Crime data (Ventura Police Department)

Dear Rachelle Annechino,
Thank you for your submission in the category of Public Records>Public Record Request - Police, dated 03/05/2021.  This case has been assigned tracking number 90622.

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Ms. Annechino,
Pursuant to California Government Code Section
6253(c), the purpose of this email is to advise you that due to the nature of
your request there is a need to search for, collect, and examine a voluminous
amount of separate and distinct records and to write programming language to extract the requested data set. As such, a determination
regarding your request will be dispatched to you no later than March 29, 2021.
Karen Moore, Records Manager Ventura Police Department


Original Request
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Data on incidents/crimes reported from 1/1/2009 through 12/31/2020. I am part of a public health research team that is seeking this information for research aimed at reducing violence.

Specifically we are looking for data on all incidents that fall under FBI UCR Part I and Part II [https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/offense-definitions], including as many of the following fields as possible (based on the FBI UCR data elements shown at [https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/ucr/ucr-2019-1-nibrs-technical-specification.pdf/view]):

Incident Number (UCR Data Element 2)
Incident Date & Time/Hour (UCR Data Element 3)
UCR Offense Code (UCR Data Element 6)
Offense Attempted/Completed (UCR Data Element 7)
Offender Suspected of Using (UCR Data Element 8)
Bias Motivation (UCR Data Element 8A)
Location Type (UCR Data Element 9)
Type Weapon/Force Involved (UCR Data Element 13)
Type Property Loss/Etc. (UCR Data Element 14)
Suspected Drug Type (UCR Data Element 20)
Type of Victim (UCR Data Element 25)
Type of Officer Activity/Circumstance (UCR Data Element 25A)
Officer Assignment Type (UCR Data Element 25B)
Officer- ORI Other Jurisdiction (UCR Data Element 25C)
Age of Victim (UCR Data Element 26)
Sex of Victim (UCR Data Element 27)
Race of Victim (UCR Data Element 28)
Ethnicity of Victim (UCR Data Element 29)
Resident Status of Victim (UCR Data Element 30)
Aggravated Assault/Homicide Circumstances (UCR Data Element 31)
Type Injury (UCR Data Element 33)
Age of Offender (UCR Data Element 37)
Sex of Offender (UCR Data Element 38)
Race of Offender (UCR Data Element 39)
Ethnicity of Offender (UCR Data Element 39A)
Arrest Date (UCR Data Element 42)
Type of Arrest (UCR Data Element 43)
UCR Arrest Offense Code (UCR Data Element 43)
Age of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 47)
Sex of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 48)
Race of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 49)
Ethnicity of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 50)
Resident Status of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 51)
Disposition of Arrestee Under 18 (UCR Data Element 52)

and

street level location data for each incident, such as a geocoded location, street address, census block and/or census block group

We are requesting this data in a machine-readable format such as Excel spreadsheets or .csv files.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Rachelle Annechino

Rachelle Annechino,

The data you requested is attached.

Karen Moore, Records Manager
Ventura Police Department

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Crime Data 09-19 Download (https://clients.comcate.com/viewAttachment.php?id=L0JwQWFaRkllTHdsSEswVHRIeUhiSGpoWTB2OFRoMy9HdVpubTBscWs3VT0=)

Original Request
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Data on incidents/crimes reported from 1/1/2009 through 12/31/2020. I am part of a public health research team that is seeking this information for research aimed at reducing violence.

Specifically we are looking for data on all incidents that fall under FBI UCR Part I and Part II [https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/offense-definitions], including as many of the following fields as possible (based on the FBI UCR data elements shown at [https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/ucr/ucr-2019-1-nibrs-technical-specification.pdf/view]):

Incident Number (UCR Data Element 2)
Incident Date & Time/Hour (UCR Data Element 3)
UCR Offense Code (UCR Data Element 6)
Offense Attempted/Completed (UCR Data Element 7)
Offender Suspected of Using (UCR Data Element 8)
Bias Motivation (UCR Data Element 8A)
Location Type (UCR Data Element 9)
Type Weapon/Force Involved (UCR Data Element 13)
Type Property Loss/Etc. (UCR Data Element 14)
Suspected Drug Type (UCR Data Element 20)
Type of Victim (UCR Data Element 25)
Type of Officer Activity/Circumstance (UCR Data Element 25A)
Officer Assignment Type (UCR Data Element 25B)
Officer- ORI Other Jurisdiction (UCR Data Element 25C)
Age of Victim (UCR Data Element 26)
Sex of Victim (UCR Data Element 27)
Race of Victim (UCR Data Element 28)
Ethnicity of Victim (UCR Data Element 29)
Resident Status of Victim (UCR Data Element 30)
Aggravated Assault/Homicide Circumstances (UCR Data Element 31)
Type Injury (UCR Data Element 33)
Age of Offender (UCR Data Element 37)
Sex of Offender (UCR Data Element 38)
Race of Offender (UCR Data Element 39)
Ethnicity of Offender (UCR Data Element 39A)
Arrest Date (UCR Data Element 42)
Type of Arrest (UCR Data Element 43)
UCR Arrest Offense Code (UCR Data Element 43)
Age of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 47)
Sex of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 48)
Race of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 49)
Ethnicity of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 50)
Resident Status of Arrestee (UCR Data Element 51)
Disposition of Arrestee Under 18 (UCR Data Element 52)

and

street level location data for each incident, such as a geocoded location, street address, census block and/or census block group

We are requesting this data in a machine-readable format such as Excel spreadsheets or .csv files.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Rachelle Annechino