Police Liability payout record request from Sun Sentinel (West Miami Police Department)
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| Submitted | Jan. 29, 2021 |
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From: Mario Ariza
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
I hope this message finds you well. This is a public records request from a member of a media organization, pursuant to Florida Statute 119. In furtherance of an article investigating police misconduct payouts across the county over the past decades, we are seeking documents that show how much your municipal corporation, its legal representatives, or its liability insurance carriers have paid out in civil court since 01/01/2010 because of the actions of its police professionals.
To that end, we kindly request the electronic delivery of an excel spreadsheet with the following information:
- An identifying number for the claim
- The loss date
- An incident indicator description (such as “excessive force, k-9 bite, false arrest/imprisonment, etc.)
- Incurred expenses
- Incurred liability
- Incurred legal expenses
- Paid legal expenses
- Paid total
- Incurred total
This records pull should be interpreted to cover both federal and state court claims. If some of the above figures are not available because of your accounting practices, please endeavor to provide us with as full a picture as possible of the $$$ paid out by your municipality due to lawsuits against its police officers over the past ten years.
Upon request, we can provide a spreadsheet obtained from the BSO that can serve as an example and guide for what we are looking for. Please do feel free to reach out via email or phone should you have any questions.
Very Best
Mario Alejandro Ariza
Federal Courts Reporter
South Florida Sun Sentinel
786.210.6548
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.
Sincerely,
Mario Ariza
From:
Good morning,
The City of West Miami is in receipt of the following request for public records:
“we are seeking documents that show how much your municipal corporation, its legal representatives, or its liability insurance carriers have paid out in civil court since 01/01/2010 because of the actions of its police professionals.
To that end, we kindly request the electronic delivery of an excel spreadsheet with the following information:
- An identifying number for the claim
- The loss date
- An incident indicator description (such as “excessive force, k-9 bite, false arrest/imprisonment, etc.)
- Incurred expenses
- Incurred liability
- Incurred legal expenses
- Paid legal expenses
- Paid total
- Incurred total
This records pull should be interpreted to cover both federal and state court claims. If some of the above figures are not available because of your accounting practices, please endeavor to provide us with as full a picture as possible of the $$$ paid out by your municipality due to lawsuits against its police officers over the past ten years.”
The records will be searched, located and you will be notified in advance of fees, if any, in connection to your request.
Kindest regards,
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Annery Gonzalez, MMC
City Clerk
Past MDCMCA President
City of West Miami
901 SW 62nd AVE
West Miami, FL 33144
Phone: (305)266-1122
Fax: (305)261-9914
anneryg@cityofwestmiami.org<mailto:anneryg@cityofwestmiami.org>
www.cityofwestmiamifl.com<http://www.cityofwestmiamifl.com/>
PLEASE NOTE: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
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From: West Miami Police Department
Good Morning,
Attached is the information we have received from our insurance carrier in connection to your request for public records.
Kindest regards,
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Annery Gonzalez, MMC
City Clerk
Past MDCMCA President
City of West Miami
901 SW 62nd AVE
West Miami, FL 33144
Phone: (305)266-1122
Fax: (305)261-9914
anneryg@cityofwestmiami.org<mailto:anneryg@cityofwestmiami.org>
www.cityofwestmiamifl.com<http://www.cityofwestmiamifl.com/>
PLEASE NOTE: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
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From: Mario Ariza
Thank you!