Florida sheriff's data (Suwannee county sheriff's office)

I apologize for the delayed response. I was out of town at a training for a few days but I am working with a couple of different people in our agency regarding your request (Capt Mills for the jail records and Lt Musgrove for any deputy involved complaints). I should have a response and any invoice for you by the end of week.

Sincerely,
Traci McCormick
Records Division
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Please find attached an invoice regarding the below listed public records
request. This is an estimate to cover the fees for research of the deputy
involved incidents, and number of pages at this point for Jail Records and
Offense reports. Once payment is received, Lt. Musgrove will complete the
request. At that time, I will let you know if any further fees are due, or
in the event of an overage a refund will be issued.

Sincerely,

Traci McCormick
Records Division

I have verified with our Finance Department that the payment was received. I
will contact Lt. Musgrove to complete his research and get back with you as
soon as I have the requested documents.

Sincerely,

Traci McCormick

Records Division

In regards to the below public records request :

1. Our agency does not keep a record of the total number of deputy involved
use of force incidents (per Lt. Musgrove)
2. Our agency does not keep a record of the total number of people that
deputies used force against (per Lt. Musgrove)
3 & 4. Will be attached in a separate email due to the number of pages
5. Will be attached in a separate email
6. We do not have a union contract
7. Attached is the deputy involved shootings (researched by Lt. Musgrove)
8. Attached is the deputy involved use of force with injury (researched by
Lt. Musgrove)
9. Attached is the Jail death records (researched by Capt. Mills)
10. Attached is the Jail population records (researched by Capt. Mills)

To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following
records:
1. The total number of deputy-involved 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. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against deputies between
2013-2018.
4. A copy of any documents indicating whether the civilian complaints
identified in request #3 were sustained.
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the county and any sheriff's deputies
unions.
7. All records regarding deputy-involved shootings (including fatal
shootings, non-fatal shootings and shootings at a civilian that missed)
between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date
of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if
any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the
incident, the names of all deputies involved, whether administrative
investigations found the incidents to be justified under sheriff's
department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the deputies as
a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from
deputy-involved use of force between 2013-2018, including incident-level
information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all
subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or
deaths resulting from the incident and the names of all deputies involved.
9. The number of in-custody deaths in jails from 2013-2018 (separated by
year), broken down by cause of death (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural
causes, etc.)
10. Statistics showing the total jail population each year from 2013-2018
(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 business days.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe

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#9 & #10- Jail deaths & Jail population
#8 Deputy involved use of force
#7-Deputy-involved shootings 2013-2018

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In reference to #5 – please find attached our manual..

To Whom It May Concern:

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

1. The total number of deputy-involved 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. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against deputies between 2013-2018.
4. A copy of any documents indicating whether the civilian complaints identified in request #3 were sustained.
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the county and any sheriff's deputies unions.
7. All records regarding deputy-involved shootings (including fatal shootings, non-fatal shootings and shootings at a civilian that missed) between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident, the names of all deputies involved, whether administrative investigations found the incidents to be justified under sheriff's department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the deputies as a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from deputy-involved use of force between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the incident and the names of all deputies involved.
9. The number of in-custody deaths in jails from 2013-2018 (separated by year), broken down by cause of death (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural causes, etc.)
10. Statistics showing the total jail population each year from 2013-2018 (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 business days.

Sincerely,

Samuel Sinyangwe

In reference to # 3 & # 4 - please find attached complaints that were
reported to and handled by our former Chief Deputy Colvin. However, he
advised this will not be a total number of complaints, as some get reported
by phone to the Patrol Supervisors.

To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following
records:
1. The total number of deputy-involved 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. A copy of all complaints reported by civilians against deputies between
2013-2018.
4. A copy of any documents indicating whether the civilian complaints
identified in request #3 were sustained.
5. The policy manual of the sheriff's department.
6. The current union contract between the county and any sheriff's deputies
unions.
7. All records regarding deputy-involved shootings (including fatal
shootings, non-fatal shootings and shootings at a civilian that missed)
between 2013-2018, including incident-level information specifying the date
of each incident, race and gender of all subjects involved, what weapon if
any they were armed with, any injuries or deaths resulting from the
incident, the names of all deputies involved, whether administrative
investigations found the incidents to be justified under sheriff's
department policy and any disciplinary actions taken against the deputies as
a result of the incident.
8. All records regarding civilian deaths or serious injuries resulting from
deputy-involved use of force between 2013-2018, including incident-level
information specifying the date of each incident, race and gender of all
subjects involved, what weapon if any they were armed with, any injuries or
deaths resulting from the incident and the names of all deputies involved.
9. The number of in-custody deaths in jails from 2013-2018 (separated by
year), broken down by cause of death (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural
causes, etc.)
10. Statistics showing the total jail population each year from 2013-2018
(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 business days.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link
attachments:

#3 & #4 -Deputy complaints 2013-2018

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State or Local business are public records available to the public and
media upon request. Your email communications, including your email
address, may therefore be subject to public disclosure.

Confidentiality
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intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged
information that is exempt from public disclosure. Any unauthorized review,
use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this
message in error, please contact the sender (by phone or reply by email)
and then destroy all copies of the original message.