Tampa police data
| Submitted | March 22, 2018 |
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From: Samuel Sinyangwe
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. A copy of every use of force report made by Tampa police officers from 2000-2017.
2. The disposition of each investigation into the uses of force referenced above where available and what discipline if any was imposed as a result.
3. A copy of every civilian complaint filed against Tampa police officers since 2000-2017.
4. The disposition of each complaint referenced above and what discipline if any was imposed as a result.
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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Samuel Sinyangwe
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 22, 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.
From: Tampa Police Department
Below is a chart that we had on file with basic info from 2013 - 2017 for UOF. We are not required to create a document to fulfill a request. Below this chart are explanations pertaining to your numbered request for specific UOF info.
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Arrested
51,303
46,232
37,911
31,429
27,432
No Force/Verbal Only
20,674
18,723
14,383
10,543
9,027
Handcuffed
31,010
28,425
25,444
22,925
21,465
Use of Force Above Handcuffing
4,262
3,884
3,924
3,417
3,272
1. A copy of every use of force report made by Tampa police officers from 2000-2017.
If by report you mean the officer's reporting of the response to resistance, than this search will need to be handled by TPD records as it pertains to police reports. We may be able to run a list of reports in I.A. For copies of all reports, it would require a substantial deposit as there could be thousands since handcuffs are considered use of force also. Let me know you would like to proceed so that a cost estimate for prepayment can be established and collected before we commence.
2. The disposition of each investigation into the uses of force referenced above where available and what discipline if any was imposed as a result.
If the case involved a Formal investigation, where it was found that there is a potential policy violation, then Internal Affairs will have disposition letters and the discipline info for sustained cases. For 17 years of records, it will take some time to gather the info. This portion of the request will take an estimated 8-10 hours of work, spread over a period of time in order to research, review, redact and print. Estimated cost for this portion of request would require $200 prepayment deposit. Any overpayment will be refunded, any amount due will be billed appropriately as funds are depleted.
3. A copy of every civilian complaint filed against Tampa police officers since 2000-2017.
We do not have complaint records beyond 2010, unless they were formally investigated. We currently have approximately 2,500 complaints in our electronic database dated 2010 and after. Most complaints are due to misunderstandings or are frivolous. Complaints are investigated formally when potential policy violations are found during the complaint intake process. If referring specifically to formal investigations, then we can research and provide you with an estimated cost, based on the revised request.
4. The disposition of each complaint referenced above and what discipline if any was imposed as a result.
Only complaints investigated formally will have dispositions. Are you looking for the disposition letters for all Formally investigated cases for 17 years? If so, then that will take at least 80 hours to produce, est. $2000 will need to be collected before we commence. We would only be able to devote 1-2 hours a week to this request, based on current workload and staffing. Otherwise, we may also have a basic report showing basic details of Formal investigations.
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