I arrived and met a receptionist at 11:18 a.m. Within 10 minutes the department’s acting chief (chief was out of town) greeted me kindly. He said he needed my first name. I was given a Form 700 10 minutes later. I was told “no charge.“ One hour later I was given a freshly printed crime log from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15. They said they do not normally keep them and it took that long to print a new one. It was 100 pages and did not list arrests.
I was told arrest logs were not printed for the public, but a clerk who was made to help me would not give a final, formal denial. The crime logs included all crimes, not just the ones I asked for. I was told that they did not keep public logs connecting arrests to crimes. “You would have to know what to look for,“ a clerk said. I left at 12:41 p.m. • Contando (the acting chief) called me in the morning of Dec. 12 and asked for the two week extension.
I received a phone message, timed at 3 p.m., that my documents were ready to be picked up. I did not have a chance to go until the following day. Copies of all available documents were given to me free of charge. A clerk could not tell me if this was special treatment, but I suspect they know I am a reporter. In addition to my written requests, there was also a printed summary of burglaries, sexual assaults and armed robberies. The report listed only a general location, time of the report and whether or not an arrest was made. An arrest log was not provided. Burglaries: 57 (arrests: 5); armed robberies: 4 (arrests: 1); sexual assaults: 6 (arrests: 0).
' }, { 'name':'Arcadia Police Department', 'address':'250 W. Huntington Drive', 'city':'Arcadia', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91066', 'latitude':'34.136285', 'longitude':'-118.03898', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'5', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Patricia Ho', 'newsorg':'Pasadena Star News', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Arroyo Grande Police Department', 'address':'200 N. Halcyon Road', 'city':'Arroyo Grande', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93420', 'latitude':'35.119806', 'longitude':'-120.591431', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'83', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Leslie Parrilla', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'66', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-1', 'arrestinfo':'-6', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Arvin Police Department', 'address':'200 Campus Drive', 'city':'Arvin', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93203', 'latitude':'35.209812', 'longitude':'-118.833081', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'5', 'projectid':'Kern County', 'auditor':'John Cox', 'newsorg':'The Bakersfield Californian', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Atascadero Police Department', 'address':'5505 El Camino Real', 'city':'Atascadero', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93422', 'latitude':'35.493144', 'longitude':'-120.676546', 'grade':'B+', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'86', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Larissa Doust', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'C+', 'oralscore':'72', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-1', 'arrestinfo':'-3', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Auburn Police Department', 'address':'1215 Lincoln Way', 'city':'Auburn', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95603', 'latitude':'38.897596', 'longitude':'-121.074979', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'52', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Andrew McIntosh', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'44', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-9', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'Down the hill in historic old downtown Auburn, the much smaller Auburn Police Department was perhaps the most curious police operation we encountered.
Within minutes of our arrival at the department’s headquarters on Lincoln Way and request for information, no fewer than three department staffers became involved and started discussing the requests for information and documents we wanted.
First was friendly officer D. Coe, a bear of a man who had never heard about a Form 700 filing before but didn’t let that stop him from trying to help.
Thinking out loud, he asked what kinds of things could be found in a Form 700 report. When told that such reports included details about real estate and other investments, Coereplied: “You can get that property information at the County Recorder’s office.“
Just as Coe asked why we wanted the information, a second female civilian clerk jumped into the discussion after overhearing the discussion from her seat nearby.
“I think that (statement of economic interests) is only a Public Record at federal agencies,“ she offered, skeptical that ordinary police chiefs have to file them, too.
That’s when the sly, polite and deadly curious Lois Montgomery, an Auburn Police Department records officer and dispatcher, got involved as well.
Montgomery was initially dismissive, explaining that it was the Monday after a weekend of policing, there was tons of paperwork to be done and that she was very busy and that her dispatch was under construction to boot.
“We have 600 things to do right now,“ she said. “I think we have five days to get that to you.“
Then curiosity got the better of her. “Why do you want this stuff? Are you an attorney? Are you doing some kind of project?,“ she asked, warming up and smiling.
“Does it make a difference if I am or why I want the information?,“ our auditor countered, with a smile himself, saying it was for unspecified research.
“Well,“ she replied. “We never get asked for any of this,“ Montgomery said. “We’re a small police department in a small town with a 13,000 population.“
She offered a free copy of a one-page sheet pasted to the service counter window which outlined the Department’s fee schedule.
In Auburn, if you want a copy of police radio recording, you have to provide the blank, new tape and $16. Ditto for Video tape requests. Incident and collision reports cost $5,00, plus 10 cents a page per page if the report exceeds 10 pages.
' }, { 'name':'Bakersfield Police Department', 'address':'1601 Truxtun Avenue', 'city':'Bakersfield', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93301', 'latitude':'35.373081', 'longitude':'-119.020185', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Kern County', 'auditor':'Dane Boedigheimer', 'newsorg':'The Bakersfield Californian', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Baldwin Park Police Department', 'address':'14403 E. Pacific Avenue', 'city':'Baldwin Park', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91706', 'latitude':'34.085067', 'longitude':'-117.960006', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Jennifer McLain', 'newsorg':'Pasadena Star News', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Banning Police Department', 'address':'125 East Ramsey Street', 'city':'Banning', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92220', 'latitude':'33.925579', 'longitude':'-116.875416', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'5', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Rocky Salmon', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Beaumont Police Department', 'address':'660 Orange Avenue', 'city':'Beaumont', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92223', 'latitude':'33.930643', 'longitude':'-116.974234', 'grade':'B-(*grade recently updated; score may not reflect change)', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'68', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Sarah Burge', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'56', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-9', 'arrestinfo':'-6', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Benicia Police Department', 'address':'200 East L Street', 'city':'Benicia', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94510', 'latitude':'38.052712', 'longitude':'-122.15354', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'32', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Cecily Burt', 'newsorg':'The Oakland Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'44', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-3', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Berkeley Police Department', 'address':'2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Way', 'city':'Berkeley', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94704', 'latitude':'37.870451', 'longitude':'-122.273057', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Angela Woodall', 'newsorg':'The Argus', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Brentwood Police Department', 'address':'9100 Brentwood Blvd.', 'city':'Brentwood', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94513', 'latitude':'37.919441', 'longitude':'-121.68486', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'74', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Roman Gokhman', 'newsorg':'Tri-Valley Herald', 'oralrequestgrade':'D-', 'oralscore':'48', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-1', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Butte County Sheriff', 'address':'33 County Center Drive', 'city':'Oroville', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95965', 'latitude':'39.527363', 'longitude':'-121.571877', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'70', 'projectid':'Butte County', 'auditor':'Karen McIntyre', 'newsorg':'Chico Enterprise-Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'A-', 'oralscore':'90', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'-5', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'CHP - Auburn', 'address':'9440 Indian Hill Road', 'city':'Newcastle', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95658', 'latitude':'38.872133', 'longitude':'-121.12872', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'26', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Andrew McIntosh', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'43.3', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-4', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'At the CHP detachment building in Newcastle, which serves the Auburn area from a perch above the highway on Indian Hill Road, a receptionist at the front desk was abrupt, nosy and demanded to know the identity of the auditor and why information was sought. When the reporter replied, does it matter who I am and will it make a difference? Will it change how you handle my request, she sighed and frowned, stood up and curtly replied that she would get a uniformed officer to respond. Four minutes passed and along came CHP Watch officer Kevin Mendonca, a welcome breath of fresh air. He was friendly, polite and eager to serve and provide information. In fact, his detachment was a model for all CHP detachments. It had two posted copies of the department’s Public Records Act policy: one large version that was affixed to a bulletin board in its entrance area and a second smaller photocopy taped to the inside of front service counter window. He provided a copy. The document explained the guidelines under which the CHP releases communications center tapes, commercial vehicle inspection reports, dispatch logs and hazardous spill incident reports, citing an exception to the latter for injury and medical information. The document also listed the CHP’s fees for such tapes and copiers of documents, added that “public records requests shall not be disruptive to normal business.“
A smiling and efficient Mendonca took extra steps to ensure he understood exactly what was being requested, but he too, eventually wanted to know the auditor’s identity and why the information was being requested. He asked for a driver’s license and took down the details and then quickly printed the Auburn office’s arrest log for between Nov. 1 and 15 - it reported 29 arrests - Âand provided the two-page printout document at no charge. There were 20 DUIs. He accepted a reporter’s public records request, read it carefully and said he would have to forward to the department’s legal office - which he did that same day. The auditor was in and out of that office within 20 minutes. 12/28 Letter stating that documents will be provided on or before 1/10.
' }, { 'name':'CHP - Main', 'address':'2555 First Ave.', 'city':'Sacramento', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95818', 'latitude':'38.556227', 'longitude':'-121.480148', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Chelsea Phua', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'66', 'reqid':'-0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'Officer Marlin Pressley of the Commissioner’s Support Unit said the main state office did not hold any citation or arrest records. Otherwise, there would too much information stored at a single location, he explained. If I wanted to see the information (both oral and written) I was requesting, I had to go to specific CHP branches to locate it, he said. He was polite, but kept repeating that he didn’t have any records to show me.
' }, { 'name':'CHP - North Sacramento', 'address':'5109 Tyler Street', 'city':'Sacramento', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95841', 'latitude':'38.658285', 'longitude':'-121.357299', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'-', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'66', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'Officer S.P. McCabe said the person who would be able to deal with my request to see the citations and arrest information wasn’t around and said I should return Wednesday. When I handed him the written request, he left the front counter and returned with another officer a few minutes later. He accepted my written request, time stamped it, and said he would forward it to the legal department. He also asked me for my mailing address so the documents could be mailed to me. The other officer asked me out of curiosity why I needed the information but said I didn’t need to tell him if I didn’t want to.
' }, { 'name':'CHP - Placerville', 'address':'3031 Lo Hi Way', 'city':'Placerville', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95667', 'latitude':'38.720472', 'longitude':'-120.830717', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Todd Milbourn', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'66', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'The Bee left the written request at the office for public relations official Shawn Richie as well as a card for a call back. The Bee hasn’t heard back. Officers at the desk said they felt it was disingenuous that a reporter didn’t immediately identify himself.
' }, { 'name':'CHP - Truckee', 'address':'10077 State Rte. 89 South', 'city':'Truckee', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'96161', 'latitude':'39.337649', 'longitude':'-120.173922', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Todd Milbourn', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'66', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'Capt. Gary Ross said he was told by supervisors that all public records requests go to CHP General Counsel. “I’d like to help you,’ he said. “This is what I’ve been told.“
' }, { 'name':'CHP - Williams', 'address':'735 N. 7th St.', 'city':'Williams', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95987', 'latitude':'39.152562', 'longitude':'-122.148239', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Philip Reese', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'16', 'reqid':'-30', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'At the Williams office of the California Highway Patrol, a reporter asked for a copy of information on drunk driving arrests over a certain period of time. At two other Highway Patrol stations, the reporter had been able to get the information immediately. First, after waiting a couple of minutes, the reporter was asked why he wanted the information. He replied that he was a journalist working on a story. A few more minutes passed and he was taken into the office of Doug Uhlik, the area commander. Uhlik asked the reporter to show identification. He then took the reporter’s official id card and made a photocopy of it. He then asked why the reporter needed the information. The reporter said he could not disclose that.
