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May FOIA response #55

Closed achtor closed 8 years ago

achtor commented 8 years ago

Is there a copy of the May dump FOIA response letter available?

chaclynhunt commented 8 years ago

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2995577-217-Response-2.html

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Is there a copy of the May dump FOIA response letter available?

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chaclynhunt commented 8 years ago

Our letter, filed 04/07/16:

I would like to request all machine readable data (meaning any information that is able to be exported into spreadsheets) that exists for officer involved shootings.

Please include all information for any shootings, including but not limited to alleged shootings, shootings that were not investigated, and nonfatal shootings. Please include the following data for each shooting incident, and any other data we might not know exists:

A. Initial Incident Category List code B. Initial Incident Category description D. The shooting log number or U number E. The beat number in which the shooting took place F. The address at which the shooting took place H. The location description of the shooting incident I. The date that the shooting incident took place J. The time that the shooting incident took place L. The date that the shooting file/investigation was closed, or indicate if it remains open M. For each investigator assigned to the incident:

  1. Name of each investigator
  2. Agency of investigator (IAD, BIA, OPS, or IPRA, etc)
  3. Assigned Team
  4. Assignment date
  5. Assignment time
  6. Assigned by N. The final outcome code of the investigation O. The final outcome description of the investigation P. The recommended outcome & discipline Q. The final discipline imposed R. Within each shooting incident, for each officer involved:
  7. Name
  8. Star number
  9. Gender
  10. Race
  11. Age or year of birth
  12. Unit of assignment
  13. Rank on the date (please indicate whether it is at the time of the incident or date of production.)
  14. Date of appointment (please indicate whether it is at the time of the incident or date of production.)
  15. Whether the officer was on-duty or off-duty at the time of the shooting incident
  16. Whether the officer was injured S. Within each shooting, for each Chicago police employee witness or reporting party:
  17. Role
  18. Name
  19. Employee number
  20. Unit of assignment on the date of the shooting incident
  21. Rank on the date of the shooting incident
  22. Gender
  23. Race
  24. year of birth T. Within each shooting, for each witness or reporting party who is not a CPD employee:
  25. Gender
  26. Race
  27. Age or year of birth U. The shooting type (intentional discharge, unintentional, animal, etc) V. For the victim of the shooting:
  28. Gender
  29. Race
  30. year of birth
  31. Whether armed
  32. If armed, with what weapon

I do not object to the redaction of any information required by law to be redacted - including the employee numbers of officers and the identifying information of non-officer people.

Pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/6(a), we request the information be furnished in the electronic format in which it is maintained by IPRA, not in PDF or paper printouts. If the information is maintained in custom electronic format not currently available to the public, we request the information be furnished in an electronic format that is viewable by standard software, such as Excel, Access, SPSS, SQL, etc. Please provide the data through a file sharing service like Drop Box.

Because we have requested data electronically over a free file-sharing service, there should not be any charges. If there are any charges, we ask that you waive them pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/6(b), which authorizes you to waive fees when doing so would be “in the public interest.” Because I seek the information in order to disseminate it to the public, and because the information regards the safety, welfare, and legal rights of the general public, the request meets the statutory definition of “in the public interest.” This request is not for commercial benefit as defined in the statute because this request is made by a member of the news media whose principal purpose is to access and disseminate information regarding the general public’s safety, welfare, and legal rights. To the extent you intend to assess any charges, please notify me to discuss first.