Police Officer - Domestic (intimate partner) Abuse policies (Metropolitan Police Department)

This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Beryl Lipton, Request Number 2020-FOIA-00739 has been assigned to the request you submitted in relation to: Request description: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Materials related to incidents of domestic violence or intimate partner abuse committed both by members of this department and members of the public.

- All policies guiding law enforcement response to incidents of domestic violence, as well as all available reports and statistics regarding the number of related calls for this type of disturbance or crime for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. If incidents of this sort are categorized under a particular type or incident type number, provision of the proper record keeping terminology would be appreciated.

- All policies, disciplinary procedures, reports, reporting requirements, or available statistics regarding the alleged or actual act of domestic violence (also known as intimate partner abuse) committed in any form by an employee or member of this law enforcement agency

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 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

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April 21, 2023

Beryl Lipton

MuckRock News DEPT MR 82335

411A Highland Ave

Somerville, MA 02144

requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>

Re: FOIA Request No.: 2020-FOIA-00739

Dear Ms. Lipton,

This e-mail is in response to the above listed subject Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the following:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Materials related to incidents of domestic violence or intimate partner abuse committed both by members of this department and members of the public.

- All policies guiding law enforcement response to incidents of domestic violence, as well as all available reports and statistics regarding the number of related calls for this type of disturbance or crime for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. If incidents of this sort are categorized under a particular type or incident type number, provision of the proper record keeping terminology would be appreciated.

With regards to your request relating to incidents of domestic violence abuse committed by MPD members and members of the public; be advised, with the exception of statistic, records involving a MPD member or private citizen, would not be released. A release of such information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and is exempt from disclosure pursuant to D.C. Official Codes § 2-534(a)(2) and (a)(3)(C).

If you wish to obtain the statistics for the number of calls as it relates to domestic disturbance, you may submit your request to the Office Of Unified Communications (OUC) who is the custodian of all 911 calls. You may submit your request to OUC online via the DC Government Public FOIA Portal at https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx.

Alternatively, you may submit your FOIA request in writing to:

Domingo Juan

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer

Office of Unified Communications

2720 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20032

OUC.FOIA@dc.gov<mailto:OUC.FOIA@dc.gov>

With regards to policies, please be advised MPD 's directives/policies for public release and viewing are available at the following link:

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/written-directives-general-orders

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Sincerely,

Lisa Archie-Mills
Supervisory FOIA Specialist
Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA)
300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 4153
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721
lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov<mailto:lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov>

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This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Beryl Lipton, The status for your request is below. Please log into https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx and go to Request Status. If you have any questions regarding the status of your request, please contact the agency's FOIA office that you had submitted your FOIA request to. You can communicate directly with the FOIA office by clicking on Inbox, search the request number, and then click Compose Message. OR, visit to see a list DC Government FOIA Office’s/officer’s contact information and have your Request ID ready. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Contact FOIA Office Request status: Closed Request ID: 2020-FOIA-00739 Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:Materials related to incidents of domestic violence or intimate partner abuse committed both by members of this department and members of the public.- All policies guiding law enforcement response to incidents of domestic violence, as well as all available reports and statistics regarding the number of related calls for this type of disturbance or crime for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. If incidents of this sort are categorized under a particular type or incident type number, provision of the proper record keeping terminology would be appreciated.- All policies, disciplinary procedures, reports, reporting requirements, or available statistics regarding the alleged or actual act of domestic violence (also known as intimate partner abuse) committed in any form by an employee or member of this law enforcement agencyThe 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 20 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Beryl LiptonUpload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://www.muckrock.com/ (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2018 To 09/30/2019) Regards,
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