Uhlik, who said it was his first day on the job, then had an employee take the reporter’s address and said he would get the information to him. First, he said, he had redact some information he said was not open to public inspection. All of the information requested of Uhlik’s office is, under state law, public information. 12/6 Letter requesting 14 day extension to oral request 12/12 Letter requesting 14 day extension to written request
' }, { 'name':'CHP - Yuba/Sutter', 'address':'1619 Poole Blvd.', 'city':'Yuba City', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95993', 'latitude':'39.144891', 'longitude':'-121.644723', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'26', 'projectid':'Sutter County', 'auditor':'Philip Reese', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'43', 'reqid':'-30', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'-4', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Campbell Police Department', 'address':'70 N. First Street', 'city':'Campbell', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95008', 'latitude':'37.288141', 'longitude':'-121.944726', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Santa Clara County', 'auditor':'Thomas Peele', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'0', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Carlsbad Police Department', 'address':'2560 Orion Way', 'city':'Carlsbad', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92010', 'latitude':'33.138118', 'longitude':'-117.26573', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'67', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Dave Downey', 'newsorg':'North County Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'D', 'oralscore':'54', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-1', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Cathedral City Police Department', 'address':'68700 Avenue Lalo Guerrero', 'city':'Cathedral City', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92234', 'latitude':'33.781137', 'longitude':'-116.464434', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Sonja Bjelland', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Ceres Police Department', 'address':'2720 Second Street', 'city':'Ceres', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95307', 'latitude':'37.593688', 'longitude':'-120.955326', 'grade':'B-', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'78', 'projectid':'Stanislaus County', 'auditor':'Ken Carlson', 'newsorg':'Modesto Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'56', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-5', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Chico Police Department', 'address':'1460 Humboldt Road', 'city':'Chico', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95928', 'latitude':'39.735639', 'longitude':'-121.815232', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'25', 'projectid':'Butte County', 'auditor':'Karen McIntyre', 'newsorg':'Chico Enterprise-Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'At the Chico PD I was sent to talk to the police captain. He was very suspicious. He grilled me on who I was, who I worked for, and why I wanted the information. I am fairly certain he figured out there was an audit in the works. He read the written request telling me several times that I was requesting private information. He did say he would send me, by email, some of the information I requested, but has not yet done so. I did not get to see any records during my visit.
' }, { 'name':'Chula Vista Police Department', 'address':'315 Fourth Avenue', 'city':'Chula Vista', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91910', 'latitude':'32.639589', 'longitude':'-117.083635', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'28', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Jeanette Donahoo/J.W. August', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'56', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-6', 'arrestinfo':'-6', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Citrus Heights Police Department', 'address':'6237 Fountain Square Drive', 'city':'Citrus Heights', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95621', 'latitude':'38.678427', 'longitude':'-121.298474', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'50', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Andrew McIntosh', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'Closer to Sacramento, trying to get information from the six-month-old Citrus Heights Police Department was a little more difficult, despite earnest efforts by several police and city employees.
When an auditor went to the public service counter of its sparkling police department headquarters, a volunteer senior citizen serving behind a glass window said all the information we needed could be found in a recent Sacramento Bee article about the department’s accomplishments and activities under Chief Christopher Boyd.
The senior, who was wearing no identification other than a ÒvolunteerÓ designation, wanted immediately to know who we were and why we wanted the information.
When an auditor replied, ÔDoes that matter? Will it make a difference?,Ó he became impatient and summoned a civilian police records officer: a young woman reluctant to disclose her identity to a stranger. She was L. Wasilasky.
She disappeared for about 12 minutes before returning with a reply. Somewhat embarrassed, she explained Citrus Heights Police Department is building a Web site where it will post crime and arrest information, but added the Web site is not ready yet.
Instead, she said a department crime analyst would retrieve the information requested and get it to us within Ò a couple of days,Ó Wasilasky added.
As for the Chief of Police’s Form 700, she directed us to walk across the street to Citrus Heights City Hall to pick up a copy of the document there.
Over at City Hall, main receptionist Lativa was efficient, fast and courteous, serving the many walk-in builders seeking permits, and citizens with questions about services.
She was as good as the best traffic cops the city. But she was stumped by the Form 700 request, saying she didn’t have one and had never seen one.
She called and paged a staffer in the Chief’s secretary repeatedly for the next 35 minutes to ask for it, but had nothing to show for her tenacious efforts. She finally took a message and urged the auditor not to hand around any longer, suspecting people were caught in a lengthy meeting or something. She logged the message in a receipt book and the auditor left an e-mail address through which he could be contacted.
The next day, the Chief had learned that the Bee’s queries are part of a statewide audit and he called a senior Bee editor to find out what is going on and also to complain.
' }, { 'name':'Clovis Police Department', 'address':'1233 5th Street', 'city':'Clovis', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93612', 'latitude':'36.824137', 'longitude':'-119.692536', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Fresno County', 'auditor':'Angela Gutierrez and Andres Araiza', 'newsorg':'KFSN TV Fresno', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Colton Police Department', 'address':'650 North La Cadena Drive', 'city':'Colton (*grade recently updated; score may not reflect change)', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92324', 'latitude':'34.071734', 'longitude':'-117.323135', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'5', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Sandra Baltazar-Martinez', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Colusa County Sheriff', 'address':'929 Bridge Street', 'city':'Colusa', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95932', 'latitude':'39.205861', 'longitude':'-122.003528', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'45', 'projectid':'Colusa County', 'auditor':'Janey Keim', 'newsorg':'Sacramento Valley Mirror', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Colusa Police Department', 'address':'260 6th Street', 'city':'Colusa', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95932', 'latitude':'39.213927', 'longitude':'-122.009697', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'69', 'projectid':'Colusa County', 'auditor':'Janey Keim', 'newsorg':'Sacramento Valley Mirror', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'58', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-9', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Concord Police Department', 'address':'1350 Galindo Street', 'city':'Concord', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94520', 'latitude':'37.970523', 'longitude':'-122.032059', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'65', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Cecily Burt', 'newsorg':'The Oakland Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Contra Costa Sheriff', 'address':'651 Pine Street 7th Floor', 'city':'Martinez', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94553', 'latitude':'38.019268', 'longitude':'-122.13147', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'51', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Roman Gokhman', 'newsorg':'Tri-Valley Herald', 'oralrequestgrade':'D', 'oralscore':'52', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Corona Police Department', 'address':'849 W. Sixth Street', 'city':'Corona', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92882', 'latitude':'33.876586', 'longitude':'-117.576464', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'13', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Gail Wesson', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'26', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-7', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Coronado Police Department', 'address':'700 Orange Avenue', 'city':'Coronado', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92118', 'latitude':'32.690137', 'longitude':'-117.177717', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'58', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Jeanette Donahoo/J.W. August', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'66', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'-5', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Cotati Police Department', 'address':'203 West Sierra Avenue', 'city':'Cotati', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94931', 'latitude':'38.32367', 'longitude':'-122.708186', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Sonoma County', 'auditor':'Vicki Vestel', 'newsorg':'Petaluma Argus-Courier', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Covina Police Department', 'address':'444 N. Cirrus Avenue', 'city':'Covina', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91723', 'latitude':'34.0847', 'longitude':'-117.887', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'46', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Alison Hewitt', 'newsorg':'San Gabriel Valley Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F', 'oralscore':'32', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-7', 'arrestinfo':'-7', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Davis Police Department', 'address':'2600 Fifth Street', 'city':'Davis', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95616', 'latitude':'38.55172', 'longitude':'-121.719245', 'grade':'B-', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'76', 'projectid':'Yolo County', 'auditor':'Cory Golden', 'newsorg':'The Davis Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'B', 'oralscore':'82', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-3', 'arrestinfo':'-4', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'“On Dec. 4, just before 9 a.m., I went to the station. The front desk clerk recognized me immediately, though I’m not our regular police reporter. She accepted the requests but said the station was short-staffed. I offered to wait, but she said she would not be able to get to any of them that day. I was given the name of the head of the records department, Karen Berry, and was told she’d contact me. Within about two hours, the interim chief called my editor, Debbie Davis. Unfortunately, Debbie did not stick to the script, explaining what was going on. The chief said he’d fulfill the requests within 10 days. He later called and e-mailed me a couple of times with questions and in one voice mail mentioned that he and others were working on the requests. Certainly not the sort of situation a normal citizen would encounter, I’m sure. However, I suppose it says something that the interim chief knew exactly what these requests were for, but it still took until 12/13 -- nine days -- to fulfill them. What that says likely varies widely depending on your point of view.
The department did, indeed, fulfill the requests, at least partially, with two exceptions:
Desk officers gave me two contacts for info. Neither was in, so I left messages. Christina Novello, 642-4702, is the crime analyst. Lt. Kevin House, 642-4705, got the written request. Desk officers did ask me who I represented. I told her, “The Bee“. She said, “Good for you.“
12/14: Letter from Louis B. Green, County Counsel, El Dorado County - response to written request
' }, { 'name':'El Monte Police Department', 'address':'11333 Valley Boulevard', 'city':'El Monte', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91731', 'latitude':'34.070907', 'longitude':'-118.030448', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'17', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Alison Hewitt', 'newsorg':'San Gabriel Valley Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F', 'oralscore':'34', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-8', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Elk Grove Police Department', 'address':'8400 Laguna Palms Way', 'city':'Elk Grove', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95758', 'latitude':'38.417626', 'longitude':'-121.394255', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Chelsea Phua', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'Security Officer Ryan Huber was pleasant but he kept referring me to the city clerk for the public records requests. He also gave me the name and number of a crime statistics analyst from the department when I asked to see the crime and arrest reports.
He said he wasn’t aware of what a Form 700 was. He also kept saying he didn’t know what records can or cannot be released.
“And to be honest, most of the officers working here probably don’t either,“ he said.
He said crime reports were available on the department’s Web site, but detailed information wasn’t public unless the person requesting it was the victim.
“The names of victims or suspects wouldn’t be public information,“ he said.“
' }, { 'name':'Escondido Police Department', 'address':'700 West Grand Avenue', 'city':'Escondido', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92025', 'latitude':'33.11766', 'longitude':'-117.089798', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Dave Downey', 'newsorg':'North County Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Fairfax Police Department', 'address':'144 Bolinas Road', 'city':'Fairfax', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94930', 'latitude':'37.985236', 'longitude':'-122.590672', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'65', 'projectid':'Marin County', 'auditor':'Malaika Fraley', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-8', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Fairfield Police Department', 'address':'1000 Webster Street', 'city':'Fairfield', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94533', 'latitude':'38.251485', 'longitude':'-122.043445', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Solano County', 'auditor':'Jennifer Gentile', 'newsorg':'The Reporter', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Folsom Police Department', 'address':'46 Natoma Street', 'city':'Folsom', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95630', 'latitude':'38.680762', 'longitude':'-121.164961', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'23', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Todd Milbourn', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'46', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'When the Bee requested the information from the Folsom Police Department, the desk officer asked a reporter who he represented. The officer said it made a difference because the agency gets many requests. On Dec. 7, the city of Folsom faxed three different Form 700 reports for Sam Spiegel, the Chief of Police who was also interim assistant city manager during parts of 2006.
