Request #6368

Dear Garden Grove Police Department,

I hope this message finds you well. Under the relevant provisions of the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following public data:

1) Incident-level data on the Garden Grove Police Department officers’ drawing their weapons/firearms in the course of their duty: I request data from years 2000 to 2020, including the time, date, and street address (e.g. 123 Main St) for all incidents where an officer drew their weapon/firearm;

2) Incident-level data on the Garden Grove Police Department officers’ discharging their weapons/firearms in the course of their duty: I request data from years 2000 to 2020, including the time, date, and street address (e.g. 123 Main St) for all incidents where an officer discharged their firearm;

3) If incident-level data on the Garden Grove Police Department officers’ discharging their firearms in the course of duty from years 2000 to 2020 inclusive is available, I also request associated data on whether the shootings by the officers were lethal (i.e. suspects or civilians died as a result of gunshots from officers’ weapons) or were non-lethal (i.e. suspects or civilians were shot but did not die); and

4) Demographic data on the officers and suspects or civilians involved in each incident of the drawing, discharging, and/or striking (lethal and non-lethal) of suspects or civilians.

These records will be used in the public interest to (a) improve community understanding and national knowledge of officer-citizen interactions involving weapons and (b) inform civic discussions and policies to reduce harm against officers and civilians.

As the records I request are intended to improve public safety, I request the Garden Grove Police Department waive any and all costs associated with my request.

Cordially,

Joshua Tschantret
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Politics of Policing Lab
Department of Political Science
Emory University
policinglab@emory.edu