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HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 14-0997997 The Town's acknowledgement of the above Public Records Request dated June 17 2014 is reproduced in the space below: From: beau joreau [mailto:beau.joreau @gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:26 AM To: Bill Thrasher Subject: antidiscrim policy - tuesday Dear Custodian of Records for the Town of Gulf Stream, This email is a request for a public record. If there is more than one public record that is responsive to this request, please respond as soon as possible by providing any responsive public record that is easily and quickly located and obtainable. Please do not withhold any responsive public records while waiting to locate and obtain all other responsive public records. If you are not the Custodian of Records for the Town of Gulf Stream, please forward this public record request to the Town's Custodian of Records. This request is made pursuant toFlorida Statutes Chapter 119.07 and Florida Constitution Article 1 Section 24 The Town of Gulf Stream antidiscriminatory profiling policy incorporated into the Town of Gulf Stream's police department's policies. Any record related to all antiracial policies incorporated into the Town of Gulf Stream's police department's policies. Please state in writing and with particularity the basis for your conclusions as required by Florida Statute &119.07(1)(f) for any record or any portion of any record that you contend is exempt from inspection or disclosure. Please cite the specific exemption as required by Florida Statute 4119.07(1)(e) Please take note of Florida Statue 6119.07(c) and your affirmative obligation to (1) promptly acknowledge receipt of this public records request and (2) make a good faith effort which "includes making reasonable efforts to determine from other officers or employees within the agency whether such a record exists and, if so, the location at which the record can be accessed." I am, therefore, requesting that you notify every individual in possession of records that may be responsive to this public records request to preserve all such records on an immediate basis. If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency in an electronic format please produce the records in the original electronic format in which they were created or received. See Florida Statute §119.01(2)(f). If you anticipate the production of some of these public records will require that would cause you to require any deposit payment from me, please notify me of any such .99y required payment prior to conducting any portion of that search which would require such payment. Please first produce any responsive records that are readily available and do not require any deposit payment prior to producing. If you anticipate the production of these public records to exceed $1.00 please notify me in advance of their production with a written estimate of the total cost. Please be sure to itemize any estimates so as to indicate the total number of pages and /or records, as well as to distinguish the cost of labor and materials prior to you expending any resources that would require payment from me. All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following email address: beau. ioreau a[?.gmail.com TOWN OF GULF STREAM PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Delivered via e-mail June 18, 2014 Beau joreau [mailto: beau joreau@gmail.com] Re: antidiscrim policy - tuesday (1) The Town of Gulf Stream antidiscriminatory profiling policy incorporated into the Town of Gulf Stream's police department's policies. (2) Any record related to all antiracial policies incoi poraled into the Town of Gulf Stream's police department's policies. Dear Beau.joreau [mailto: beau joreau@gmail.com], The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records request dated June 17, 2014. If your request was received in writing, then the fust page of that request is attached to this cover letter. If your request was verbal, then the description of your public records request is set forth in the space below. The Town of Gulf Stream is currently working on a large number of incoming public records requests. The Town will use its very best efforts to respond to you in a reasonable amount of time with the appropriate response or an estimated cost to respond. Sincerely, Town Clerk Custodian of the Records TowN of GULF STREAM PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Delivered via email July 16, 2014 Beau joreau [mailto: beaujoreau@gmail.com] Re: antidiscrim policy - tuesday (1) The Town of Gulf Stream antidiscriminatory profiling policy incorporated into the Town of Gulf Stream's police department's policies. (2) Any record related to all antiracial policies incorporated into the Town of Gulf Stream's police department's policies. Dear Beau joreau [mailto: beaujoreau@gmail.com], This letter is attached to an email that provides you with the full responsive production of the public records requested in your email dated June 17, 2014. This correspondence is reproduced below for your convenience. Please open the attached file, which includes the document that we feel is responsive to both parts of this request. Unless we hear back from you, we consider this matter closed. Sincerely, Town Clerk Custodian of the Records GULF STREAM POLICE DEPARTMENT-Raclal Profiling & Anti -Discrimination SOP # 17.24 RACIAL PROFILING & ANTI- DISCRIMINATION EFFECTIVE: 07/01/07 I. POLICY: The Gulf Stream Police Department has established guidelines to ensure that race, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation of an Individual shall not be the sale basis for the detention, interdiction, or other disparate treatment of an individual by any member. 11. DEFINITIONS, Bias based profiling: The selection of an individual(s) based solely on a trait common to a group for enforcement action. This Includes but is not limited to race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, religion, economic status, age, cultural group or any other identifiable group. Reasonable suspicion: Suspicion that is more than a mere hunch, but is based on a set of articulable facts and circumstances that would warrant a person of reasonable caution in believing that an infraction of the law has been committed, Is about to be committed, or is in the process of being committed, by the person or persons under suspicion. This can be based an the observations of a police officer combined with his or her training and experience, and/or reliable Information received from credible outside sources. III: PROCEDURES: A. In the absence of a specific report, bias based profiling of an individual shall not be a factor in determining the existence of probable cause to place in custody or arrest an Individual, in constituting a reasonable suspicion that an offense has been or is being committed so as to justify the detention of an individual or the investigatory stop of a motor vehicle. B. In response to a specific credible report of criminal activity, blas based profiling of an Original Issue: 07/01/07 Individual shall not be the sole factor in determining the existence of probable cause to place in custody or arrest an individual. C. No officer will stop, detain, or search any person when such action is motivated by race, color, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation. D. Bias based profiling shall not be a factor in determining asset seizures or forfeiture efforts. IV. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: A. The supervisor will continually examine all areas of police action under his/her purview In an effort to discover any racial profiling or discriminatory practices. B. Any employee who believes there is, or is made aware of; any violation of this procedure will Immediately contact his/her immediate supervisor. C. All complaints of racial profiling or discriminatory practices shall be received, documented, and investigated according to departmental procedures. V. TRAINING: A. All members will receive diversity and sensitivity training during FDLE re-certiricatlon process on the harms of racial profiling and discrimination, including the review of this policy. B. Recruit members will receive diversity and sensitivity training during the Field Training Program on the harms of racial profiling and discrimination, Including the review of this policy. VI. REFERENCE: • SOP# 2.03 Arrest Procedures • SOP# 18.06 Field Interviews • SOP # 22.01 Traffic Enforcement AGarreftZj. rd, Chlef of Police Page 1 of 1