' }, { 'name':'Fontana Police Department', 'address':'17005 Upland Avenue', 'city':'Fontana', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92335', 'latitude':'34.102763', 'longitude':'-117.432685', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'San Bernardino County', 'auditor':'Andrew Edwards', 'newsorg':'San Bernardino Sun', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Fremont Police Department', 'address':'2000 Stevenson Blvd.', 'city':'Fremont', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94538', 'latitude':'37.553704', 'longitude':'-121.968573', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Kelly Pakula', 'newsorg':'San Mateo County Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Fresno County Sheriff', 'address':'2200 Fresno Street', 'city':'Fresno', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93721', 'latitude':'36.7373', 'longitude':'-119.790057', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'55', 'projectid':'Fresno County', 'auditor':'Angela Gutierrez and Andres Araiza', 'newsorg':'KFSN TV Fresno', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'On December 4, 2006 at 8:30 AM, auditor entered Fresno County Sheriff’s department.
Auditor describes her experience as “getting the run-around.“ When auditor made oral request, department employees bounced auditor between two different offices. Employees never heard of Form 700 and asked auditor a series of questions, “where did you hear about this Form 700. Where did get this information? How did you know about the Form 700.“ Auditor said she’s working on a project and needed the form for the project. Auditor did not reveal her affiliation with the media.
The employees sent auditor to an outside patio telephone to be connected to a supervisor. Paul LeDuc, Systems and Procedures Manager, asked auditor a series of questions, “He asked me my name. He asked me if I was a citizen or employee of that department, and asked me what I wanted the information for.“ Auditor provided her name, identified herself as citizen, and said she’s working on a project.
In regards to the other oral requests (crime info & arrest info), Auditor said, “He (LeDuc) wasn’t sure whether or not that information could be given to me and he would have to find out what if any of the information could be given to me ... how detailed the information could be. If it was very detailed, they would have to give their IT department involved.“ After an hour of waiting and questioning, auditor finally submitted the oral and written requests to Steve Forker, Administrative Services Director. No information was immediately provided for inspection.
Auditor left building at 9:30 AM.
' }, { 'name':'Fresno Police Department', 'address':'2323 Mariposa Mall', 'city':'Fresno', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93721', 'latitude':'36.737414', 'longitude':'-119.78791', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'Fresno County', 'auditor':'Angela Gutierrez and Andres Araiza', 'newsorg':'KFSN TV Fresno', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'“On December 4, 2006 at 10:14 AM, auditor entered Fresno Police Department.
Auditor approached a clerk and made oral request. Auditor was asked several questions, “She asked me if I had ID, so I gave her my driver’s license. She (clerk) walked away. She (clerk) came back and said we’ll have to get back to you in ten days.“ It turns out the clerk made a copy of auditor’s license. Auditor reported, “I saw her (clerk) over at the photocopy machine ... copying my ID. I asked her when she brought it back to me if she made a photo copy of my ID and she said she had.“ Auditor was asked to submit her oral request in writing. Clerk asked why auditor wanted information and a few clarification questions. Auditor said she wanted information for her own personal interest.
Then, auditor submitted written request. No further questions were asked. No information was immediately provided for inspection.
Auditor left building at 10:33 AM.
On 12/11/06, Lt. Newton called Angela for clarification on what she means by “recent.“ Angela returned the call on 12/12/06 saying she wants all reports for the year 2006.
' }, { 'name':'Fullerton Police Depasrtment', 'address':'237 W. Commonwealth', 'city':'Fullerton', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92832', 'latitude':'33.870485', 'longitude':'-117.927338', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Orange County', 'auditor':'Jonathan Volzke', 'newsorg':'The Capistrano Dispatch', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Galt Police Department', 'address':'455 Industrial Drive', 'city':'Galt', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95632', 'latitude':'38.26468', 'longitude':'-121.306024', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'71', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Andrew McIntosh', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'62', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-9', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Glendora Police Department', 'address':'150 S. Glendora Avenue', 'city':'Glendora', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91741', 'latitude':'34.135093', 'longitude':'-117.865333', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'30', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Patricia Ho', 'newsorg':'San Gabriel Valley Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'60', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Glenn County Sheriff', 'address':'543 W. Oak Street', 'city':'Willows', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95988', 'latitude':'39.519337', 'longitude':'-122.200188', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'30', 'projectid':'Glenn County', 'auditor':'Janey Keim', 'newsorg':'Sacramento Valley Mirror', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Grover Beach Police Department', 'address':'711 Rockaway Avenue', 'city':'Grover Beach', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93433', 'latitude':'35.120716', 'longitude':'-120.62251', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'74', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Leslie Parrilla', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'D-', 'oralscore':'48', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-6', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Half Moon Bay Police Department', 'address':'537 Kelly Avenue', 'city':'Half Moon Bay', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94019', 'latitude':'37.464121', 'longitude':'-122.432849', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'35', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Martin Ricard', 'newsorg':'The Daily Review', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Hayward Police Department', 'address':'300 W. Winton Avenue', 'city':'Hayward', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94544', 'latitude':'37.658014', 'longitude':'-122.096972', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'25', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Kelly Pakula', 'newsorg':'San Mateo County Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Hemet Police Department', 'address':'450 E. Latham Street', 'city':'Hemet', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92543', 'latitude':'33.749537', 'longitude':'-116.967895', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Rocky Salmon', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Huntington Beach Police Department', 'address':'2000 Main Street', 'city':'Huntington Beach', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92648', 'latitude':'33.676318', 'longitude':'-118.00135', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'84', 'projectid':'Orange County', 'auditor':'Jonathan Volzke', 'newsorg':'The Capistrano Dispatch', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'68', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-1', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'“Huntington Beach Police Department
2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach
Date visited: December 5, 2006
Time: 3:15 p.m.
Records provided: Reviewed call logs with limited arrest information
The Huntington Beach Police Department is also among Orange County’s largest, but continually ranks as one of the nation’s safest cities for its size.
I was greeted at the front desk by Officer Dooz, who wrote down my first and last name. When I asked him if that was necessary, he told me “they’re going to ask who wants to know.“
I was ultimately directed to Denise M. Robsel, a records administrator. She seem perplexed by my requests, giving me other people to contact for the information. She was very friendly, though, as was the desk officer.
I noticed a reporter looking at printed out computer logs and asked whether those wouldn’t have some of the information I sought. She told me I could look at them, but that names of the arrested were blacked out because “the courts have ruled that after seven days, an arrest becomes part of someone’s criminal history, and we can’t release that.“
None of the other information was provided, although a few days later, I received phone calls from someone in the city attorney’s office and a police lieutenant in charge of public information. I called the lieutenant back and spoke to him, then got another call from the city attorney. I did not talk to her because of the holidays.
' }, { 'name':'Indio Police Department', 'address':'46-800 Jackson Street', 'city':'Indio', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92201', 'latitude':'33.709037', 'longitude':'-116.216234', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Martha Sarabia', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Kern County Sheriff', 'address':'1350 Norris Road', 'city':'Bakersfield', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93308', 'latitude':'35.419737', 'longitude':'-119.047476', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Kern County', 'auditor':'John Cox', 'newsorg':'The Bakersfield Californian', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'La Habra Police Department', 'address':'201 E. La Habra Blvd.', 'city':'La Habra', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'90631', 'latitude':'33.932037', 'longitude':'-117.944723', 'grade':'B-', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'79', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Araceli Esparza', 'newsorg':'Whittier Daily News', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'58', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-5', 'arrestinfo':'-1', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'La Mesa Police Department', 'address':'8181 Allison Avenue', 'city':'La Mesa', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91941', 'latitude':'32.765863', 'longitude':'-117.02181', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'43', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Jamila Hillebrand', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'6', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-3', 'arrestinfo':'-14', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Lake Elsinore Police Department', 'address':'333 Limited Avenue', 'city':'Lake Elsinore', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92530', 'latitude':'33.667184', 'longitude':'-117.331265', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'65', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Jose Arballo', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-5', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Lincoln Police Department', 'address':'770 Seventh Street', 'city':'Lincoln', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95648', 'latitude':'38.894637', 'longitude':'-121.293718', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'54', 'projectid':'Placer County', 'auditor':'Phillip Reese', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'58', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-5', 'arrestinfo':'-6', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Livermore Police Department', 'address':'1110 South Livermore Avenue', 'city':'Livermore', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94550', 'latitude':'37.674639', 'longitude':'-121.756542', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Leslie Griffy', 'newsorg':'The San Jose Mercury News', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Lodi Police Department', 'address':'215 W. Elm Street', 'city':'Lodi', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95240', 'latitude':'38.135637', 'longitude':'-121.275316', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'San Joaquin', 'auditor':'Emily Francke - Californians Aware', 'newsorg':'Stockton Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Long Beach Police Department', 'address':'400 W. Broadway', 'city':'Long Beach', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'90802', 'latitude':'33.769163', 'longitude':'-118.196565', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Samantha Gonzaga', 'newsorg':'Long Beach Press Telegram', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Los Angeles County Sheriff', 'address':'4700 Ramona Blvd.', 'city':'Monterey Park', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91754', 'latitude':'34.060735', 'longitude':'-118.169075', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Alison Hewitt', 'newsorg':'San Gabriel Valley Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'I entered the driveway at 3:08 and stopped at the guard booth. The deputy in the booth asked me what I was there for and I told her it was to get some documents. She asked if I had documents waiting for me, and I said no, I wanted to request some documents that were public records. She asked if I had been told by someone at the headquarters that this was the place to get the documents, and I said no, and she explained that this was the headquarters, not a station, so I probably wouldn’t get any documents.
Then she said she would call up and tell someone I was coming and she asked my name. I asked if she needed it and she said yes, so I gave my first name; then she asked for my last name and I again asked if she needed it, and she said yes, because I was at a sensitive facility and that Òthis is where Sheriff Lee Baca works.Ó So I gave her my last name and she called up, and she gave my name, and then she gave me directions for how to park.
I entered the front lobby at 3:14 and asked the deputy at the front desk to direct me to the person handling public records. The deputy asked me what sort of records I was looking for, so I began asking him about the Form 700. Then the sheriff’s spokesman, whom I know, came through the lobby. He recognized me and asked what I needed. So I read the oral request form to him, and he came to look at the oral request form. He expressed concerns that the request was very vague Ð did I want a form 700 for the Sheriff? Or for the undersheriff, the highest non-elected official? Or for all of the 15-20 commanders working out of headquarters? And he said the oral request paper looked like a form letter and that I must be just going to several different locations with the same questions, right? I couldn’t think of a form of the question ÒDo you need to know that?Ó that would have made sense under the circumstances, so I said something like ÒYeah, sort of.Ó He explained that most of my questions were too vague Ð for instance, did I want the crime data for the entire Sheriff’s Department? Or for just Monterey Park, where the headquarters was located, but which the department does not actually serve? He said I needed to specify those details, and that they don’t have those kinds of records at the headquarters anyway, and my best bet would be to go to the Discovery Unit or to a station. He recommended that I write up my oral requests as a letter to the Discovery Unit, and he and the front desk deputy gave me the address for the unit, the main phone number, and the name and extension of a specific contact in the Discovery Unit. When I presented my written requests, the spokesman had similar concerns (that they were too vague) and told me to fax that to the Discovery Unit as well. I asked if I could leave either of my requests at the headquarters, and he said no, he would not accept the oral or written requests because the requests needed to go to the Discovery Unit.
