Springfield IL, PD Citizen Complaints
| Tracking # |
10380 |
| Submitted | Aug. 17, 2017 |
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/1 to 11), 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.
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. What is the annual number of officers involved in shootings in your department for the past 10 years? 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information 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:
Dear Alexander,
The documents that you requested for this FOIA request are attached. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Rex Range, FOIA Officer
City Clerk
This email sent via the Athena System (C)2014 City of Springfield, Illinois
From:
Dear Alexander,
The documents that you requested for this FOIA request are attached. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Rex Range, FOIA Officer
City Clerk
This email sent via the Athena System (C)2014 City of Springfield, Illinois
From:
Dear Alexander,
The documents that you requested for this FOIA request are attached. Please contact us if you have any questions.updated response
Sincerely,
Rex Range, FOIA Officer
City Clerk
This email sent via the Athena System (C)2014 City of Springfield, Illinois
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/17/17.
Thank you very much for providing the information we requested. I am writing to ask for some clarification regarding the data on officer-involved shootings you provided us with. What constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department? For example, some departments do not count misses while others count all discharges; some include shots at animals. Other departments include intentional and accidental shootings; others do not. Some include all discharges and some exclude missed shots. Please explain to us how your department classifies the OIS included in the numbers you sent to us.
Very Respectfully, Alex Cartwright
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 17, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #10380.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 17, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #10380.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Springfield Police Department
To whom it may concern,
Thank you for your inquiry regarding FOIA request 10380. We have received your follow up request and are reaching out to the appropriate departments to ensure your question is answered properly. We will be responding to you shortly. You may contact me for any questions or concerns. Thank you for your patience.
Best,
Katherine Chi
Springfield Police Department
FOIA Records Clerk
800 E. Monroe Street
Springfield, IL 62701
217-789-2216 Ext. 4179
katherine.chi@springfield.il.us<mailto:katherine.chi@springfield.il.us>
From: Springfield Police Department
To whom it may concern,
Please see below for the response to your inquiry on April 22, 2021. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Thanks,
Katherine Chi
Springfield Police Department
FOIA Records Clerk
800 E. Monroe Street
Springfield, IL 62701
217-789-2216 Ext. 4179
katherine.chi@springfield.il.us<mailto:katherine.chi@springfield.il.us>
From: Stuenkel, Joshua <Joshua.Stuenkel@springfield.il.us>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 12:05 PM
To: Chi, Katherine <Katherine.Chi@springfield.il.us>
Subject: RE: FOIA Request #10380
What constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department?
Based on the information we provided I would say that an officer-involved shooting only applies to those situations where and Officer actually does shoot a person. It does not appear that we have included any incidents where animals were shot or any accidental incidents. If an officer accidentally fired their weapon and someone was struck, I believe it would be included.
From: Springfield Police Department
To whom it may concern,
Please see below for the response to your inquiry on April 22, 2021. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Thanks,
Katherine Chi
Springfield Police Department
FOIA Records Clerk
800 E. Monroe Street
Springfield, IL 62701
217-789-2216 Ext. 4179
katherine.chi@springfield.il.us<mailto:katherine.chi@springfield.il.us>
From: Stuenkel, Joshua <Joshua.Stuenkel@springfield.il.us>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 12:05 PM
To: Chi, Katherine <Katherine.Chi@springfield.il.us>
Subject: RE: FOIA Request #10380
What constitutes an officer-involved shooting in your department?
Based on the information we provided I would say that an officer-involved shooting only applies to those situations where and Officer actually does shoot a person. It does not appear that we have included any incidents where animals were shot or any accidental incidents. If an officer accidentally fired their weapon and someone was struck, I believe it would be included.
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