{"id":1236,"date":"2013-07-29T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T00:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2013-08-09T01:09:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T01:09:09","slug":"decoding-scpd-public-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/decoding-scpd-public-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoding SCPD Public Records"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For those who want to enter the labyrinthine world of police records, get the officer’s name and badge number, the date, time, and place of the incident, and send an e-mail requesting a Public Record to dlentini@cityofsantacruz.com<\/a> .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She’s been helpful to me recently but my past experience with earlier Public Records requests have been neither speedy nor satisfying.\u00a0 However, the SCPD’s attempt to stall, block, or edit a response can also be illuminating.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Details of the display are in the indybay article below.\u00a0 The names and badge numbers of all SCPD cops can be found at https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2013\/07\/22\/18740217.php<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another Public Records Act request was speedily answered by Debbie Lenori. She provided a list of some of the codes used by the SCPD in referring to the specifics around “calls for service”. The codes were mentioned in an earlier Public Records Act request seeking info on how much police involvement there was with the 24-hour portapotty (which was supposed to precede a restroom) at Cathcart and Cedar Streets from 1999 to 2003.<\/p>\n

I’ll likely be writing another story on Portapotty Politics–since I got a limited response. It’s useful to know the details here–considering the current staff action reportedly planning a portapotty on Front St. near the Community Credit Union in the City’s Parking Lot (see http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/ci_23718760\/editorial-toilet-trouble-city-doing-its-best-deal<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a> ). I consider this an expensive set-up which is best dumped in the crapper in favor of open bathrooms at night in San Lorenzo Park and downtown.<\/p>\n

The codes I was given:<\/p>\n

CFLAG \u2013 Citizen Flag
\nTS-Traffic Stop
\nACCPP-Accident Private Property
\nFUP-Follow Up
\nHOTREG-Registration Request
\nXCK-Extra Checks
\nLINFO-Beat Information
\nSUSPER-Suspicious Person
\nSUSVEH-Suspicious Vehicle<\/p>\n

Call Dispositions are as follows:
\nHBD-Had Been Drinking
\nR16-Report,NoArrest
\nTraffic Stops are either M-Moving Violation\/E-Equipment Violation\/O-Other
\nDUP-Duplicate
\nR12-Report, ADW
\nF60-Follow Up,Other Activity
\nI50-Citation,Traffic
\nI70-Citation,Municipal Code
\nA80-Arrest,Drugs\/Alcohol
\nH45-Handled at Scene,Suspicious Circumstances
\nA86-Arrest,Alcohol
\nH52-Handle at Scene,Collision Non-Injury
\nA62-Arrest, Warrant
\nH70-Handled at Scene,Municipal Code
\nS60-Subject Contacted,Other Activity
\nH60-Handled at Scene,Other Activity
\nH45-Handled at Scene,Suspicious Circumstances
\nG45-Gone on Arrival, Suspicious Circumstances
\nS45-Subject Contacted,Suspicious Circumstances
\nNDG-No Dispo Given<\/p>\n

These codes refer the attached summary of calls for service at Cathcart and Cedar, some of which may refer to complaints about the portapotty there.<\/p>\n

For those pondering the attachment, I’m also advised by a local source that only those entries that actually involve a Case Number, as distinguished from an Incident Number are actually on their way to generating a Police Report. There may however be citations without a police report, simply involving officer’s notes. Or such is my experience in traffic court.<\/p>\n

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