I left at 3:23. The spokesman left at the same time, and said the Discovery Unit would be able to help me, and added that the Sheriff’s Department always responds promptly to requests.
' }, { 'name':'Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police Department', 'address':'110 East Main Street', 'city':'Los Gatos', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95031', 'latitude':'37.221152', 'longitude':'-121.979241', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'21', 'projectid':'Santa Clara County', 'auditor':'Thomas Peele', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'42', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-4', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Manteca Police Department', 'address':'1001 West Center Street', 'city':'Manteca', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95337', 'latitude':'37.799337', 'longitude':'-121.231274', 'grade':'C-', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'60', 'projectid':'San Joaquin', 'auditor':'Emily Francke - Californians Aware', 'newsorg':'Stockton Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Marin County Sheriff', 'address':'3501 Civic Center Drive #145', 'city':'San Rafael', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94903', 'latitude':'37.997483', 'longitude':'-122.529238', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'45', 'projectid':'Marin County', 'auditor':'Malaika Fraley', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Mendocino County Sheriff - Ukiah', 'address':'951 Low Gap Road', 'city':'Ukiah', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95482', 'latitude':'39.161307', 'longitude':'-123.221005', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'45', 'projectid':'Mendocino County', 'auditor':'K.C. Meadows', 'newsorg':'Ukiah Daily Journal', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Mill Valley Police Department', 'address':'1 Hamilton Drive', 'city':'Mill Valley', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94941', 'latitude':'37.898473', 'longitude':'-122.522762', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'41', 'projectid':'Marin County', 'auditor':'Malaika Fraley', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'D', 'oralscore':'52', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Modesto Police Department', 'address':'600 10th Street', 'city':'Modesto', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95354', 'latitude':'37.636798', 'longitude':'-120.995694', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'66', 'projectid':'Stanislaus County', 'auditor':'Eve Hightower', 'newsorg':'Modesto Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F', 'oralscore':'32', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'“I spoke with Felisha Willis, who was very kind but didn’t understand what I was looking for. So she got someone from Crime Analysis to help me. They asked, who I work for. I said The Modesto Bee. Then they sent me up stairs to the press officer. He was not in. I explained to Tammy in administration what I was looking for and she sent me back down stairs to meet with Lt. Kevin Finnerty. Felisha gave me two forms to fill out. I filled out one because the other didn’t seem to apply. Finnerty said that was fine. Finnerty said he may call me with questions because there are some limitations with regards to open records.
Dec. 11
Got a call that the documents were ready and would cost $63 because they had to compile copies of everything. When I went to the office, Finnerty said “You’ve been busy,“ alluding to the audit. I said, so you know I’m with The Bee and everything? He said “Yes. But I’m not probing.“ He left me with the city attorney’s assistant. I pointed out that the letter states I only wanted copies of the last two items on the list. Rosie Gomes (sp?) said I could just pay for what I was taking.
I paid $9.80.
Then Cynthia Fuzie went over the material w/ me. I asked if she knew I was a reporter and everything. She said yes, but you are also a citizen.
' }, { 'name':'Monterey County Sheriff - Headquarters', 'address':'1414 Natividad Road', 'city':'Salinas', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93907', 'latitude':'36.700374', 'longitude':'-121.633847', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'80', 'projectid':'Monterey County', 'auditor':'Clarissa Aljentera', 'newsorg':'Monterey County Herald', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'60', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Monterey Police Department', 'address':'625 Pacific Street', 'city':'Monterey', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93940', 'latitude':'36.596297', 'longitude':'-121.897088', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'81', 'projectid':'Monterey County', 'auditor':'Julie Reynolds', 'newsorg':'Monterey County Herald', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'62', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-5', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Moreno Valley Police Department', 'address':'22850 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos', 'city':'Moreno Valley', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92553', 'latitude':'33.914537', 'longitude':'-117.259586', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'35', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'K. Trone', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Morro Bay Police Department', 'address':'850 Morro Bay Blvd.', 'city':'Morro Bay', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93443', 'latitude':'35.365863', 'longitude':'-120.842845', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'48', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Larissa Doust', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'16', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Murrieta Police Department', 'address':'26442 Beckman Court', 'city':'Murrieta', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92562', 'latitude':'33.532592', 'longitude':'-117.180576', 'grade':'B-', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'75', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Jose Arballo', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'D', 'oralscore':'50', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-3', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Napa County Sheriff', 'address':'1535 Airport Blvd.', 'city':'Napa', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94558', 'latitude':'38.219663', 'longitude':'-122.269524', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Napa County', 'auditor':'George Kelly', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Napa Police Department', 'address':'1539 First Street', 'city':'Napa', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94559', 'latitude':'38.296967', 'longitude':'-122.290074', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'55', 'projectid':'Napa County', 'auditor':'George Kelly', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'National City Police Department', 'address':'1200 National City Blvd.', 'city':'National City', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91950', 'latitude':'32.672231', 'longitude':'-117.105712', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'35', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Jeanette Donahoo/J.W. August', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Newark Police Department', 'address':'37101 Newark Blvd.', 'city':'Newark', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94560', 'latitude':'37.536283', 'longitude':'-122.029787', 'grade':'B-', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'78', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Kelly Pakula', 'newsorg':'The Argus', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'56', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Newman Police Department', 'address':'1200 Main Street', 'city':'Newman', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95360', 'latitude':'37.317109', 'longitude':'-121.023183', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Stanislaus County', 'auditor':'Michael Mooney', 'newsorg':'Modesto Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-7', 'arrestinfo':'-3', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Norco Police Department', 'address':'2870 Clark Avenue', 'city':'Norco', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92860', 'latitude':'33.923622', 'longitude':'-117.561189', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Gail Wesson', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Norwalk Sheriff’s Station', 'address':'12335 Civic Center Drive', 'city':'Norwalk', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'90650', 'latitude':'33.913761', 'longitude':'-118.068994', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Samantha Gonzaga', 'newsorg':'Long Beach Press Telegram', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Oakdale Police Department', 'address':'245 N. 2nd Avenue', 'city':'Oakdale', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95361', 'latitude':'37.767716', 'longitude':'-120.849766', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'30', 'projectid':'Stanislaus County', 'auditor':'Michelle Hatfield', 'newsorg':'Modesto Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'60', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Oakland Police Department', 'address':'455 Seventh Street', 'city':'Oakland', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94607', 'latitude':'37.799483', 'longitude':'-122.274526', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Matt Krupnick', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Oceanside Police Department', 'address':'3855 Mission Avenue', 'city':'Oceanside', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92054', 'latitude':'33.226427', 'longitude':'-117.329577', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Dave Downey', 'newsorg':'North County Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Orange County Sheriff', 'address':'550 N. Flower Street', 'city':'Santa Ana', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92703', 'latitude':'33.748857', 'longitude':'-117.876664', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Orange County', 'auditor':'Jonathan Volzke', 'newsorg':'The Capistrano Dispatch', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Orland Police Department', 'address':'817 Fourth Street', 'city':'Orland', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95963', 'latitude':'39.746021', 'longitude':'-122.193921', 'grade':'B-', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'79', 'projectid':'Glenn County', 'auditor':'Janey Keim', 'newsorg':'Sacramento Valley Mirror', 'oralrequestgrade':'B-', 'oralscore':'78', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-1', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Oroville Police Department', 'address':'2055 Lincoln Street', 'city':'Oroville', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95965', 'latitude':'39.507345', 'longitude':'-121.554124', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'13', 'projectid':'Butte County', 'auditor':'Greg Welter', 'newsorg':'Chico Enterprise-Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'26', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-7', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Pacifica Police Department', 'address':'2075 Coast Highway', 'city':'Pacifica', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94044', 'latitude':'37.613885', 'longitude':'-122.486793', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'84', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Martin Ricard', 'newsorg':'The Daily Review', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'68', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-5', 'arrestinfo':'-1', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Palm Desert Police Department', 'address':'73520 Fred Waring Drive', 'city':'Palm Desert', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92260', 'latitude':'33.729037', 'longitude':'-116.382008', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'54', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Martha Sarabia', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'58', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-6', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Palm Springs Police Department', 'address':'200 South Civic Drive', 'city':'Palm Springs', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92263', 'latitude':'33.821342', 'longitude':'-116.512595', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'35', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Martha Sarabia', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Palo Alto Police Department', 'address':'275 Forest Avenue', 'city':'Palo Alto', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94301', 'latitude':'37.444107', 'longitude':'-122.159512', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'29', 'projectid':'Santa Clara County', 'auditor':'Steven Fyffe', 'newsorg':'KGO-TV', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'28', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-14', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Paradise Police Department', 'address':'5555 Skyway', 'city':'Paradise', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95969', 'latitude':'39.748535', 'longitude':'-121.634419', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'43', 'projectid':'Butte County', 'auditor':'Greg Welter', 'newsorg':'Chico Enterprise-Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'D+', 'oralscore':'56', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-5', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Pasadena Police Department', 'address':'207 N. Garfield Avenue', 'city':'Pasadena', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91101', 'latitude':'34.149333', 'longitude':'-118.144465', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Patricia Ho', 'newsorg':'Pasadena Star News', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Paso Robles Police Department', 'address':'900 Park Street', 'city':'Paso Robles', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93446', 'latitude':'35.623749', 'longitude':'-120.689742', 'grade':'A-', 'mapgrade':'A', 'totalscore':'93', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Leslie Parrilla', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'B+', 'oralscore':'86', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-3', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Perris Police Department', 'address':'403 E. 4th Street', 'city':'Perris', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92571', 'latitude':'33.782263', 'longitude':'-117.221462', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'65', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Jose Arballo', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Petaluma Police Department', 'address':'969 Petaluma Blvd. North', 'city':'Petaluma', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94952', 'latitude':'38.245499', 'longitude':'-122.645053', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'59', 'projectid':'Sonoma County', 'auditor':'Vicki Vestel', 'newsorg':'Petaluma Argus-Courier', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'68', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Pico Rivera Sheriff’s Station', 'address':'6631 Passons Blvd.', 'city':'Pico Rivera', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'90660', 'latitude':'33.981845', 'longitude':'-118.088534', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'0', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Araceli Esparza', 'newsorg':'Whittier Daily News', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'0', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Piedmont Police Department', 'address':'403 Highland Avenue', 'city':'Piedmont', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94611', 'latitude':'37.824563', 'longitude':'-122.23218', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'30', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Angela Woodall', 'newsorg':'The Argus', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Pismo Beach Police Department', 'address':'1000 Bello Street', 'city':'Pismo Beach', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93449', 'latitude':'35.144199', 'longitude':'-120.640562', 'grade':'B+', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'89', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Leslie Parrilla', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'B-', 'oralscore':'78', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'-1', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Pittsburg Police Department', 'address':'45 Civic Avenue', 'city':'Pittsburg', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94565', 'latitude':'38.020903', 'longitude':'-121.890017', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'50', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Roman Gokhman', 'newsorg':'Tri-Valley Herald', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Placer County Sheriff', 'address':'11500 A Avenue', 'city':'Auburn', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95603', 'latitude':'38.941063', 'longitude':'-121.106023', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'55', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Andrew McIntosh', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'At the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, which sits in the hills above old Auburn, a sign at the front entrance warns all visitors: “Please be prepared to show ID.“
But during our visit, none was requested.
