Tuscon, AZ PD Citizen Complaints
| Submitted | Aug. 22, 2017 |
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs. 39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015, could you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last 10 years in your department? 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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
From: TPDRecordsMedia
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015, could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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------
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
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. 22, 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: TPDRecordsMedia
Good morning,
Your request was forwarded to our Office of Professional Standards
(formerly Internal Affairs). I have requested that they reply and let
you know the standing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/8/2017 2:01 AM >>>
September 8, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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Upload documents directly:
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Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use
the above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock
DEPT MR 42369
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News"
and the department number) requests might be returned as
undeliverable.
------
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015, could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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Upload documents directly:
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Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use
the above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
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411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
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and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
------
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hello,
Thank you very much for the update.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
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. 22, 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: TPDRecordsMedia
Hello,
I called the Office of Professional Standards this morning and the Sgt.
responsible for this request is out of the office until tomorrow. I will
check back with them at that time.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/25/2017 2:04 AM >>>
September 25, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Sept. 9, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you very much for the update.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Sept. 8, 2017:
Good morning,
Your request was forwarded to our Office of Professional Standards
(formerly Internal Affairs). I have requested that they reply and let
you know the standing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/8/2017 2:01 AM >>>
September 8, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/tucson-police-department-366/tuscon-az-pd-citizen-complaints-42369/?uuid-login=9d5d57a4-6028-4871-a40d-80dbed6be070&email=TPDRecordsMedia%40tucsonaz.gov#agency-reply
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use
the above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock
DEPT MR 42369
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News"
and the department number) requests might be returned as
undeliverable.
------
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/tucson-police-department-366/tuscon-az-pd-citizen-complaints-42369/?uuid-login=4444a75c-d338-4fae-aa5b-3c91d0b97789&email=TPDRecordsMedia%40tucsonaz.gov#agency-reply
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use
the above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock
DEPT MR 42369
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News"
and the department number) requests might be returned as
undeliverable.
------
---
On Sept. 8, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015, could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
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From: Jeanette Romero
Mr. Cartwright,
I have received the public records request that you submitted and will be processing it. Your request is currently behind 17 others, some which are also lengthy requests. I am unable to give you a time frame as to when this record request will be complete because some requests take a great amount of time and others are much quicker to process. I am the only person in this office that processes these types of requests among my other daily duties but I will process this as quickly as possible.
The Office of Professional Standards does not house the annual reports that the Independent Police Auditor generates. You may try the City of Tucson City Clerk's office. In the meantime, I emailed one of the auditor's to ask if they have the report's that you requested and asked for a contact person for you to reach out to, to obtain those reports.
There is an open data portal on our City of Tucson website. Some of the officer involved shooting stats that you are looking for are there as well as some annual reports for our office, which will fulfill at least part of your request.
Here are the links:
https://data.tucsonaz.gov
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/internal-affairs
I will be out of the office and unavailable until Tuesday next week. If you will provide me with a contact number I would like to speak to you to discuss this request further.
Officer Jeanette Romero #47222
Tucson Police Department
Office of Professional Standards
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Office (520) 837-7709
Fax (520) 791-3269
jeanette.romero@tucsonaz.gov
From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/22/17.
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 Arizona Public Records request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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: Tucson Police Department
Hello,
I sent an earlier email but I am not sure if it went to the same
person. I am available next week beginning Tuesday 8/13 after 9:00 a.m.
If you could please give me a call I would appreciate it. It would be
helpful so that I can clarify what you are lacking regarding your
request.
Thank you,
Officer Jeanette Romero #47222
Tucson Police Department
Office of Professional Standards
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Office (520) 837-7709
Fax (520) 791-3269
jeanette.romero@tucsonaz.gov
>>> "requests@muckrock.com"
<requests@muckrock.com> 6/5/2018 6:46 AM >>>
June 5, 2018
This is a follow up to a previous request:
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/22/17.
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
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---
On May 27, 2018:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Sept. 28, 2017:
Mr. Cartwright,
I have received the public records request that you submitted and will
be processing it. Your request is currently behind 17 others, some which
are also lengthy requests. I am unable to give you a time frame as to
when this record request will be complete because some requests take a
great amount of time and others are much quicker to process. I am the
only person in this office that processes these types of requests among
my other daily duties but I will process this as quickly as possible.
