Civil Asset Forfeitture - Whittier CA Police Dept

Good morning Gregory Buhl,

We are in receipt of 19 Public Records Request to the City of Whittier. The City is currently determining if there are any records pertaining to your request. Once completed, City staff will notify you of any findings, and possible fees associated with reproducing documents. In the event we require additional information on the scope of your request, we will reach out for clarification before we proceed to ensure we properly assist with your request. If a modification to the original request is made or if a clarification is requested, please note that this could delay the determination response. However, a reasonable effort will be made to fulfill the request within 10 calendar days of receipt.

Should you have any questions, please contact the City Clerk Department at (562) 567-9850.

Sincerely
[cid:image002.jpg@01DA7B72.A227B390]<http://www.cityofwhittier.org/>William Martinez | City Clerk Specialist
City Clerk Department | 13230 Penn Street | Whittier, CA 90602
(562) 567-9850 | wmartinez@cityofwhittier.org<mailto:wmartinez@cityofwhittier.org> | www.cityofwhittier.org<http://www.cityofwhittier.org/>
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Good evening Mr. Buhl,

In response to your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request dated March 21, 2024 regarding the following:
-Any accounting records or statistics on seized real estate, vehicles, firearms, funds in bank accounts and seizures made by the WPD, as well as seizures made by federal authorities where the WPD receives a share under the MOUs the department have in place with numerous agencies describing how assets are to be divided.
-Any annual reports produced on the WPD civil asset forfeiture program.
-Documents showing the balance of any funds currently in the WPD Civil Asset Forfeiture fund.
-A list of all items seized through civil asset forfeiture and retained for use by the WPD.
-Please also include any information relating to contested seizures. This request does not include court documents for individual forfeiture cases. The time period for this request is for the last 10 years.

the City Clerk Department has compiled the following response:

Upon preliminary review of your request, we wish to inform you that additional time is required to thoroughly search for, review, and evaluate the availability and responsiveness of the records you have requested. This process involves determining whether such records exist within our agency as requested or if a combination of records may be responsive to your request. We understand the importance of your request and are making every effort to complete this process in a timely manner. We expect to have either partial records, or a completed response by April 5, 2024.

If you have any questions, please contact the City Clerk Department at (562) 567-9850.

[cid:image002.jpg@01DA8467.4090CBA0]<http://www.cityofwhittier.org/> City Clerk Department
13230 Penn St. | Whittier, CA 90602
(562) 567 - 9850 | Email: ccd@cityofwhittier.org<mailto:ccd@cityofwhittier.org> | www.cityofwhittier.org<http://www.cityofwhittier.org/>
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Mr. Buhl,

Thank you for your patience as the City worked diligently to gather responsive documents to your request as specified below. Attached you'll find an excel sheet with information related to the asset forfeiture seizures, which lists all assets that have been disbursed to Whittier for the last 10 years. This would include items retained for use. The Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certification reports are the annual reports produced. These records date back 7 years.

If you believe the records provided are outside the scope of your request, if we inadvertently misconstrued your request, or if you have additional questions regarding your request, please contact the City Clerk Department at (562) 567-9850. Otherwise, this concludes the City's response to your CPRA request.

Sincerely,

[cid:image003.jpg@01DA86B4.AA2E0970]<http://www.cityofwhittier.org/> City Clerk Department
13230 Penn St. | Whittier, CA 90602
(562) 567 - 9850 | Email: ccd@cityofwhittier.org<mailto:ccd@cityofwhittier.org> | www.cityofwhittier.org<http://www.cityofwhittier.org/>
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