SWAT Team Use in Fairfax County VFOIA requests
| Submitted | March 3, 2015 |
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From: Gotthardt, Don
Mr. Yancey,
Please submit your VFOIA request to this e-mail address; FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov<mailto:FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov>.
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From: Yani Yancey
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
VFOIA requests (and status of these requests) for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team use in Fairfax County submitted between January 1, 2014 and March 2, 2015.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, and is not being made for commercial usage.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Yani Yancey
From: FCPD FOIA
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request. The Inspection Division of the Fairfax County Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau will process your request in the order it was received.
INSPECTIONS DIVISON
Fairfax County Police
Internal Affairs Bureau
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, 12th floor
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2793 -Phone
(703) 383-9085 -Fax
FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov
From: FCPD FOIA
Attn: Yani Yancey
MuckRock
A document responsive to your four recent VFOIA requests is attached.
INSPECTIONS DIVISON
Fairfax County Police
Internal Affairs Bureau
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, 12th floor
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2793 -Phone
(703) 383-9085 -Fax
FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov<mailto:FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov>
From: Yani Yancey
To Whom It May Concern:
I am copying the portion of your response that applies to this request below.
I am rescinding this request since these records would be duplicated in the request I submitted for complete FCPD's complete FOIA logs for 2013-2015.
Thank you,
Yani
_____________________
In regard to your request for VFOIA requests (and status of these requests) for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team use, I have already searched for and determined that there are ten pages responsive to the request. The estimated cost to provide you with these records is estimated to be $13.80 (.3 hours at an hourly rate of $42.6578 plus ten pages at .10 per page to copy).
From: FCPD FOIA
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request. The Inspection Division of the Fairfax County Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau will process your request in the order it was received.
INSPECTIONS DIVISON
Fairfax County Police
Internal Affairs Bureau
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, 12th floor
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2793 -Phone
(703) 383-9085 -Fax
FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov
From: Yani Yancey
To Whom It May Concern:
After further consideration, I have decided NOT to withdraw this request.
I submitted each of my four VFOIA requests separately, and they were assigned separate request numbers by your office. I ask that the charges for these requests be billed separately, rather than combined and requested in advance as an estimate exceeding $200.
Please proceed with processing this request for FCPD SWAT VFOIA and providing the documents electronically via email or CD as I specified in the original request.
Thank you,
Yani Yancey
From: FCPD FOIA
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request. The Inspection Division of the Fairfax County Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau will process your request in the order it was received.
INSPECTIONS DIVISON
Fairfax County Police
Internal Affairs Bureau
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, 12th floor
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2793 -Phone
(703) 383-9085 -Fax
FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov
From: Yani Yancey
Lieutenant White,
Please HOLD this request pending clarification of the following:
You response stated, "In regard to your request for VFOIA requests (and status of these requests) for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team use, I have already searched for and determined that there are ten pages responsive to the request. The estimated cost to provide you with these records is estimated to be $13.80 (.3
hours at an hourly rate of $42.6578 plus ten pages at .10 per page to copy)."
and
"In regard to the VFOIA logs for 2013 through 2015, the cost estimate is $24.33 (.5 hour at an hourly rate of $42.6578 plus thirty pages at. 10 per page to copy)."
Does your estimate for the SWAT VFOIA requests for January 1, 2014 through March 2, 2015 include only the requests and their status, or also copying the records provided under these requests?
Is it correct that VFOIA request logs for 2013-March 2, 2015 are only 30 pages, and VFOIA request logs for 2014-March 2, 2015 pertaining only to SWAT are 10 of those pages on their own?
Thank you,
Yani Yancey
From: FCPD FOIA
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request. The Inspection Division of the Fairfax County Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau will process your request in the order it was received.
INSPECTIONS DIVISON
Fairfax County Police
Internal Affairs Bureau
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, 12th floor
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2793 -Phone
(703) 383-9085 -Fax
FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov
From: FCPD FOIA
Yani Yancey,
Listed below are the County Attorney's responses to your follow up inquiries:
1. Does your estimate for the SWAT VFOIA requests for January 1, 2014 through March 2, 2015 include only the requests and their status, or also copying the records provided under these requests?
The 10 pages are only the request and the response, not the records provided with the response. You requested "VFOIA requests (and status of these requests) for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team use in Fairfax County submitted between January 1, 2014 and March 2, 2015." Thus, because you only requested the VFOIA requests and their status, which is shown on the response to the VFOIA requests, the 10 pages does not include the documents that were provided with the response.
2. Is it correct that VFOIA request logs for 2013-March 2, 2015 are only 30 pages, and VFOIA request logs for 2014-March 2, 2015 pertaining only to SWAT are 10 of those pages on their own?
No. You requested "FOIA logs for FY2013, FY2014, and FY2015 through the date this request is processed, including status of each received request." You later changed fiscal year to calendar year. The 30 pages responsive to this request are only the logs for calendar years 2013-2015, not the actual VFOIA request, the response, or the records that were provided in response to the VFOIA request.
If you want to proceed with these two FOIA requests, please let me know. I will email the responsive documents but if they are too large, I will have to send them to you on a DVD.
INSPECTIONS DIVISON
Fairfax County Police
Internal Affairs Bureau
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, 12th floor
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2793 -Phone
(703) 383-9085 -Fax
FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov<mailto:FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov>
From: FCPD FOIA
Yani Yancey,
Listed below are the County Attorney's responses to your follow up inquiries:
1. Does your estimate for the SWAT VFOIA requests for January 1, 2014 through March 2, 2015 include only the requests and their status, or also copying the records provided under these requests?
The 10 pages are only the request and the response, not the records provided with the response. You requested "VFOIA requests (and status of these requests) for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team use in Fairfax County submitted between January 1, 2014 and March 2, 2015." Thus, because you only requested the VFOIA requests and their status, which is shown on the response to the VFOIA requests, the 10 pages does not include the documents that were provided with the response.
2. Is it correct that VFOIA request logs for 2013-March 2, 2015 are only 30 pages, and VFOIA request logs for 2014-March 2, 2015 pertaining only to SWAT are 10 of those pages on their own?
No. You requested "FOIA logs for FY2013, FY2014, and FY2015 through the date this request is processed, including status of each received request." You later changed fiscal year to calendar year. The 30 pages responsive to this request are only the logs for calendar years 2013-2015, not the actual VFOIA request, the response, or the records that were provided in response to the VFOIA request.
If you want to proceed with these two FOIA requests, please let me know. I will email the responsive documents but if they are too large, I will have to send them to you on a DVD.
INSPECTIONS DIVISON
Fairfax County Police
Internal Affairs Bureau
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, 12th floor
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2793 -Phone
(703) 383-9085 -Fax
FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov<mailto:FCPDFOIA@fairfaxcounty.gov>
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