The Office of Professional Standards does not house the annual reports
that the Independent Police Auditor generates. You may try the City of
Tucson City Clerk's office. In the meantime, I emailed one of the
auditor's to ask if they have the report's that you requested and asked
for a contact person for you to reach out to, to obtain those reports.
There is an open data portal on our City of Tucson website. Some of the
officer involved shooting stats that you are looking for are there as
well as some annual reports for our office, which will fulfill at least
part of your request.
Here are the links:
https://data.tucsonaz.gov
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/internal-affairs
I will be out of the office and unavailable until Tuesday next week. If
you will provide me with a contact number I would like to speak to you
to discuss this request further.
Officer Jeanette Romero #47222
Tucson Police Department
Office of Professional Standards
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Office (520) 837-7709
Fax (520) 791-3269
jeanette.romero@tucsonaz.gov
---
On Sept. 25, 2017:
Hello,
I called the Office of Professional Standards this morning and the
Sgt.
responsible for this request is out of the office until tomorrow. I
will
check back with them at that time.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/25/2017 2:04 AM >>>
September 25, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Sept. 9, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you very much for the update.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Sept. 8, 2017:
Good morning,
Your request was forwarded to our Office of Professional Standards
(formerly Internal Affairs). I have requested that they reply and let
you know the standing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/8/2017 2:01 AM >>>
September 8, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
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------
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
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On Sept. 8, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/tucson-police-department-366/tuscon-az-pd-citizen-complaints-42369/?uuid-login=9d5d57a4-6028-4871-a40d-80dbed6be070&email=TPDRecordsMedia%40tucsonaz.gov#agency-reply
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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock
DEPT MR 42369
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Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News"
and the department number) requests might be returned as
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------
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
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On Sept. 9, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you very much for the update.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Sept. 8, 2017:
Good morning,
Your request was forwarded to our Office of Professional Standards
(formerly Internal Affairs). I have requested that they reply and let
you know the standing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/8/2017 2:01 AM >>>
September 8, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015, could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hi Jeanette,
I hope you are well. I just gave you a call moment ago and left a VM. An email response would be easiest for me. I just need some basic clarification:
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/22/17.
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 Arizona Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2017. 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 Arizona Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2017. 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 Arizona Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2017. 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: Tucson Police Department
Good Afternoon Mr. Cartwright,
Regarding the officer involved shooting data found in the link below
(sent previously), that data is regarding officers that have discharged
their firearm at a person, to include a miss or not. That specific data
does not include discharges at animals or accidental discharges.
I took another look at the data for the link I sent you previously and
noticed that it only included 2010 - 2014. The link below includes
officer involved shootings for 2010 - 2018.
I hope that answers your questions. Fee free to contact me if you need
further clarification.
Officer Jeanette Romero #47222
Tucson Police Department
Office of Professional Standards
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Office (520) 837-7709
Fax (520) 791-3269
jeanette.romero@tucsonaz.gov
>>> "requests@muckrock.com"
<requests@muckrock.com> 11/5/2018 3:04 AM >>>
November 5, 2018
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records Law
request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 2017. 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.
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
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Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News"
and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
---
On Sept. 19, 2018:
Hi Jeanette,
I hope you are well. I just gave you a call moment ago and left a VM.
An email response would be easiest for me. I just need some basic
clarification:
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/22/17.
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
---
On Aug. 10, 2018:
Hello,
I sent an earlier email but I am not sure if it went to the same
person. I am available next week beginning Tuesday 8/13 after 9:00
a.m.
If you could please give me a call I would appreciate it. It would be
helpful so that I can clarify what you are lacking regarding your
request.
Thank you,
Officer Jeanette Romero #47222
Tucson Police Department
Office of Professional Standards
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Office (520) 837-7709
Fax (520) 791-3269
jeanette.romero@tucsonaz.gov
>>> "requests@muckrock.com"
<requests@muckrock.com> 6/5/2018 6:46 AM >>>
June 5, 2018
This is a follow up to a previous request:
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/22/17.
