Facial recognition audit logs/usage statistics (Atlanta Police Department)
| Multi Request | Facial recognition audit logs/usage statistics |
| Submitted | June 3, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Todd Feathers
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1) Copies of all user guides, handbooks, technical manuals, or comparable documents in the department's possession regarding department employee use of facial recognition system(s). These systems are commonly provided by vendors including, but not limited to, NEC, Dataworks Plus, Clearview AI, Cognitec, and others. The entirety of this request should be construed to include facial recognition systems provided by commercial vendors or developed internally.
2) Copies of all audit logs for the department's facial recognition system from Jan. 1, 2020 until the date this request is processed. Facial recognition vendors commonly include daily, weekly, or monthly audit log capabilities in their products and the U.S. Department of Justice recommends that all law enforcement agencies maintain audit logs for facial recognition systems (see: https://it.ojp.gov/GIST/1204/Face-Recognition-Policy-Development-Template-For-Use-In-Criminal-Intelligence-and-Investigative-Activities).
3) All reports detailing aggregated usage/transaction statistics for the department's facial recognition system from May 1, 2020 until the date this request is processed. Commercial facial recognition systems include the ability to easily view these daily, weekly, or monthly aggregate reports, which often detail the number of queries per day, number of daily users, number of photographs/facial templates uploaded to the database, etc. If the department's facial recognition system provides options for the time period covered in the aggregate usage or transaction statistics, I ask that you provide daily reports (rather than hourly, weekly, monthly, etc.)
4) Any documents (this includes screenshots of program dashboards) detailing the number of photographs or facial templates included in the database linked to the department's facial recognition system as of the date this request is processed.
I ask that all fees be waived as I am a journalist (examples of my recent work can be found at toddfeathers.com) and I intend to use the requested records to publish articles in the public interest and not for any commercial purpose.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Todd Feathers
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Atlanta Police Department
Todd,
We apologize for the delay in responding to this request. Below (in yellow highlight), you will find the responses provided from our unit which manages the facial recognition technology.
Rhonda E. Frost
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit
Atlanta Police Department
226 Peachtree St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(C)470-316-2340
(O)404-546-2681
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From: Todd Feathers
Thank you very much, Rhonda.
The documents provided fulfill the first portion of my request. When can I expect to receive documents relevant to the second, third, and fourth parts of my request?
Todd
From: Atlanta Police Department
Todd,
We provided you responses to each of your questions(see below). The responses are direct quotes from the unit manager over facial recognition technology. At this point, I don't have anything else that I can provide.
#2-Because these files contain open and active investigations-this request is denied.
#3-We may be able to provide more on this next week-I will follow-up then.
#4-The answer remains the same(see below).
Lastly, I've included our legal representative on this and the commander over the unit. I've also looped in Sgt. Chafee from our unit, in the event he is able to assist further. I will take their guidance if there is anything else to add. I am leaving for the day and will be unavailable tomorrow.
Rhonda E. Frost
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit
Atlanta Police Department
226 Peachtree St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(C)470-316-2340
(O)404-546-2681
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From: Todd Feathers
Hello Rhonda,
I'm following up regarding the third aspect of my records request, which you said you would likely be able to provide responsive documents to. Do you have an estimate for when I can expect those records?
Thank you very much.
Todd
From: Atlanta Police Department
Hi Todd,
Let me check with the commander of that unit to see if we can get the data you are referring to now from question #3 below. I will get back to you.
From: Todd Feathers
Hello,
Just wanted to follow up on this request again.
Thank you!
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Atlanta Police Department
Hi,
We received your request and will follow up with you soon.
Thank You.
From: Atlanta Police Department
Todd,
I/we apologize for the delay in responding, we've had an unusually busy few days, even by our standards.
From looking at our previous emails to you, it looks like we've responded to everything you've asked, starting on June 8, 2020 (by Carlos Campos), and several times after that, by me. From what I can see, Q3 was only partially answered. I will assume that is what this follow-up email is about?
I've reached out to the commander of the division who can assist with this. We are going to see if we have anything to provide you, and if so, how long it will take to gather what you are asking. Once we get that information, we will put together an estimate of costs and present it to you.
By the way, Susan Garrett no longer works for the City of Atlanta.
Rhonda E. Frost
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit
Atlanta Police Department
226 Peachtree St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(C)470-316-2340
(O)404-546-2681
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From: Todd Feathers
Hi Rhonda,
Yes, I'm still seeking records responsive to the third item in my request. And I totally understand being a bit delayed given the circumstances. If it's helpful, I'd be happy to talk over the phone to sort any details out.
Otherwise, I've always had good experiences working with APD and I'm not in any doubt you folks are working through the backlog as best you can. I have requests for updates set to go out automatically on every request I send--so it's definitely nothing personal with you folks!
Todd
From: Atlanta Police Department
Todd,
I did not hear back from you last week. Nonetheless, our final response to this request is below. The other questions have been previously answered.
Rhonda E. Frost
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit
Atlanta Police Department
226 Peachtree St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(C)470-316-2340
(O)404-546-2681
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From: Todd Feathers
Hello Rhonda,
My apologies for the confusion.
I don't see any document attached that would have the department's final response. Would you mind sending it again?
Thank you!
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Atlanta Police Department
Todd,
Once again, here is our final response to these series of questions.
Rhonda E. Frost
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit
Atlanta Police Department
226 Peachtree St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(C)470-316-2340
(O)404-546-2681
From: Frost, Rhonda
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2021 1:39 PM
To: requests@muckrock.com
Cc: APD-Public Affairs <APD-PublicAffairs@AtlantaGa.Gov>; Chafee, John <JChafee@AtlantaGa.Gov>; Peek, Timothy D <TPeek@AtlantaGa.Gov>; Sinks, Ryan E. <resinks@AtlantaGa.Gov>; Carter, Alesia Y <aycarter@AtlantaGa.Gov>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: Georgia Open Records Act Request: Facial recognition audit logs/usage statistics (Atlanta Police Department)
Todd,
I did not hear back from you last week. Nonetheless, our final response to this request is below. The other questions have been previously answered.
Rhonda E. Frost
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit
Atlanta Police Department
226 Peachtree St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(C)470-316-2340
(O)404-546-2681
From: Frost, Rhonda
Sent: Thursday, May 6, 2021 4:24 PM
To: requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Cc: APD-Public Affairs <APD-PublicAffairs@AtlantaGa.Gov<mailto:APD-PublicAffairs@AtlantaGa.Gov>>; Chafee, John <JChafee@AtlantaGa.Gov<mailto:JChafee@AtlantaGa.Gov>>; Peek, Timothy D <TPeek@AtlantaGa.Gov<mailto:TPeek@AtlantaGa.Gov>>; Sinks, Ryan E. <resinks@AtlantaGa.Gov<mailto:resinks@AtlantaGa.Gov>>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: Georgia Open Records Act Request: Facial recognition audit logs/usage statistics (Atlanta Police Department)
Todd,
I/we apologize for the delay in responding, we've had an unusually busy few days, even by our standards.
From looking at our previous emails to you, it looks like we've responded to everything you've asked, starting on June 8, 2020 (by Carlos Campos), and several times after that, by me. From what I can see, Q3 was only partially answered. I will assume that is what this follow-up email is about?
I've reached out to the commander of the division who can assist with this. We are going to see if we have anything to provide you, and if so, how long it will take to gather what you are asking. Once we get that information, we will put together an estimate of costs and present it to you.
By the way, Susan Garrett no longer works for the City of Atlanta.
Rhonda E. Frost
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit
Atlanta Police Department
226 Peachtree St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(C)470-316-2340
(O)404-546-2681
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