Thanks for sending this. Can you send me these use of force data for 2018 as well (as stated in my original request)?
Thanks!
Sam
From: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
2018
tasers/electronic control weapons 1
chemical spray 5
batons/impact weapons and projectiles 0
carotid restraint 0
It looks like the imbedded table within my last email below reformatted somewhere along the way. Please let me know if it not readable on your end.
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