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
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
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---
On May 27, 2018:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Sept. 28, 2017:
Mr. Cartwright,
I have received the public records request that you submitted and will
be processing it. Your request is currently behind 17 others, some
which
are also lengthy requests. I am unable to give you a time frame as to
when this record request will be complete because some requests take a
great amount of time and others are much quicker to process. I am the
only person in this office that processes these types of requests
among
my other daily duties but I will process this as quickly as possible.
The Office of Professional Standards does not house the annual reports
that the Independent Police Auditor generates. You may try the City of
Tucson City Clerk's office. In the meantime, I emailed one of the
auditor's to ask if they have the report's that you requested and
asked
for a contact person for you to reach out to, to obtain those reports.
There is an open data portal on our City of Tucson website. Some of
the
officer involved shooting stats that you are looking for are there as
well as some annual reports for our office, which will fulfill at
least
part of your request.
Here are the links:
https://data.tucsonaz.gov
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/internal-affairs
I will be out of the office and unavailable until Tuesday next week.
If
you will provide me with a contact number I would like to speak to you
to discuss this request further.
Officer Jeanette Romero #47222
Tucson Police Department
Office of Professional Standards
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Office (520) 837-7709
Fax (520) 791-3269
jeanette.romero@tucsonaz.gov
---
On Sept. 25, 2017:
Hello,
I called the Office of Professional Standards this morning and the
Sgt.
responsible for this request is out of the office until tomorrow. I
will
check back with them at that time.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/25/2017 2:04 AM >>>
September 25, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Sept. 9, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you very much for the update.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Sept. 8, 2017:
Good morning,
Your request was forwarded to our Office of Professional Standards
(formerly Internal Affairs). I have requested that they reply and let
you know the standing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/8/2017 2:01 AM >>>
September 8, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track,
share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly
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and the department number) requests might be returned as
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
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On Sept. 8, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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On Sept. 9, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you very much for the update.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Sept. 8, 2017:
Good morning,
Your request was forwarded to our Office of Professional Standards
(formerly Internal Affairs). I have requested that they reply and let
you know the standing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 9/8/2017 2:01 AM >>>
September 8, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Aug. 24, 2017:
Hello,
Thank you for the update. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Respectfully,
Alex Cartwright
---
On Aug. 22, 2017:
Your request has been received and forwarded to our Office of
Professional Standards for processing.
Thank you,
Laura
>>> <requests@muckrock.com> 8/21/2017 11:01 PM >>>
August 22, 2017
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
------
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Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015,
could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the
following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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. How many officer-involved-shootings were there per year for the
last
10 years in your department? 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
would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
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On June 5, 2018:
I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/22/17.
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
---
On May 27, 2018:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 22, 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.
---
On Sept. 28, 2017:
Mr. Cartwright,
I have received the public records request that you submitted and will
be processing it. Your request is currently behind 17 others, some which
are also lengthy requests. I am unable to give you a time frame as to
when this record request will be complete because some requests take a
great amount of time and others are much quicker to process. I am the
only person in this office that processes these types of requests among
my other daily duties but I will process this as quickly as possible.
The Office of Professional Standards does not house the annual reports
that the Independent Police Auditor generates. You may try the City of
Tucson City Clerk's office. In the meantime, I emailed one of the
auditor's to ask if they have the report's that you requested and asked
for a contact person for you to reach out to, to obtain those reports.
There is an open data portal on our City of Tucson website. Some of the
officer involved shooting stats that you are looking for are there as
well as some annual reports for our office, which will fulfill at least
part of your request.
Here are the links:
https://data.tucsonaz.gov
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/internal-affairs
I will be out of the office and unavailable until Tuesday next week. If
you will provide me with a contact number I would like to speak to you
to discuss this request further.
Officer Jeanette Romero #47222
Tucson Police Department
Office of Professional Standards
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Office (520) 837-7709
Fax (520) 791-3269
jeanette.romero@tucsonaz.gov
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On Aug. 22, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs.
39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, 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.
We have the Independent Police Auditor's annual reports for 2015, could
you please provide that report for 2007-2014 and 2017? If so, you may
omit #1 of our request. If not, could you please provide the following:
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 (sometimes called internal complaints) 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.
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shooting involving an animal and separately from accidental firearm
discharges).
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From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer
From: Tucson Police Department
You're welcome. Happy Holidays!
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