Use of Force/Complaints Data (City of Santa Clara Police Department)

Please see the attached letter regarding your request for information. Your email request dated January 24, 2019 references an email was sent on December 29, 2018. Please know we are not in receipt of an email from December 29, 2018.

Good Morning:

This is email is to request clarification on the request below, please advise on whether this request intends this to fall within SB 1421 and, if not, what is the definition of "use of force" ?

Thank you,
Dominique L. Davis
Public Records Manager
City of Santa Clara

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City of Santa Clara Police Department
PRA Office
601 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95050

March 15, 2019

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 29, 2018. 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.

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Good Afternoon:

Thank you for following up on your public records request, originally submitted on December 29, 2019 and for providing the request clarifying information on March 22, 2019. The City has responsive records to your request and will provide a further response to your request on or before Friday, April 12, 2019.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this correspondence, and to submit future public records requests, please do not hesitate to contact me at Publicrecords@santaclaraca.gov<mailto:Publicrecords@santaclaraca.gov>

Sincerely,
Dominique L. Davis
Public Records Manager
City of Santa Clara
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Please note that email correspondence with the City of Santa Clara, along with attachments, may be subject to the California Public Records Act, and therefore may be subject to disclosure unless otherwise exempt.

Thank you for your public records request. The City of Santa Clara acknowledges receipt and hereby responds to your request pursuant to the California Public Record Act.

This letter is in response to your correspondence dated December 29, 2019 which seeks the production of the following records:
- the total number of uses of taser or other electronic control weapons from 2013-2017 (separated by year)
- the total number of uses of baton or other impact weapons and projectiles from 2013-2017 (separated by year)
- the total number of uses of OC Spray or other chemical weapons from 2013-2017 (separated by year)
- the total number of uses of a carotid restraint from 2013-2017 (separated by year)

Please accept this correspondence as the City's response to your request.

The City does not have any records that are responsive to this request as the City is not tracking the types of weapons used in the cases described in your request.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this correspondence, and to submit future public records requests, please do not hesitate to contact me at Publicrecords@santaclaraca.gov<mailto:Publicrecords@santaclaraca.gov>

Sincerely,

Dominique L. Davis
Public Records Manager
City of Santa Clara
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Please note that email correspondence with the City of Santa Clara, along with attachments, may be subject to the California Public Records Act, and therefore may be subject to disclosure unless otherwise exempt.

We are in receipt of your request for information regarding use of force incidents from 2013-2017. We are in the process of gathering that information and hope to produce it the week of August 12, 2019. We will make every effort to produce documents sooner if possible. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Gina McWilliam

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