Sheriff data request (2016-2020) (San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office)
| Multi Request | Sheriff data request (2016-2020) |
| Submitted | Oct. 26, 2022 |
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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 use of force incidents, separated by type of force and year used from 2016-2020 (for example, information that specifies the number of taser incidents in 2020, baton incidents in 2020, etc.). Please include as part of this a breakdown of how many use of force incidents in each year were related to law enforcement operations and how many were related to correctional/custodial operations.
2. the total number of civilian complaints alleging any form of law enforcement misconduct that were reported and the total number sustained from 2016-2020, separated by year.
3. the total number of civilian complaints alleging law enforcement use of excessive force that were reported and the total number sustained from 2016-2020, separated by year.
4. the total number of civilian complaints alleging biased policing or racial profiling that were reported and the total number sustained from 2016-2020, separated by year.
5. the total number of civilian complaints alleging criminal conduct that were reported and the total number sustained from 2016-2020, separated by year.
6. the total number of officer involved shootings from 2016-2020, both fatal and non-fatal, separated by year.
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 Oct. 27, 2022. 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 Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
Good morning,
Our Professional Standards Bureau is working to gather the information you’ve requested. We expect to send you the numbers sometime this week. In the interim, please let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Jenna
From: San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
Good afternoon,
Our Professional Standards Bureau is still working to gather the information you’ve requested, they will need a little extra time and you should receive a response by 11/18/22.
Please let me know if you any questions.
Regards,
Jen
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Jennifer Prado
Criminal Records Supervisor
Agency CLETS Coordinator
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
400 County Center
Redwood City, CA 94063
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From: San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
Good morning,
Please find our responses to your request below. Data from 2016 is not available per our retention policy. Also, please note that in 2020 we went from the manual tracking of these records in a spreadsheet to everything being tracked electronically in a way that captures the use of force type(s) for each member involved. Our previous system of tracking did not. This will make it appear that we have a lot more UOF incidents, but that is not the case. The current system tracks each use of force more efficiently and in a more comprehensive way (this is also why the 2020 report shows duplicate file numbers). Our Professional Standards Sergeant is available to explain further should you have any questions about this.
1. See attached UOF reports: MCF and MSCC is corrections. Everything else is operations.
1. Total complaints:
2017: 39 total documented complaints (2 sustained)
2018: 59 total documented complaints (2 sustained)
2019: 52 total documented complaints (6 sustained)
2020: 32 total documented complaints (6 sustained)
1. Complaints alleging excessive UOF and number sustained:
2017: 1 (0 sustained)
2018: 5 (1 sustained)
2019: 7 (0 sustained)
2020: 4 (3 sustained)
1. Complaints alleging bias based policing or racial profiling and the number sustained:
2017: 2 (0 sustained)
2018: 2 (0 sustained)
2019: 2 (0 sustained)
2020: 4 (0 sustained)
1. Complaints alleging criminal conduct and the number sustained:
2017: 1 (0 sustained)
2018: 2 (1 sustained)
2019: 1 (1 sustained)
2020: 0
1. Total number of OIS (fatal/non-fatal)
2017: 1 (1 fatal)
2018: 0
2019: 1 (1 non-fatal)
2020: 1 (1 fatal)
Regards,
Jenna
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