Front desk staff - behind bullet proof glass - were friendly and helpful.
Crime complaint and arrest data were not available, said Kati., who was convinced that such information could only be secured with a subpoena that would need to be sent to the County Sheriff’s Custodian of Records .
“Are you an attorney“ she asked the visiting auditor.
She conferred with a colleague by telephone and said the Form 700 statement of economic interests for Sheriff Edward N. Bonner was not available at the counter but may either be available online - it wasn’t - or from the county personnel office.
It turns out that Placer County Sheriff places a daily report of its arrests and bookings into the jail on its Web site, including the arresting police agency, names of suspects, booking dates and times, age, gender and their alleged offenses and details about their bails.
' }, { 'name':'Placerville Police Department', 'address':'730 Main Street', 'city':'Placerville', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95667', 'latitude':'38.730162', 'longitude':'-120.790628', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'65', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Todd Milbourn', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'A desk officer said she could get the crime statistics. A reporter left a card and hasn’t heard back. She asked what the information was going to be used for. A reporter told her he simply wanted to review publicly available information.
' }, { 'name':'Pleasanton Police Department', 'address':'4833 Bernal Avenue', 'city':'Pleasanton', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94566', 'latitude':'37.65691', 'longitude':'-121.879766', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'30', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Leslie Griffy', 'newsorg':'The San Jose Mercury News', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'60', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Rancho Cordova Police Department', 'address':'10361 Rockingham Drive', 'city':'Rancho Cordova', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95827', 'latitude':'38.574644', 'longitude':'-121.304851', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Todd Milbourn', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'The Rancho Cordova Police Department isn’t yet entirely self-sufficient. It still relies on the sheriff’s department for many tasks, and there was some confusion about where the records were held. Gina Hownihan, a crime analyst, fielded the request. She said she’d have the information in a day. The Bee hasn’t heard back.
' }, { 'name':'Red Bluff Police Department', 'address':'555 Washington Street', 'city':'Red Bluff', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'96080', 'latitude':'40.175618', 'longitude':'-122.235032', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'81', 'projectid':'Tehama County', 'auditor':'Lauren Brooks', 'newsorg':'The Record Searchlight', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'62', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'On the morning of Dec. 4, I spent about 20 minutes at the Red Bluff Police Department. When I asked to see the Form 700, the Records Specialist asked to see my note card, which I provided. She took it, went to speak to a co-worker, then came back. She told me to go down the hall and ask the city clerk about it because they didn’t have that form in their office. The county clerk provided the form right away and didn’t ask any questions. But she stood at the counter and curiously watched me take notes in a little pink journal the whole time.
The form was pretty much useless as it stated that the police chief didn’t have anything to report. It didn’t even show his income. I then went back down the hall to the police department and asked about the crime and arrest info. I had to provide the note card once again. I also had to provide my name, explain why I wanted to see the information and then fill out a form which asked for my name, address and, if applicable, who I was in relation to the crime/arrest. I told her I was doing some personal research. The records specialist told me that the department had 10 days to fill my requests. I provided her with the written requests and she said that would also take 10 days to fill. I asked her to call me when each document was ready and she said that she would.
' }, { 'name':'Redding Police Department', 'address':'1313 California Street', 'city':'Redding', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'96001', 'latitude':'40.58583', 'longitude':'-122.392732', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'82', 'projectid':'Shasta County', 'auditor':'Michael Chapman', 'newsorg':'The Record Searchlight', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'64', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-3', 'arrestinfo':'-5', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'I entered the lobby at 10:20 a.m. where there were 60 elementary school children and several adults crowded inside waiting to tour the police station. After a several minute wait to talk to the clerk behind the glass, I raised my voice to read the card into the microphone. The woman had a blank look and asked what agency I was with, and I told her I was a private person needing the info for a story project (I failed to ask beforehand if telling her was a requirement to get the info, but she didn’t press me for my name and I didn’t have to give it nor say I was with the paper). She asked me what I wanted and as I read the card a second time, she relayed the info over her phone to someone else. I was told to wait for someone to come out. After about 5 minutes, Chris Fountain, the office services supervisor, came out to talk to me. I went through the same request routine and was told Form 700 wasn’t at the office but kept on file at City Hall. As for the crime and arrest info, I was told that information wasn’t immediately available because the department no longer had a crime analyst on staff and three or four other people in the office were handling those duties. She said I might be able to get that information the next day, but what she would do is make a copy of my request and let Capt. Chuck Lebak handle it. Then I read the script for the written information request and handed her the written request. She gave me Capt. Lebak’s business card. She acknowledged that all the information I was seeking was public information, but I left the office at 10:45 a.m. empty-handed.
Side note: Our two regular police/crime reporters were sent to agencies out of town so they wouldn’t be recognized at our hometown police/sheriff’s departments. Unfortunately, the only person I know at the Redding police is the wife of a buddy who also works at the newspaper, and she (Chris) was the one who came out to speak with me. About halfway through our conversation, when I asked for her name, she remembered who I was. She treated me the same at the beginning of the conversation as toward the end, so I don’t think there was any undue influence there, but what I don’t know is if she’ll tell her captain that the requests were coming from someone at the paper.
Update: No return call from Capt. Lebak as of 4 p.m. Monday
On my own, I later went to Redding City Hall for the chief’s Form 700. The clerk asked me my name and when I asked if it was a requirement to get a copy, she said no. The 2-page report cost me 20 cents. Interestingly, the box ““no reportable interests on any schedule““ was checked. No income? No loan for a home? No investments?
At midweek, I received a call from Assistant City Manager Randy Bachman inquiring as to what I was up to. I know Randy personally, and he thought it was strange to see my phone number on the request with a 360 Washington area code ( I just moved back to Calif.). He said he wanted to make sure it was me. I called him back but couldn’t answer his questions. He said the chief learned that Shasta County received the same request and also Wheatland.
I received a phone call from the Redding city attorney’s office, from the legal assistant, on Friday, Dec. 8. We made an appointment for me to go into the office on Monday, Dec. 11, at 1 p.m. to go over the requests. My managing editor, Greg Clark, said I didn’t have to go into the appointment, so I called back asking whether going in was a requirement to get the information. I was told that it wasn’t a requirement. So I had a phone conference that Monday and set a time for Friday morning, Dec. 15, to go to the city attorney’s office at city hall to review and pick up the copies. He gave me several letters that I have forwarded to you.
From: Lovitt, Suzanne
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 1:01 PM
To: Chapman, Michael
Cc: Duvernay, Rick; Lebak, Chuck; Sherman, Toni
Subject: Public Records Act Request Dated December 4, 2006
Mr. Chapman, during your visit to this office on Friday, December 15, 2006, you inquired as to the bullet points in No. 9 of your request concerning:
... “any orders or directives concerning:
• the public disclosure of the names of officers whose use of a weapon or other conduct has led to the death of a person, and the timing of the disclosure;
• the public disclosure of the names of minors who are accident or crime victims but are not suspected of committing crimes or otherwise subject to juvenile court jurisdiction.“
This office has contacted Capt. Chuck Lebak of the Redding Police Department who has advised that, as to the first bullet point, no document exists relating to general or specific orders or directives concerning the public disclosure of the names of officers whose use of a weapon has led to the death of a person.
As to the second bullet point, again, no documentation exists relating to general or specific orders or directives concerning the public disclosure of minors who are accident or crime victims.
This concludes our response to your request for public records. I trust that you are satisfied with the information you have received, but should you have further questions or comments, please feel free to contact this office.
Suzanne Lovitt
' }, { 'name':'Redlands Police Department', 'address':'212 Brookside Avenue', 'city':'Redlands', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92373', 'latitude':'34.055202', 'longitude':'-117.186379', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'84', 'projectid':'San Bernardino County', 'auditor':'Dan Lee', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'B-', 'oralscore':'78', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-3', 'arrestinfo':'-3', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Redwood City Police Department', 'address':'1301 Maple Street', 'city':'Redwood City', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94062', 'latitude':'37.49349', 'longitude':'-122.219758', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Quynh Tran', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Rialto Police Department', 'address':'128 N. Willow Avenue', 'city':'Rialto', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92376', 'latitude':'34.099662', 'longitude':'-117.374865', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'San Bernardino County', 'auditor':'Andrew Edwards', 'newsorg':'San Bernardino Sun', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Richmond Police Department', 'address':'401 27th Street', 'city':'Richmond', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94804', 'latitude':'37.936369', 'longitude':'-122.342743', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Matt Krupnick', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Riverside County Sheriff - Cabazon', 'address':'50290 Main Street', 'city':'Cabazon', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92230', 'latitude':'33.916604', 'longitude':'-116.784732', 'grade':'C-', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'60', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Sarah Burge', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Riverside County Sheriff - Headquarters', 'address':'4095 Lemon Street', 'city':'Riverside', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92501', 'latitude':'33.978051', 'longitude':'-117.374221', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Darrell Santschi', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Riverside County Sheriff - Jurupa Valley', 'address':'7477 Mission Blvd.', 'city':'Riverside', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92509', 'latitude':'34.012063', 'longitude':'-117.446959', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Darrell Santschi', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Riverside Police Department', 'address':'4102 Orange Street', 'city':'Riverside', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92501', 'latitude':'33.978201', 'longitude':'-117.375144', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'59', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Martha Sarabia', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'68', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Rocklin Police Department', 'address':'4060 Rocklin Road', 'city':'Rocklin', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95677', 'latitude':'38.789221', 'longitude':'-121.232818', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'22', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Phillip Reese', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'44', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-4', 'arrestinfo':'-7', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'Written request was faxed and mailed to Jennifer on the day of the audit. Chief said he never got it.' }, { 'name':'Rohnert Park Police Department', 'address':'500 City Hall Drive', 'city':'Rohnert Park', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94928', 'latitude':'38.349899', 'longitude':'-122.704876', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'18', 'projectid':'Sonoma County', 'auditor':'Vicki Vestel', 'newsorg':'Petaluma Argus-Courier', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'16', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-7', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Roseville Police Department', 'address':'1051 Junction Blvd.', 'city':'Roseville', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95678', 'latitude':'38.759063', 'longitude':'-121.308306', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'82', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Andrew McIntosh', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'64', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'-1', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Sacramento County Sheriff', 'address':'711 G Street', 'city':'Sacramento', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95814', 'latitude':'38.584745', 'longitude':'-121.495663', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Chelsea Phua', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'0', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'Jay Rogers, a peer support counselor with Sheriff’s technical services division, said he had no idea what a Form 700 was when I asked to see it. He was polite and cordial and generally tried to be helpful. He made two phone calls inquiring about the form and said later “someone heard of it anyway.“ He wrote down the name of a person I could approach at the County Clerk’s office (on 8th and F). He directed me to the department’s legal division on 5 29th St. when I wanted to submit my written requests.
