Police Liability payout record request from Sun Sentinel (Sunny Isles Beach Police Department) • MuckRock

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From: Mario Ariza

01/29/2021

Subject: Florida Sunshine Law Request: Police Liability payout record request from Sun Sentinel (Sunny Isles Beach Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

I hope this message finds you well. This is a public records request from a member of a media organization, pursuant to Florida Statute 119. In furtherance of an article investigating police misconduct payouts across the county over the past decades, we are seeking documents that show how much your municipal corporation, its legal representatives, or its liability insurance carriers have paid out in civil court since 01/01/2010 because of the actions of its police professionals.

To that end, we kindly request the electronic delivery of an excel spreadsheet with the following information:
- An identifying number for the claim
- The loss date
- An incident indicator description (such as “excessive force, k-9 bite, false arrest/imprisonment, etc.)
- Incurred expenses
- Incurred liability
- Incurred legal expenses
- Paid legal expenses
- Paid total
- Incurred total

This records pull should be interpreted to cover both federal and state court claims. If some of the above figures are not available because of your accounting practices, please endeavor to provide us with as full a picture as possible of the $$$ paid out by your municipality due to lawsuits against its police officers over the past ten years.

Upon request, we can provide a spreadsheet obtained from the BSO that can serve as an example and guide for what we are looking for. Please do feel free to reach out via email or phone should you have any questions.

Very Best
Mario Alejandro Ariza
Federal Courts Reporter
South Florida Sun Sentinel
786.210.6548

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 business days.

Sincerely,

Mario Ariza

From:

02/10/2021

Subject: Public Records Request

This will acknowledge receipt of your public records request. We will respond to you within a reasonable amount of time advising of the costs, if any, associated with your request.

Our response will be limited to those materials defined as "public records" in F.S. 119.011(12). Please note that we provide records themselves and not information obtained from a review or summary of the records. Records, if available, will be provided in the same format in which they are kept.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office at 305.792.1703.

Sincerely,

Luz H. Rey
Administrative Coordinator
Office of the City Clerk
City of Sunny Isles Beach
18070 Collins Avenue
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Tel: (305) 792-1785
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From: Sunny Isles Beach Police Department

02/10/2021

Subject: Your first record request #21-42 has been opened.

City of Sunny Isles Beach

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Hi there

Your first City of Sunny Isles Beach record request (request number #21-42) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.

As the requester, you can always see the status of your
request by signing into the City of Sunny Isles Beach Public Records
portal here.

If you haven't already activated your account,
click here to get started.
Once your account is activated, your request will be visible at the following link:
Request #21-42.

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From: Sunny Isles Beach Police Department

02/12/2021

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Sunny Isles Beach public records request #21-42

City of Sunny Isles Beach

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-42:

This will acknowledge receipt of your public records request. We will respond to you within a reasonable amount of time advising of the costs, if any, associated with your request.

Our response will be limited to those materials defined as “public records” in F.S. 119.011(12). Please note that we provide records themselves and not information obtained from a review or summary of the records. Records, if available, will be provided in the same format in which they are kept.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office at 305.792.1703.

Sincerely,

Luz H. Rey

Administrative Coordinator

Office of the City Clerk

From: Sunny Isles Beach Police Department

02/12/2021

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Sunny Isles Beach public records request #21-42

City of Sunny Isles Beach

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-42:

We have searched our files and have no records responsive to your request.

This concludes your public records request.

Sincerely,

Luz H. Rey

Administrative Coordinator

Office of the City Clerk

From: Sunny Isles Beach Police Department

02/16/2021

Subject: Your City of Sunny Isles Beach public records request #21-42 has been closed.

City of Sunny Isles Beach

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Hi there

Record request #21-42 has been closed.

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02/10/2021

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Submitted	Jan. 29, 2021
Est. Completion	None

Tracking #	21-42
Multi Request	Police Liability payout record request from Sun Sentinel