Rogers said crime reports aren’t public information unless the person requesting to see it is the victim. He said arrest reports are only public within 24 hours and contained in a basket by the inquiry window.
He also required me to produce identification and to fill in a form declaring under penalty of perjury that I am not a criminal defendant in the crime or arrest reports I was seeking. The form also required me to declare under penalty of perjury the reason I was asking for the information. I blew my cover at this point when I checked the “journalistic“ option. He wanted to see my credentials as a journalist, which I didn’t have on me.
When he asked me to divulge my social security number, I asked him why that was necessary. He said that was to make sure I hadn’t committed a crime that he would have to arrest me on the spot.
' }, { 'name':'Sacramento Police Department', 'address':'5770 Freeport Blvd. Suite 100', 'city':'Sacramento', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95822', 'latitude':'38.521107', 'longitude':'-121.498676', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'74', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Chelsea Phua', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'68', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-9', 'arrestinfo':'-5', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'“Out of the six departments I visited, the Sacramento Police Department had the best “customer service.“ The officer at the information counter was perplexed about the Form 700, but asked me to take a seat while he dealt with my request. He also suggested I could take a ticket number and wait for one of the police counters to become available.
After about 25 minutes, Genna Tanner, the department’s administrative technician, appeared with a captain, who showed me a printout of one of the department’s Web pages. The sheet listed the chief’s salary and description of his job.
I said I would like to see the actual Form 700, which would detail the chief’s economic interests, including property holdings and investments. Tanner said she is sure the department has it, but it would take time to locate it. At one point, she asked me to wait while she tried to obtain the crime and arrest reports I requested, and was apologetic when she returned empty handed. She said didn’t have them at her fingertips.
But she was very willing to take my written request, along with the oral ones, and said the department will try to get back to me within 10 days. She didn’t interrogated me about my purpose and even said at one point, ““just out of curiosity, and you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to, what is this for?““ She said the department is accustomed to dealing with such requests for public records, and providing them should be no problem, once the legal counsel has reviewed them.
(On Friday, she called me to say the Form 700 was available for inspection.)“
' }, { 'name':'California Highway Patrol - South Sacramento', 'address':'6 Massie Ct.', 'city':'Sacramento', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95823', 'latitude':'38.476334', 'longitude':'-121.420085', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'30', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Chelsea Phua', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'D', 'oralscore':'50', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-20', 'custodydeath':'-20', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'My most unpleasant encounter. I was first greeted by a tall and burly officer who was brusque. He asked what I need the information for, saying that will help him figure out what I needed. Then he asked if the information was needed for legal reasons or for school homework. If it was for legal purposes, he said I would have to subpoena for it. “We’re not going to just hand out this information to anyone,“ he said. I told him it was for research. He left the front window several times to consult with someone else about my requests, but kept returning to tell me I couldn’t look at citations and arrest information unless I told him why I wanted it. He also gave other reasons why I couldn’t see them, including the fact that the cases I was asking to see have not been abjudicated yet.
Eventually he brought out Mary Henriksen, Office Services Supervisor II, who wrote down the numbers for the department’s public affairs and legal coordination divisions. She also suggested I contact the main CHP office in Sacramento, where earlier an officer told me no records were kept. She also told me the citations and arrest information I wanted weren’t public records unless I was the person involved or if the person involved allowed me to see them. Henriksen and the officer both refused to forward my written request.
' }, { 'name':'Salinas Police Department', 'address':'222 Lincoln Avenue', 'city':'Salinas', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93901', 'latitude':'36.67472', 'longitude':'-121.657325', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'45', 'projectid':'Monterey County', 'auditor':'Dania Akkad', 'newsorg':'Monterey County Herald', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'San Bernardino County Sheriff', 'address':'655 E. 3rd Street', 'city':'San Bernardino', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92415', 'latitude':'34.104166', 'longitude':'-117.272527', 'grade':'C+ (*grade recently updated; score may not reflect change)', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'63', 'projectid':'San Bernardino County', 'auditor':'Andrew Edwards', 'newsorg':'San Bernardino Sun', 'oralrequestgrade':'C', 'oralscore':'66', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-4', 'arrestinfo':'-6', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'San Bernardino Police Department', 'address':'710 N. D Street', 'city':'San Bernardino', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92401', 'latitude':'34.112301', 'longitude':'-117.292065', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'81', 'projectid':'San Bernardino County', 'auditor':'Andrew Edwards', 'newsorg':'San Bernardino Sun', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'62', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-9', 'arrestinfo':'-8', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'San Bruno Police Department', 'address':'1177 Huntington Avenue', 'city':'San Bruno', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94066', 'latitude':'37.639164', 'longitude':'-122.417008', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'53', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Scott Marshall', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'D-', 'oralscore':'46', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-7', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Carlos Police Department', 'address':'600 Elm Street', 'city':'San Carlos', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94070', 'latitude':'37.505006', 'longitude':'-122.263111', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Martin Ricard', 'newsorg':'The Daily Review', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Diego County Sheriff', 'address':'9621 Ridgehaven Court', 'city':'San Diego', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92123', 'latitude':'32.820999', 'longitude':'-117.122733', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'35', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Heidi Ortiz', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'San Diego County Sheriff - Imperial Beach', 'address':'845 Imperial Beach Blvd.', 'city':'Imperial Beach', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91932', 'latitude':'32.576463', 'longitude':'-117.115539', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'18', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Heidi Ortiz', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'36', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Diego County Sheriff - Santee Station', 'address':'8811 Cuyamaca Street', 'city':'Santee', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92071-4288', 'latitude':'32.835689', 'longitude':'-116.983536', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Dottie Kuehni', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Diego Police Department', 'address':'1401 Broadway', 'city':'San Diego', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92101', 'latitude':'32.715652', 'longitude':'-117.151737', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Heidi Ortiz', 'newsorg':'KGTV 10 San Diego', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'Theresa Kinney at front desk took my request. She asked me why I needed the information. I asked her if I had to tell her. She said no, she just wanted to be able to help me. She told me: “Crime request have to be subpoenaed unless I am involved in some way with the crime. Arrest reports are available on Wednesdays only and there is a $12 fee per copy. She did not know what a statement of economic interest was--Form 700.“ She referred me to Internal Affairs for Form 700. Sgt. Mike Hastings took my oral and written request. He asked me what I needed the information for. I asked him if I had to tell him. He said no. He went to his office and returned telling me I had to submit my written and request for Form 700 to the City Clerk on C St.--downtown. He said I might have a problem getting the Workers Comp information.
' }, { 'name':'San Francisco Police Department', 'address':'850 Bryant Street', 'city':'San Francisco', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94103', 'latitude':'37.775195', 'longitude':'-122.403844', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'46', 'projectid':'San Francisco', 'auditor':'Malaika Fraley', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'C+', 'oralscore':'72', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'At the SFPD, I was directed to legal affairs, where I met with Maureen. I gave her my oral request. She said it would not be available before five, so I wrote down my oral request and contact info. I then gave her my written request and asked her to time stamp my copy, which she did. She didn’t ask me any questions.
I asked for her card, she didn’t have one. I asked for her name, she gave me her first name. She gave me her supervisor’s name and the phone number for her department.
Thus far, I haven’t gotten any response. I will update you if I receive something in my mail box/inbox tonight or this weekend.
' }, { 'name':'San Jacinto Police Department', 'address':'160 West Sixth Street', 'city':'San Jacinto', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92583', 'latitude':'33.781863', 'longitude':'-116.959531', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'Rocky Salmon', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Joaquin County Sheriff', 'address':'7000 S. Michael N. Canlis Blvd.', 'city':'French Camp', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95231', 'latitude':'37.8786', 'longitude':'-121.2832', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'70', 'projectid':'San Joaquin', 'auditor':'Emily Francke - Californians Aware', 'newsorg':'Stockton Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'San Jose Police Department', 'address':'201 W. Mission Street', 'city':'San Jose', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95110', 'latitude':'37.349511', 'longitude':'-121.90436', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'10', 'projectid':'Santa Clara County', 'auditor':'Quynh Tran', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Leandro Police Department', 'address':'901 East 14th Street', 'city':'San Leandro', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94578', 'latitude':'37.72802', 'longitude':'-122.158526', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Alameda County', 'auditor':'Kelly Pakula', 'newsorg':'San Mateo County Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Luis Obispo County Sheriff', 'address':'1585 Kansas Avenue', 'city':'San Luis Obispo', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93406', 'latitude':'35.32208', 'longitude':'-120.7306', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'41', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Larissa Doust', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'22', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-4', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'San Luis Obispo Police Department', 'address':'1042 Walnut Street', 'city':'San Luis Obispo', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93401', 'latitude':'35.285564', 'longitude':'-120.663782', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'45', 'projectid':'San Luis Obispo County', 'auditor':'Larissa Doust', 'newsorg':'San Luis Obispo Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-8', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'San Marino Police Department', 'address':'2200 Huntington Drive', 'city':'San Marino', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'91108', 'latitude':'34.121624', 'longitude':'-118.106083', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Patricia Ho', 'newsorg':'Pasadena Star News', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Mateo County Sheriff', 'address':'400 County Center', 'city':'Redwood City', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94063', 'latitude':'37.488262', 'longitude':'-122.230251', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Quynh Tran', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Mateo Police Department', 'address':'2000 South Delaware Street', 'city':'San Mateo', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94403', 'latitude':'37.551047', 'longitude':'-122.30535', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Quynh Tran', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'The San Mateo City Police Department was most helpful even though they did not provide any information. Lucy Carlson and another woman were sent out to assist me. Carlson said the department releases information on a need to know basis only. Carlson said the only information available was what was published in the newspaper but could not provide me with a copy. She said crime reports for Nov. 1-15 were not yet available in her office.
Carlson said she understood about the public records act but said the public thinks it can get any record but it can’t. She recommend I go< online to read about what information I’m allowed. Carlson said records of arrests are not kept for more than 7 days because the law does not allow them to track people. Crime information for sexual assaults are not available because of privacy.
I could request crime statistics but would be required to provide identification, including driver’s license number, reason, and I would be charged for the request.Carlson could not help me with the written request after reading it. She said they have a PIO who assists reporters’ requests for information. I said I only wanted what was available to the public. They would not take the form.
I was sent to the chief of police’s secretary for form 700 and the written request. They said city hall would also have form 700. Chief of police is Susan Manheimer.
' }, { 'name':'San Pablo Police Department', 'address':'13880 San Pablo Avenue', 'city':'San Pablo', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94806', 'latitude':'37.959941', 'longitude':'-122.341585', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'21', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Matt Krupnick', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'42', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-6', 'arrestinfo':'-3', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'San Rafael Police Department', 'address':'1400 Fifth Avenue', 'city':'San Rafael', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94901', 'latitude':'37.974653', 'longitude':'-122.531957', 'grade':'A-', 'mapgrade':'A', 'totalscore':'90', 'projectid':'Marin County', 'auditor':'Malaika Fraley', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'B', 'oralscore':'80', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'I entered the San Rafael Police Department at 11:22 a.m. and asked for the person to make a public request. Margo Rohrbacher came up shortly afterward and I asked to see the crime and arrest information for all burglary, armed robberies and sexual assaults occurring between Nov. 1-Nov. 15, 2006. She immediately provided me with binder of all reports from the last few months and directed to me a seated counter where I could leaf through them. I asked her if I could also obtain a copy for Form 700 for the chief. She said I could get a copy today from the City Clerk upstairs. I did not visit the City Clerk’s Office.
As I was flipping through the book, Margo asked me if there was something specific I was looking for. I said I was just counting the number of reported incident and subsequent arrests. She said me if I was with the press. I said yes. She asked what paper. I said the Contra Costa Times. She said let me know if I need anything us. I said I would. Crime info -- 11/1/05-11/15/05 Information provided: Less than 3 minutes Armed robbery: 0 Burglary: 17 Sexual Assault: 1 Facts revealed in Crime Reports: Time & Date of Incident : Always Time & Date of Report: Always Victim’s Name in Burglary/Robbery: Always Victim’s Age: Always Facts surrounding crime: Always Description of resulting injuries: Always Description of weapons used: Always ARREST INFO Time provided: Less than 3 minutes Number of Arrest reports provided: Armed robbery: 0 Burglary: 1 Sexual assault: 1 Facts revealed in Arrest Reports: Time & Date of Arrest: Always Arrestee’s Occupation: Always Arrestee’s Date of Birth: Always Arrestee’s Sex: Always Time & Date of Booking: Always Location where being held: Always Charges Arrestee is held on: Always Time and Manner of release: Sometimes After I was finished counting the crime/arrest info, I gave Margo my written request, which she proceeded to review before me. Regarding No. 7, “Most Recent In-Custody Death Report,“ Margo said that the San Rafael Police Department has not have a holding facility and has not had an in-custody death in over 15 years. She said she didn’t know where to begin to find to that report, and suspected it didn’t exist.
I agreed to withdraw my request for that item. She then accepted my written request and hand wrote a time stamp: 12/4/06, 1200 hrs. On 12/14/06 I received a letter at my home address from San Rafael Deputy City Attorney Eric T. Davis. The letter was dated 12/13/06. The letter says, “The city will make available for your inspection and review all existing records responsive to Items 1-3, and 8-10. With respect to Item 7, I understand that you withdrew that request after you were informed that the City does not maintain a jail facility and that the last death in custody for our Police Department occurred more than 15 years ago. “With respect to Items 4-6, it is the City’s position that the requested records contain confidential personnel or medical information, and are privileged or exempt from disclosure by one or more of the following statutory or constitutional provisions: Government Code Sections 6254(c), 6254(k) and 6255, Penal Code Sections 832.7(a) and 832.8, Civil Code Section 56.13, the right to privacy under Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution. See also “Teamsters Local 856 v. Priceless, LLC“ (2003) 112 Cal.App 4th 1500, 1524, 5 Cal.Rptr.3d 847, 865; “City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court“ (2003) 111 Cal.App4th 883, 890-892 3 Cal.Rptr.3d 915, 921-923. “If you would like to review the City’s 2005 OSHA Form 300A, Summary of Work Related Injuries and Illnesses, we will also make that available for your inspection. The City’s 2006 OSHA Form 300A will be completed and available for inspection by February of 2007. “Please contact me to schedule a time for your inspection and review of the records subject to disclosure. The city will make these records available for your inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, in Room 209 at City Hall, located at 1400 Fifth Ave. in San Rafael. After your review od the records, if any copies of the records are requested, city staff will copy the identified records, or arrange for the copying be a copy service. You will be charged the city’s direct costs of duplication, either at the rate of 10 cents per page if copied by city staff, or at the cost charged by the copy service if the copying will be done by them. “Thank you for your cooperation, “Sincerely, Eric T. Davis Deputy City Attorney
' }, { 'name':'Santa Clara County Sheriff', 'address':'55 W. Younger Avenue', 'city':'San Jose', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95110', 'latitude':'37.354963', 'longitude':'-121.905653', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'25', 'projectid':'Santa Clara County', 'auditor':'Steven Fyffe', 'newsorg':'KGO-TV', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'0', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Santa Clara Police Department', 'address':'601 El Camino Real', 'city':'Santa Clara', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95050', 'latitude':'37.353293', 'longitude':'-121.938555', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'24', 'projectid':'Santa Clara County', 'auditor':'Steven Fyffe', 'newsorg':'KGO-TV', 'oralrequestgrade':'D-', 'oralscore':'48', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-14', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Santa Rosa Police Department', 'address':'965 Sonoma Avenue', 'city':'Santa Rosa', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95404', 'latitude':'38.440332', 'longitude':'-122.703378', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Sonoma County', 'auditor':'John Jackson', 'newsorg':'Petaluma Argus-Courier', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Seaside Police Department', 'address':'440 Harcourt Avenue', 'city':'Seaside', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93955', 'latitude':'36.60381', 'longitude':'-121.85327', 'grade':'B+', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'89', 'projectid':'Monterey County', 'auditor':'Julie Reynolds', 'newsorg':'Monterey County Herald', 'oralrequestgrade':'B-', 'oralscore':'78', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Shasta County Sheriff', 'address':'20309 Shasta Street', 'city':'Burney', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'96013', 'latitude':'40.88204', 'longitude':'-121.67062', 'grade':'B+', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'88', 'projectid':'Shasta County', 'auditor':'Michael Chapman', 'newsorg':'The Record Searchlight', 'oralrequestgrade':'B-', 'oralscore':'76', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-1', 'arrestinfo':'-1', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Signal Hill Police Station', 'address':'2175 Cherry Avenue', 'city':'Signal Hill', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'90755', 'latitude':'33.796707', 'longitude':'-118.167864', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'59', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Samantha Gonzaga', 'newsorg':'Long Beach Press Telegram', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'18', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-8', 'arrestinfo':'-18', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Siskiyou County Sheriff - Dorris', 'address':'324 N. Pine Street', 'city':'Dorris', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'96023', 'latitude':'41.970527', 'longitude':'-121.916786', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Shasta County', 'auditor':'Ryan Sabalow', 'newsorg':'The Record Searchlight', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'I read my request to the criminal records tech at the front desk, Kelley Kerns.
She told me that she was the only one in the office for the day, and all of her superiors were gone, suggesting I come back later or the next day.
She very nicely said she couldn’t help me because, “We’re really shorthanded and we’ve got a lot going on.“
I asked her to make a copy of both my cue card and my written request and give them to her supervisors.
When asked for a time stamp, she said she didn’t have one but could stamp my document with the date and write down the time, which she did.
I left, but not before I heard this gem of a quote.
Seeing my amusement at the whole situation, Kerns smiled, shrugged and said, “This is Siskiyou County.“
That says it all.
I highly doubt that my public records request even made it to someone’s desk.
' }, { 'name':'Solano County Sheriff', 'address':'500 Union Avenue Suite 100', 'city':'Fairfield', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94533', 'latitude':'38.247132', 'longitude':'-122.040418', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'45', 'projectid':'Solano County', 'auditor':'Jennifer Gentile', 'newsorg':'The Reporter', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Sonoma County Sheriff', 'address':'2796 Ventura Avenue', 'city':'Santa Rosa', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95403', 'latitude':'38.466859', 'longitude':'-122.724124', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Sonoma County', 'auditor':'John Jackson', 'newsorg':'Petaluma Argus-Courier', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'South San Francisco Police Department', 'address':'33 Arroyo Drive Suite C', 'city':'South San Francisco', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94080', 'latitude':'37.655606', 'longitude':'-122.436986', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'55', 'projectid':'San Mateo County', 'auditor':'Scott Marshall', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'10', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'St. Helena Police Department', 'address':'1480 Main Street', 'city':'St. Helena', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94574', 'latitude':'38.50609', 'longitude':'-122.471402', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Napa County', 'auditor':'George Kelly', 'newsorg':'Contra Costa Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Stanislaus County Sheriff', 'address':'250 E. Hackett Road', 'city':'Modesto', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95358', 'latitude':'37.587526', 'longitude':'-120.991079', 'grade':'D+', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'56', 'projectid':'Stanislaus County', 'auditor':'Eve Hightower', 'newsorg':'Modesto Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'62', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Stockton Police Department', 'address':'22 East Market Street', 'city':'Stockton', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95201', 'latitude':'37.951425', 'longitude':'-121.290408', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'47', 'projectid':'San Joaquin', 'auditor':'Emily Francke - Californians Aware', 'newsorg':'Stockton Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'44', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-8', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Suisun City Police Department', 'address':'701 Civic Center Blvd.', 'city':'Suisun City', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94585', 'latitude':'38.238333', 'longitude':'-122.036755', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'20', 'projectid':'Solano County', 'auditor':'Jennifer Gentile', 'newsorg':'The Reporter', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Taft Police Department', 'address':'320 Commerce Way', 'city':'Taft', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'93268', 'latitude':'35.135386', 'longitude':'-119.442031', 'grade':'D-', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'45', 'projectid':'Kern County', 'auditor':'Dane Boedigheimer', 'newsorg':'The Bakersfield Californian', 'oralrequestgrade':'C+', 'oralscore':'70', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Temecula Police Department', 'address':'28410 Old Town Front Street', 'city':'Temecula', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92590', 'latitude':'33.495952', 'longitude':'-117.15165', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'28', 'projectid':'Riverside County', 'auditor':'K. Trone', 'newsorg':'The Press-Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'16', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-7', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Tracy Police Department', 'address':'1000 Civic Center Drive', 'city':'Tracy', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95376', 'latitude':'37.738637', 'longitude':'-121.419125', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'71', 'projectid':'San Joaquin', 'auditor':'Emily Francke - Californians Aware', 'newsorg':'Stockton Record', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'62', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Trinity County Sheriff', 'address':'101 Memorial Drive', 'city':'Weaverville', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'96093', 'latitude':'40.736239', 'longitude':'-122.947516', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'71', 'projectid':'Trinity County', 'auditor':'Lauren Brooks', 'newsorg':'The Record Searchlight', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'42', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'Turlock Police Department', 'address':'900 N. Palm Street', 'city':'Turlock', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95380', 'latitude':'37.50164', 'longitude':'-120.846426', 'grade':'C+', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'72', 'projectid':'Stanislaus County', 'auditor':'Ken Carlson', 'newsorg':'Modesto Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'44', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-4', 'arrestinfo':'-4', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'The records clerk did not grant the oral requests on Dec. 4. She said the agency has 10 days and a supervisor first has to look over the records requested.
The city attorney, in an email regarding the oral and written requests, said I had to get the police chief’s Form 700 from the City Clerk’s office. It was provided at City Hall.
The crime information provided by the police department appeared to be copies of the police blotter. I know that some agencies in our region (Manteca, Merced) let newspapers look at their police blotters on a daily basis. It took me nine days to get access to this information.
' }, { 'name':'Vacaville Police Department', 'address':'600 Merchant Street', 'city':'Vacaville', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95688', 'latitude':'38.352372', 'longitude':'-121.992645', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'30', 'projectid':'Solano County', 'auditor':'Jennifer Gentile', 'newsorg':'The Reporter', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'First contact sent out Kenneth Matsumiya, administrative clerk. He sat next to me, wrote down the information I was requesting and later asked me what my request was regarding. I replied that I just wanted to see the documents. He took down my full name and phone number so he could contact me later.
Vaca PD, after calling twice - first to ask why Jennifer wanted the information and then to inquire if she was with the San Jose Mercury News -- later referred her request to the City Attorney’s office. On 12/15, she received a letter AT THE REPORTER from the Police Department, which is attached. She had not given ANY address during her contacts with police and city officials, so we are interpreting the incident as the City and Police Department saying “We know who you are.“
' }, { 'name':'Vista Police Department', 'address':'325 S. Melrose Drive Suite 210', 'city':'Vista', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'92081', 'latitude':'33.191648', 'longitude':'-117.254011', 'grade':'D', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'51', 'projectid':'San Diego', 'auditor':'Dave Downey', 'newsorg':'North County Times', 'oralrequestgrade':'B', 'oralscore':'82', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Walnut Creek Police Department', 'address':'1666 North Main Street', 'city':'Walnut Creek', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'94596', 'latitude':'37.901481', 'longitude':'-122.061638', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'80', 'projectid':'Contra Costa County', 'auditor':'Cecily Burt', 'newsorg':'The Oakland Tribune', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'60', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0' }, { 'name':'West Sacramento Police Department', 'address':'550 Jefferson Blvd.', 'city':'West Sacramento', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95605', 'latitude':'38.586588', 'longitude':'-121.526978', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'66', 'projectid':'Yolo County', 'auditor':'Lauren Keene', 'newsorg':'The Davis Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'B', 'oralscore':'82', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5', 'narrative':'I first submitted my written request and was asked by the front-desk clerk what agency I represented. When I responded that I was from The Davis Enterprise, I was given the press log, which included arrest reports dating back to the beginning of November.
When I asked for the 700 form and the crime logs for Nov. 1-15, I was told I would have to get those through the police chief’s secretary and the department’s media spokesman, respectively, both of whom were not in the office that day. I then handed over my written request, which I was told also would be submitted to the media spokesman, Lt. Dave Farmer.
On Dec. 6, I received a phone call from Police Chief Dan Drummond, informing me the 700 form was available for pickup at the police department.
I received a letter, dated Dec. 14, from City Clerk Kryss Rankin requesting an eight-day extension to the 10-day time limit for the agency’s response. On Dec. 22, I received a fax from the police department’s law firm, denying disclosure of some documents and informing me that others -- including the crime and arrest information originally sought in my oral request -- would be made available by the city, with a copy fee of 10 cents per page.
' }, { 'name':'Wheatland Police Department', 'address':'413 Second Street', 'city':'Wheatland', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95692', 'latitude':'39.011987', 'longitude':'-121.424811', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'34', 'projectid':'Sacramento County', 'auditor':'Phillip Reese', 'newsorg':'The Sacramento Bee', 'oralrequestgrade':'D-', 'oralscore':'48', 'reqid':'-20', 'form700':'-2', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10', 'narrative':'At the Wheatland Police Department in rural Yuba County, visitors have to use an intercom to get into the headquarters. A reporter buzzed Monday and, when a patrolman came to the door, the reporter asked for three items state law deems public information. The reporter was immediately asked what he needed the information for.
When he replied that he was a newspaper reporter and needed it for a story, the reporter was taken to the office of the police chief, Dan Boon.
Boon read over a card detailing the three items requested and, at first, was cooperative. He called the city clerk’s office to get them to pull a requested form - a statement of his economic interests that he was required to complete on taking the job.
But then Boon got testy. He asked why the reporter needed the information. The reporter said he wasn’t allowed to disclose that - if he told Boon a statewide audit was taking place, Boon might have told another police agency and compromised the entire audit.
Under the state’s public records law, no reason needs to be given to inspect public information.
Boon did not accept that answer. He said, given the nature of one of the forms requested, it was clear that the Bee was initiating an investigation of him. When asked if this was the case, the reporter again said he could not detail why he was requesting the information.
Boon said that answer was “bull“ and that “someone was blowing smoke up his rear.“
He then said he was going to have to call his attorney to get him involved in the matter.
After another couple of minutes, Boon asked for the name of the reporter’s boss. The reporter gave it to him and then, with the reporter still there, Boon called the reporter’s boss, expressing his frustration.
Boon said he could not get the other items requested because the employee who handled them was on vacation.
After spending another five minutes trying to get more information from the reporter, Boon led him to the door. As he left, the reporter -- to ease Boon’s mind - told Boon that he was not specifically under investigation but again refused to say anything more.
Later in the day, Boon sent the reporter an email.
“I did verify your employment with the Sacramento Bee following our meeting this morning in my office at the Wheatland Police Department,“ it began.
The reporter was able to get the one form Boon initially promised from the city clerk soon after leaving Boon’s office. By the next day, he still didn’t have the other information.
Bee Editor had conversation with Chief. Chief indicated that recent activity at the police station (a drug related break-in) had officers on-edge, which may explain the reaction the auditor experienced from officers on the day of the audit.
' }, { 'name':'Whittier Police Department', 'address':'7315 Painter Avenue', 'city':'Whittier', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'90602', 'latitude':'33.974929', 'longitude':'-118.032864', 'grade':'F-', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'15', 'projectid':'Los Angeles County', 'auditor':'Araceli Esparza', 'newsorg':'Whittier Daily News', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-10', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-10', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Williams Police Department', 'address':'688 7th Street', 'city':'Williams', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95987', 'latitude':'39.152468', 'longitude':'-122.148408', 'grade':'F+', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Colusa County', 'auditor':'Janey Keim', 'newsorg':'Sacramento Valley Mirror', 'oralrequestgrade':'F+', 'oralscore':'40', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Willits Police Department', 'address':'125 East Commercial Street', 'city':'Willits', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95490', 'latitude':'39.412296', 'longitude':'-123.35299', 'grade':'C-', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'60', 'projectid':'Mendocino County', 'auditor':'K.C. Meadows', 'newsorg':'Ukiah Daily Journal', 'oralrequestgrade':'C+', 'oralscore':'70', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'0', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5' }, { 'name':'Willows Police Department', 'address':'201 N. Lassen Street', 'city':'Willows', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95988', 'latitude':'39.521938', 'longitude':'-122.199791', 'grade':'C', 'mapgrade':'C', 'totalscore':'66', 'projectid':'Glenn County', 'auditor':'Janey Keim', 'newsorg':'Sacramento Valley Mirror', 'oralrequestgrade':'C+', 'oralscore':'72', 'reqid':'0', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-2', 'arrestinfo':'-2', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'-10', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'-10' }, { 'name':'Winters Police Department', 'address':'318A First Street', 'city':'Winters', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95694', 'latitude':'38.521466', 'longitude':'-121.970695', 'grade':'B', 'mapgrade':'B', 'totalscore':'82', 'projectid':'Yolo County', 'auditor':'Lauren Keene', 'newsorg':'The Davis Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'C-', 'oralscore':'64', 'reqid':'-5', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-3', 'arrestinfo':'0', 'asset':'0', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'0', 'contract':'0', 'victimreport':'0', 'narrative':'In Winters, I submitted my oral request to records manager Karla Beckett, who provided me with a Nov. 1-15 incident log without asking who I was or why I wanted the information. She referred me to the city clerk’s office for the 700 form, which also was provided to me immediately with no questions asked.
I then submitted my written request, after which Beckett did inquire why I wanted the information. I acknowledged being a reporter doing a story and was not questioned further.
After leaving the department, I received a phone call from the police chief, Bruce Muramoto, who recognized my name on the request and asked why I needed the information. I did not disclose a reason.
On Dec. 14, a packet containing the documents the agency opted to release were hand-delivered to me at the Enterprise’s offices in Davis. Items number 4, 5 and 6 were not disclosed.“
' }, { 'name':'Woodland Police Department', 'address':'1000 Lincoln Avenue', 'city':'Woodland', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95695', 'latitude':'38.675463', 'longitude':'-121.768123', 'grade':'F', 'mapgrade':'F', 'totalscore':'35', 'projectid':'Yolo County', 'auditor':'Lauren Keene', 'newsorg':'The Davis Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'20', 'reqid':'-10', 'form700':'-10', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'0', 'custodydeath':'-10', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5', 'narrative':'“I entered the Woodland Police Department lobby and was assisted by senior records specialist Stacey Briggs. She informed me that the arrest and crime reports for the first two weeks of November had already been shredded and that I would have to request information from the department’s crime analyst, who was not in the office that day. Nor was the chief’s secretary, who would be the person to provide me with the chief’s 700 form.
My written records request was forwarded to Shelby Munn, the department’s records manager, who also had the day off. Briggs, who asked why I wanted the information but did not ask who I was, said she would forward the request but warned that there were several items on the list that likely contained private employee information and probably would not be provided to me.
Munn, the records manager, phoned me the next day, Dec. 5, to inquire why I wanted the information requested. I acknowledged being a reporter doing a story, and she did not question me further.
Lt. Charles Wilts was later put in charge of the written request and was very responsive, making several phone calls over the course of the next several weeks to keep me updated on the process of gathering the documents. I received a letter dated Dec. 8 requesting a deadline extension, and a second letter, dated Dec. 28, was sent informing me which documents would be disclosed, which ones would not, and copy fees.
' }, { 'name':'Yolo County Sheriff', 'address':'2500 East Gibson Road', 'city':'Woodland', 'state':'CA', 'zip':'95776', 'latitude':'38.6628', 'longitude':'-121.7644', 'grade':'D+ (*grade recently updated; score may not reflect change)', 'mapgrade':'D', 'totalscore':'40', 'projectid':'Yolo County', 'auditor':'Lauren Keene', 'newsorg':'The Davis Enterprise', 'oralrequestgrade':'F-', 'oralscore':'30', 'reqid':'-15', 'form700':'0', 'crimeinfo':'-10', 'arrestinfo':'-10', 'asset':'-5', 'salary':'-5', 'custodydeath':'-5', 'contract':'-5', 'victimreport':'-5', 'narrative':'It took just a few minutes for me to receive a copy of the sheriff’s 700 form. I was told that arrest reports -- but not the crime reports -- would be available at the county jail building, next door to the sheriff’s administrative building.
My oral request for the crime and arrest reports for Nov. 1-15 were submitted to the department’s crime analyst to compile. The written record request was submitted to Capt. Tom Lopez, who informed me that my request would be forwarded to the Yolo County counsel’s office to determine which documents would be disclosed.
I was recognized as a reporter early on by both the sheriff, Ed Prieto, and Capt. Lopez. Prieto asked why I needed the information, but I did not disclose a reason.
On Dec. 18, I received a phone call from the Yolo County counsel’s office, informing me that I could arrange to review the documents listed in the written request, with the exception of the officers’ second jobs, worker’s compensation claims and individual officers’ salary schedules, which the county would not release. However, I was told I could obtain general salary information for the sheriff’s employee positions.
I still have not heard back from the sheriff’s department re: the crime and arrest reports asked for in the oral request.
Note: The sheriff personally was very responsive to the requests, directing his staff to get me whatever on the list I was entitled to see.
' }];